Sat.Dec 02, 2023

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Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetes

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

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Impact of serum haemoglobin-to-creatinine ratio after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Open Heart

Objective The association between a combined anaemia and renal failure index and 1-year prognosis of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is unexplored. We aimed to investigate a simple risk score in patients undergoing TAVI. Methods A total of 469 consecutive patients undergoing TAVI between 2015 and 2021 were enrolled.

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Is coronary dissection painful ?

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Answer : Is the coronary dissection really painful ? As in most situations of scientific medicine, the answer to the question is, It “may or may not” But, for some strange reason, it is more often painless. Mind you, even if it occurs, it is atypical, continuous, non-anginal if flow is unaffected, and not relieved by nitro-glycerine. This has important clinical significance , as many successfully lysed STEMI patient might have minimal segments of dissection/deep plaque fissures. , ma

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