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VIDEO: Anticoagulant underprescribing common, jeopardizing atrial fib patients
Drug-prescribing data show many patients with atrial fibrillation are underdosed with anticoagulants, often due to fears about bleeding.
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MACRA Monday: BMI screening and follow-up
Calculating one patient’s BMI and developing a follow-up plan could help you avoid a 4% MIPS penalty.
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VIDEO: Canakinumab’s cardiovascular benefits linked with hsCRP cuts
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Response in the inflammation marker hsCRP tracked with reduced CVD risk.
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VIDEO: Regionalized STEMI care slashes in-hospital mortality
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Implementation of the AHA Mission: Lifeline program improved treatment times.
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VIDEO: U.S. hypertension guidelines reset threshold to 130/80 mm Hg
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Thirty million Americans became hypertensive overnight.
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VIDEO: Evidence mounts for pulmonary embolism benefit from catheter thrombolysis
TORONTO – The treatment may be best suited to intermediate-risk PE patients.
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MACRA Monday: Screening for hypertension
Report on a patient you screened for high blood pressure and avoid a 4% penalty under MIPS.
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VIDEO: Salvageable brain tissue can guide decision for stroke thrombectomy
Results from the DAWN and DEFUSE 3 trials show that some patients with ischemic stroke can benefit from treatment even out to 24 hours.
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VIDEO: Mobile stroke units aren’t just expensive toys
Mobile stroke units can deliver stroke diagnosis and treatment, circumventing the transportation time to the emergency department. But are they...
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MACRA Monday: Advance care plan
Avoid a 4% penalty under MIPS by reporting that you discussed advance care planning with one patient.