Past Articles Listed By Subject
Clinical Issues - Cardiovascular disease
Delivery (of a shock) in two minutes or less
Assessing and improving cardiac arrest response times
Recent research has found that hospitalized patients with ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia don't always receive defibrillation within the recommended window, and that the delay has a detrimental effect on outcomes and survival. Cardiologists and other experts trying to improve these times say that hospitalists are in the perfect spot to take charge of the problem and lead improvement efforts.
August '08
Researcher aims to assess beta-blocker use in patients with pacemakers
August '08
Examining clinical questions in acute coronary syndromes
Recent research could change standard practice
June '08
It’s all about the chest compressions
New CPR advice downplays ventilation
June '08
MKSAP primer: Heart failure
Adapted from ACP's latest Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program
November '07
Test yourself: Heart failure in the elderly
From ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14)
November '07
Stents, cholesterol and heart drugs dominate cardiology conference talks
May '07
Making sense of stents
Hospitalists are sorting through new evidence that patients who get drug-eluting stents are at risk for potentially deadly stent thrombosis for months, even years, after the devices are implanted. That's added new layers to medical and surgical decision making and put more pressure on hospitalists to facilitate communication among doctors and patients.
May '07
Test yourself
Acute coronary syndromes
Feb '07
Q&A
Improving door-to-balloon time for acute MI
Feb. '07
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