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Going Wireless: Combining the Subcutaneous ICD With a Leadless Pacemaker
A system incorporating an entirely subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator that can command a novel leadless anti-tachycardia pacemaker unidirectionally showed success and promise in an early, short-term animal trial.
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Alcohol Septal Ablation in Younger HCM Patients: Should We Relax Guidelines?
Current guidelines recommend surgical myectomy over septal ablation for younger hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients. A new study bridges part of the data gap, showing safety and efficacy of the procedure in young patients.
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Early Diuretic Administration Associated With Improved Survival in Acute Heart Failure Patients
Among patients presenting to the ED with acute heart failure, those who received the first dose of intravenous furosemide within 60 minutes of arrival demonstrated lower in-hospital mortality compared to those receiving the first dose after 60 minutes.
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Prevention of Myocardial Infarction in Atrial Fibrillation Patients
A large observational study showed that the primary prevention of myocardial infarction and stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation is better with vitamin K antagonists alone as compared to aspirin alone and dual therapy.
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Requiem for Beta-blockers Post-Myocardial Infarction?
A propensity score analysis of all hospital survivors of acute myocardial infarction in the United Kingdom from 2007-2013 showed that one-year survival in hospital patients without heart failure or left ventricular dysfunction treated with beta-blockers did not differ from survival in those patients not so treated.
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Couple Unsuccessful on Failure-to-Diagnose Claim
This case illustrates the importance of developing a firm understanding of expert witness qualification. Expert witness testimony is very frequently pivotal in a case.
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Statutory Personal Injury Caps Violate Florida’s Equal Protection Clause
Florida Supreme Court justices found that the state's personal damages caps discriminate against those who are severely injured.
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Too Much Focus on Satisfaction Scores: The Patient Isn’t Always Right
Is a patient, family member, or other visitor being rude or disrespectful to clinicians? Clinicians often feel they had no recourse if a patient or family behaved disrespectfully.
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$130,000 in Penalties for Illegally Deferring Notice of Breach
The Department of Justice recently announced a settlement with CoPilot Provider Support Services after the company waited more than a year to provide notice of a data breach that exposed 221,178 patient records.
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Anthem Settles Breach Lawsuit for $115 Million
Insurance giant Anthem has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over a 2015 cyberattack for $115 million, the plaintiffs’ attorneys announced in June.