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These are some of the best sources of medical information on the Web: www.mayoclinic.com Reliable, evidence based medical information. Well-presented, well-written. www.clevelandclinic.org Good collection of resources for heart issues. www.askapatient.com A tremendous resource on medication; consumers writing about their experience and side effects of medication. Information that you will not see on a pharmaceutical website. [...]
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A team of Mayo Clinic researchers have found that cardiac rehabilitation is associated with significantly reduced mortality rates for patients who have had stents placed to treat blockages in their coronary arteries. The findings, presented today at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Atlanta, found that patients who had coronary angioplasty [...]
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New methods needed to ID cardiac catheterization candidates Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 – 18:25 in Health & Medicine It’s time to re-think how patients are selected for cardiac catheterization, say doctors at Duke University Medical Center, after reporting in a new study that the invasive procedure found no significant coronary artery disease in nearly 60 [...]
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An early invasive strategy for managing patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome was no better in the long term at preventing death or MI than a more conservative approach, researchers found. Nor was there a significant benefit at five years from coronary angiography within 48 hours with revascularization when appropriate when the groups were [...]
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