Pacemaker implants with CoreValve edge lower

Data from some countries suggest that an issue that has plagued the CoreValve device—that of the requirement to fit a pacemaker in up to 30% of TAVI patients—may be on the wane. Doctors say several clinical strategies can help curb pacemaker deployment.

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Heart Attack And Stroke Risk Can Be Reduced By Brisk Walks

Going for a jog or taking a brisk walk every day could reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke by 50%, according to new research. Scientists studied the health of over 10,000 people for 10 years. They found that people who jogged or who had a higher walking speed had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, than those who had more sedentary lives or who walked at slower speeds...

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Lifestyle Factors and Antihypertensive Treatment on the Risks of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke

Yurong Zhang, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Pekka Jousilahti, Yujie Wang, Riitta Antikainen, Gang Hu

Oct 1, 2012; 60:906-912

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Exercise Training Restores Baroreflex Sensitivity in Never-Treated Hypertensive Patients

Mateus C. Laterza, Luciana D.N.J. de Matos, Ivani C. Trombetta, Ana M.W. Braga, Fabiana Roveda, Maria J.N.N. Alves, Eduardo M. Krieger, Carlos E. Negrao, Maria U.P.B. Rondon

Jun 1, 2007; 49:1298-1306

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Public reporting reduces PCI rates in AMI patients

Several states have implemented public-reporting requirements for PCI in the hope that this transparency will improve quality, but an analysis suggests such public reporting for primary PCI could have an unintended consequence.

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Physician Malpractice Rates Fall for Fifth Straight Year

A decline in claims may help account for a 1.7% drop in malpractice insurance premiums paid by internists, general surgeons, and obstetrician/gynecologists, a new survey reports.

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Lycopene-Rich Diet May Curb Stroke Risk

A Finnish study finds a reduced risk for stroke in men with high serum levels of lycopene.

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Biomarker Has Potential for Predicting Risk of Postop AF

Levels of the peptide reflect likelihood of myocardial substrate for the arrhythmia, a common complication of cardiac surgery.

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Running a Medical Home: It Works, but Who Leads?

Roland Goertz, MD, AAFP Board Chair, discusses 'Primary Care for the 21st Century,' which describes the current success of the PCMH but has evoked some opposition from the nursing community.

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Expired Medications May Maintain Potency for Decades

Decades later, some medications retain active ingredients at full potency, a study finds.

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More Evidence Commercial Weight Loss Plans Can Work

People who take part in a commercial weight-loss program may indeed lose some weight - especially if they substantially cut calories, a new study from Sweden finds.

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Proneurotensin predicts diabetes, CV disease in women

If the relationship is shown to be causal, proneurotensin could become a new target for drug therapy as well as a new marker for risk prediction.

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Allogeneic stem-cell transplant recipients face increased risk of CV disease

Exposure to a routine post-transplant adjuvant therapy may have contributed to the increased risk in an analysis of NHANES data.

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