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US FDA Advises Caution on Baxter's Multiple-dose Vial Heparin Baxter Healthcare Corporation has temporarily stopped manufacturing multiple-dose vials of the injectable blood-thinning drug heparin due to reports of serious allergic reactions and hypotension in patients who receive high bolus doses of the drug. Adverse events have...
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Are ESC Syncope Guidelines Being Implemented in Europe? A Picture from the Real World
Author Prof. Michele Brignole Arrhythmologic Centre, Department of Cardiology Ospedali del Tigullio, Lavagna, Italy [email protected] Despite the implementation of several clinical guidelines, current strategies for the assessment of syncope vary widely among physicians and hospitals. Evaluation...
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ESC Guidelines: Expanding Implementation Strategies in Europe
Author Prof. Alec Vahanian Professor of Cardiology Department of Cardiology, Bichat Hospital Paris, France Chairman, ESC Guidelines, Programme Committee [email protected] Nobody will argue against the usefulness of the European Society of Cardiology’s (ESC) guidelines. Firstly,...
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Heart Failure Guidelines: Problems of Heart Failure Therapy in Europe
Author Prof. Piotr Ponikowski Cardiology Department, Centre for Heart Disease Clinical Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland Cardiology societies in Europe and the US have already addressed such a need by issuing regular updates of the Guidelines for Heart Failure Diagnosis and Treatment. The most recent update...
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Conducting and Reporting a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Author Dr. Silvia Ondategui-Parra Associate Hospital Director Teknon Medical Center, Barcelona, Spain also Adjunct Assistant Professor Boston University School of Medicine , Boston, US [email protected] The fundamental principle of economic analysis is that choices have...
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Interview with Prof. Stefanadis
Interviewee Prof. C. Stefanadis Dean of the Medical School,University of Athens Chairman First Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Athens, Greece What are Your Specific Areas of Interest Within this Field and How has This Evolved? My heart belongs to interventional cardiology....
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IHE Cardiology Technical Committee: Achieving Effective Systems Integration
Authors Dr. Tim Becker Dr. Rüdiger Simon Department of Cardiology University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany [email protected] Computer applications are indispensable tools in cardiology today for digital image acquisition, deployment and reviewing, and also for documentation,...
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Report on Remote Monitoring for Cardiology
Authors Kousik Krishnan Assistant Professor of Medicine Courtney Schuten, Nurse Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois, US [email protected] Over the past 12 months, there has been a rapid and widespread...
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PACS in the Cardiology Department
Author Ranjit Ravindranathan Market Analyst Medical Imaging Healthcare (EIA) Frost & Sullivan London, UK Managing cross-departmental communications in a healthcare setting has been greatly improved by the emergence of picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) as a vital supporting infrastructure,...
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Mechanical Circulatory Support: New Generation Devices Mark a New Era
Author Dr. Antonis A. Pitsis Thessaloniki Heart Institute St. Luke’s Hospital Thessaloniki, Greece [email protected] Long-term Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) was initially used in clinical practice to bridge patients in end-stage heart failure through to heart transplantation. Rapid developments...
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