Cardiology

• Survival rate higher for children with VAD vs. extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

• August 9, 2012
• When used as a bridge to heart transplantation in children, a ventricular assist device was associated with significantly higher rates of survival as...More »

• Trial Scorecards

• EVOLVO

• Cardiology Today, August 2012
• Researchers compared remote monitoring with standard patients management consisting of scheduled visits and patient response with audible ICD alerts....More »

• Pharmacology Consult

• Chronic HF and the effect of aldosterone antagonists

• Cardiology Today, August 2012
  Jingyang Fan, PharmD, BCPS
• ACE inhibitors (or angiotensin receptor blockers) and beta-blockers are the foundation of pharmacologic treatment for HF, but these agents only partially...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Morbidity, mortality and depression reduced with exercise in HF patients

• Cardiology Today, September 2012
• Moderate exercise has been linked to easing depression, as well as reducing deaths and hospitalizations in patients with chronic HF, according to recently...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• HF clinics rarely used despite clear benefits

• Cardiology Today, September 2012
• Outpatient HF clinics have been shown to reduce morbidity, mortality and health care costs, but only one-seventh of patients who participated in a recent...More »

• Integrated care trumps standard treatment in HF patients receiving CRT

• Cardiology Today, August 2012
• When compared with conventional care, integrated multidisciplinary care resulted in a 38% reduction in risk for HF hospitalization, cardiac...More »

• FDA public health advisories

• FDA recalled rapid cardiac diagnostic tests

• July 12, 2012
• The FDA has issued a Class I recall of Alere Triage products due to their potential to increase the frequency of false positive or false negative test...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Remote monitoring of ICD patients with HF decreased emergency, urgent care visits

• Cardiology Today, August 2012
• Data demonstrate that remote monitoring of patients with HF who have implantable cardioverter defibrillators reduced the rate of ED or urgent in-office...More »

• Trial Scorecards

• HF-ACTION

• Cardiology Today, July 2012
• Study of the association between baseline beta-blocker dose and outcomes.
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• Institution Notes

• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute ranked first nationally in 2011 adult heart transplants

• Cardiology Today, July 2012
• In 2011, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Comprehensive Transplant Center performed the most adult heart transplants of any medical center in the United...More »

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