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Exploring global research trends in Chinese medicine for atherosclerosis: a bibliometric study 2012–2023

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

This study is envisaged to evaluate the contemporary scenario of TCM in conjunction with atherosclerosis over the preceding decade while also identifying forthcoming research trends and emerging topics via the lens of bibliometric analysis.MethodsLiterature pertaining to TCM and atherosclerosis, circulated between January 1, 2012 and November 14, 2023, (..)

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Perioperative Mortality Risk After Living Kidney Donation Significantly Declined in 2013-2022

HCPLive

Findings from a recent national registry study suggest perioperative mortality after living kidney donation significantly declined in 2013-2022 compared with 1993-2002 and 2003-2012.

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Detachable cardiac pacing lead may improve safety for cardiac patients

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

In 2012, Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died of post-surgery complications at the age of 82 following what should have been a routine heart surgery.

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Do you need to be a trained health care professional to diagnose subtle OMI on the ECG?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Pendell Meyers had not started medical school by summer of 2012, but he had read every one of my blog posts over the preceding 4 years. By the summer of 2012, he could read an ECG for OMI better than any doctor I knew. Such proficient interpreters include health care assistants and EKG technicians. He was a paramedic at the time.

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STS Announces Late-breaker Research to Be Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting

DAIC

The analysis included 4,798 patients from 207 STS sites who underwent esophagectomy between 2012-2019. Using the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database , the study covers adult patients who underwent cardiac surgery after an initial TAVR from January 2012 to March 2023.

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KDIGO Releases Updated 2024 CKD Clinical Practice Guideline

HCPLive

The KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease is an update to the KDIGO 2012 CKD Guideline.

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Around 10% of Deaths from Coronary Stenting, Balloon Angioplasty are Preventable

DAIC

The research team analyzed deaths after PCI occurring at 39 Michigan hospitals participating in BMC2 between 2012 and 2014. This is a stark change from the 1990s when the majority of deaths were traceable to procedural complications.” Procedural complications contributed to 20% of the nearly 1,200 deaths reported during the study period.