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How to deal with offensive or impaired doctors
She recalls a doctor who called a female doctor “an entitled bitch” and the administrator “incompetent” in front of other staff.
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Early SAVR tops watchful waiting in severe, asymptomatic aortic stenosis: AVATAR
The findings potentially apply to TAVR as much as to surgical aortic valve replacement, say observers about the trial that compared early surgery...
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CABG safe 3 days after stopping ticagrelor: RAPID CABG
A new randomized trial showed similar rates of severe bleeding in patients going to surgery at 3 days and 6 days after stopping the antiplatelet...
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Concomitant tricuspid-mitral surgery beneficial but with a trade-off
Whether the trial’s finding of reduced progression of tricuspid regurgitation results in long-term clinical benefit can be determined only with...
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VEST: External sheath for CABG vein grafts shows promise
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Fully endovascular mitral valve replacement a limited success in feasibility study
Although progress in transcatheter mitral valve replacement has been slow compared with TAVR’s rapid ascent, its transition from a transapical to...
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Liraglutide effective against weight regain after gastric bypass
In a randomized controlled trial of patients who regained weight after a gastric bypass, 69% of patients given liraglutide lost at least 5% of...
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FFR-guided PCI falls short vs. surgery in multivessel disease: FAME 3
PCI guided by FFR assessment may have yielded better outcomes in patients with less complex coronary anatomy, researchers say; others doubt the...
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Radiation underused as ‘bridge’ to transplant in liver cancer
“This highlights a real-world gap in the treatment armamentarium for hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC].”
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Racial disparities found in treatment of tubal pregnancies
Black and Latina women are 50% less likely to undergo a minimally invasive procedure to treat ectopic pregnancy compared with their White peers,...
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Radiofrequency ablation gains favor for thyroid nodules in U.S.
RFA is potentially a promising technology, but the approach could become known as an “easy choice,” which could be problematic, one physician said...