August 7th, 2014
Fellows: Want to Blog for CardioExchange at ESC.14?
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM and John Ryan, MD
CardioExchange editors Harlan Krumholz and John Ryan are looking for fellows to blog for CardioExchange at the European Society of Cardiology Congresses from August 30th through September 3rd in Barcelona, Spain. If you are interested in blogging, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you!
August 7th, 2014
How Should We Evaluate Hospital Care?
Xiao Xu, PhD
Dr. Xiao Xu weighs in on the question of how we should quantify the cost-effectiveness of hospital care.
August 5th, 2014
Large Analysis Supports Thrombolysis for Stroke
Larry Husten, PHD
Although thrombolysis for ischemic stroke has been widely recognized as beneficial, its use has been limited because of concerns about its effects in patients treated after 3 hours, in older patients, and in patients with mild and with severe strokes. Now a meta-analysis published in the Lancet offers evidence that the use of thrombolysis should be […]
August 4th, 2014
Plant-Based Diet, Healthy Heart?
Kim Williams, MD and Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
Kim Williams shares with Harlan Krumholz how a patient inspired him to try a plant-based diet, how it has improved his health, and why he now recommends it to his patients.
August 4th, 2014
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 4th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topic is on the trends in use of ezetimibe after the ENHANCE trial.
August 4th, 2014
Review Panel Exonerates The BMJ in Statin Kerfuffle
Larry Husten, PHD
An independent review panel has rejected a demand by a prominent researcher that The BMJ retract two controversial articles. The report largely exonerates the journal’s editors from any wrongdoing. As previously reported, Rory Collins, a prominent researcher and head of the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ (CTT) Collaboration, had demanded that The BMJ retract two articles that were highly critical of statins. Although The […]
August 1st, 2014
Noncardiac Surgery Guidelines Updated
Larry Husten, PHD
The reliability of current guidelines regarding perioperative evaluation and treatment of people undergoing noncardiac surgery has been seriously questioned because of a scandal discrediting Don Poldermans, a Dutch researcher widely published in the field. To address the current uncertainty, U.S. and European medical societies today released updated versions of these guidelines. The European guideline can be […]
August 1st, 2014
Do Doctors Need a Better Way to Take Notes?
John W McEvoy, MB BCh BAO and John Ryan, MD
CardioExchange’s John Ryan interviews Dr. John W. McEvoy regarding his recent perspective piece on the shortcomings of current electronic health record documentation