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ISC: Imaging supplants clocks for targeting stroke reperfusion
Key clinical point: New CT and MR techniques provide alternatives to time-from-stroke-onset to select acute ischemic stroke patients for...
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VIDEO: Rapidly improving stroke patients still at risk for bad outcomes
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VIDEO: Octogenarians benefit from ischemic stroke thrombectomy
Intracerebral, transcatheter clot removal in acute ischemic stroke was equally effective in octogenarian and younger patients.
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VIDEO: Antigen test could simplify HCV screening
A new test focused on hepatitis C antigen detection might simplify the HCV screening process and reduce its costs.
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VIDEO: Inappropriate hepatitis A, B tests may be widespread in hospitals
Hospital physicians may be ordering too many inappropriate lab tests in cases of suspected acute hepatitis A and hepatitis B.
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VIDEO: Most women remain unconcerned about heart risk
Nearly half of women in a large survey don’t know that heart disease is the top killer of U.S. women.
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VIDEO: HFSA Roundtable, part 3: Acute heart failure decompensations pose uncertain consequences
Acute decompensation episodes in chronic heart failure patients have an uncertain relationship with long-term prognosis
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CHEST: Oral solithromycin shows pneumonia pivotal-trial efficacy
Solithromycin may offer a way to once again have a macrolide available for empiric oral treatment of more severe community-acquired pneumonia.
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VIDEO: Ultrafiltration’s role for acute heart failure remains uncertain
Key clinical point: Early halt to the AVOID-HF trial prevented the study from definitively comparing ultrafiltration with intravenous diuretic...