June 3rd, 2014
Prophylactic ICDs Appear Effective in Less Severe HF Patients
Larry Husten, PHD
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators are routinely implanted in heart failure patients with ejection fractions of 35% and lower to prevent sudden cardiac death. However, the benefits in patients at the higher end of the spectrum — EFs between 30% and 35% — have not been well demonstrated in clinical trials, since few patients in this range have […]
June 2nd, 2014
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: June 2nd
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include the durability of class I ACC/AHA clinical practice guideline recommendations and several papers on hypertension.