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Can Alarm Fatigue Be Conquered?
Yes, say the hospitals cutting the noise.
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Can Chemotherapy Damage Heart Valves?
Long-term lymphoma survivors were noted to experience valvular regurgitation out of proportion to reductions in left ventricular function and degenerative valve stenosis. The most evidence appeared in those who received radiation therapy in addition to chemotherapy.
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Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Management — You Can’t Go Wrong
Rate control and rhythm control strategies for cardiac surgery patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation lead to similar hospital durations, similar complication rates, and similar very low rates of atrial fibrillation at 60-day follow-up.
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Can CABG Really Improve Left Ventricular Function?
In implantable cardioverter defibrillator candidates with an ejection fraction < 35% who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery, mean ejection fraction improved significantly, especially in those with baseline ejection fraction between 25-35%, obviating the need for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in 58%.
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CABG Improves Long-term Survival in Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction
In patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure, and left ventricular ejection fraction < 35%, coronary artery bypass grafting plus medical therapy was associated with improved survival compared to medical therapy alone.
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TAVR in Intermediate-risk Patients: How Low Can We Go?
Transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in an intermediate-risk population have similar rates of death and disabling stroke at two years.
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AMA calls for clinical trial transparency
The American Medical Association has joined the AllTrials initiative, giving the campaign for clinical trial data transparency a formidable ally with the largest physician membership in the U.S.
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Here’s how to improve reviews of socio-behavioral protocols
IRBs that predominantly review biomedical protocols might find it less clear in determining risks when reviewing socio-behavioral research.
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Ethics tool could enhance protocols and subject protection
A multiple stakeholder group developed a protocol ethics tool kit to ensure there is no missing information regarding ethics considerations in protocols.
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Next stage for IRB collaborations: Better communication and connections
It’s complicated for research organizations to operationalize oversight of studies when relying on a single IRB for review of a multisite study, and the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking might even complicate things more.