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The patient is an 82-year-old woman referred for management of newly diagnosed breast cancer. She had been well until approximately 10 years prior to this evaluation, when she sustained a myocardial infarction from which she recovered without complication. Subsequently, she was found to have moderate hypertension and hyperlipidemia, which has been managed medically.
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In an analysis of community-performed colonoscopies in southwestern Germany, the prevalence of left-sided advanced colorectal neoplasms, but not right-sided neoplasms, was strongly reduced within a ten-year period after colonoscopy.
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FDA is reviewing safety of TZDs; SSRI use with tamoxifen; Metformin smells like fish; FDA Actions.
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In-stent restenosis (ISR) is the Achilles' heel of bare-metal stents (BMS).
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In this paper, Patel et al, from five major ablation centers, report on the results of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in women.
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Patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) often have co-existing lesions in the non-infarct arteries (i.e., they have multi-vessel disease).
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Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) in older subjects is an important problem, but should the aortic valve be replaced? It is widely accepted that severe symptomatic AS patients should be seriously, even urgently, considered for AV replacement, particularly if there is evidence of early heart failure.
