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Top Specialties in Fellowship Programs and What They Offer: An In-depth Look for Medical Professionals

ADN Center of Excellence

Our Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program offers a unique opportunity for fellows to immerse themselves in high-volume centers and experience complex procedures such as angioplasties, stent placements, and Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) interventions.

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Devices Flop for Severe PAD; CPR on LVAD Patients; Cancer Drugs for Heart Disease?

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- For patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and chronic limb-threatening ischemia, drug-eluting stents and drug-coated balloons did not improve amputation-free survival compared with balloon angioplasty alone in the BASIL.

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Avocados for the Heart; Cardiology's Sad State; CBD for Pulmonary Hypertension?

Heart 2023 Conference

Harvard University Heart Letter) A clinical polygenic risk score test for diseases ranging from atrial fibrillation (AFib) to breast cancer was piloted by scientists. American College of Cardiology Journal) Are you thinking of stopping your antiplatelet medication too soon after angioplasty? Reconsider your position.

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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

DAIC

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

It would be like diagnosing women with metastatic breast cancer, but finding that just as many women with metastatic breast cancer were alive in 5 years as women not diagnosed with breast cancer. Women also had more cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension (66.6% versus 63.2%; P <0.001), hyperlipidemia (68.9%

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How to Build Smart Cath Labs in 2022?

SoftCath

Discussing further, Catheterization Laboratory, also called Cath Lab, is a medical examination room where angiogram, angioplasty, ablation, and implantation of pacemaker are carried out. The acquaintance to ionising radiation is now known to signify a professional risk to interventionalists, with radiation dangers even elevating cancer rates.

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Women and Heart Health: Unique Considerations and Risks

MIBHS

It’s the leading cause of death for women, claiming more lives each year than all forms of cancer combined. Surgical Interventions : In some cases, surgical procedures like angioplasty, stent placement, or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may be necessary to restore blood flow to the heart.