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I’M NOT A PROVIDER
Health care isn’t a commodity, and patients aren’t customers. We’re not talking about shoes.
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‘If this is an emergency, call 911’
Or, don’t even try speaking directly your doctor.
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Beta-blocker therapy post AMI
Stick with beta-blocker therapy until evidence shows why not to use it.
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CMS clinical trials raise cardiac mortality
Health agencies should take their cues from randomized clinical trial designs to avoid unintended consequences.
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PCI or CABG in the high-risk patient
The recent report from the SYNTAX trials should give pause to our interventionalist colleagues embarking on multiple angioplasty and stenting...
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Medical quality beats patient comfort
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The new heart failure: A call for new research initiatives
Progress in treating ischemic heart disease has resulted in more patients with heart failure, and we must work to develop more effective heart...
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The end of polypill – statins for everyone
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New heart failure guidelines
Although the two new heart failure drugs that are the focus of a new guideline update are improvements to the current therapeutic options, the...
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