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FDA Approves Multaq(R) For Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Or Atrial Flutter
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Jul 3, 2009
Seek Out Credentials Before Choosing A Physician - Is Your Cardiologist Board Certified In Cardiovascular Disease?
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Jul 3, 2009
Unstable angina early after aortic valve replacement surgery in a female patient with normal coronary arteries preoperatively - a case report
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Jul 1, 2009
[Letters to the Editor] What is the most effective palliation for esophagorespiratory fistulas?
European Journal of
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Jun 30, 2009
Papillary fibroelastoma of the left atrial wall: a case report
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Jun 30, 2009
[Images in cardio-thoracic surgery] Kommerell's diverticulum
European Journal of
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Jun 30, 2009
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FDA Approves Multaq(R) For Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Or Atrial Flutter
Medical News Today
Jul 3, 2009
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- December Blog Entries: Carotid Disease
by Houston Aortic Program Directors - Debates and Cross Fires on Controversial Topics in Beverly Hills
by Drs. Gregory P. Fontana and Raj Makkar - Important Updates on the Ross Procedure
by William F. Northrup III, MD
WHAT’S YOUR OPINION?
- 1/ treatment of carotid atheroma in symptomatic patients is clearly beneficial only if the morbimortality rate of the procedure is low, below 3% as medical treatment had improved very substantially with the combination of 80 mg atorvastatin and…
- The SPACE trial results are amongst the most robust of all the comparative RCTs and show no clinically relevant difference in outcomes between CAS & CEA. At least part of the problem is that most surgeons who offer…
- Sapphire is a poster child for clever manipulation of patient sourcing and selecting/ignoring primary outcomes for the convenience of positive results. EVA-3S was prospectively randomized and showed superiority of endarterecdtomy over CAS (and the knee-jerk criticism that its…
December Blog Entries: Carotid Disease
Dr. Safi:
Carotid endarterectomy is a time-tested, effective, durable and safe procedure that has been used in clinical practice since its introduction, in Houston, by Dr. DeBakey in 1953. Current case volumes are in the range of 140,000 per year in the USA. Combined perioperative death and stroke risk is 2-5% in the community, and is substantially better – around 1% in high-volume centers. Endarterectomy has been subjected to rigorous testing in large randomized trials, and has been shown reliably to be superior to medical management, with a number needed to treat of 6 for symptomatic patients in the NASCET trial. Results of carotid stent trials have been…
