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The New England Journal of Medicine: Search Results in Cardiology The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) RSS feed -- Search Results in Cardiology. NEJM (http://www.nejm.org) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice. Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Adults 01/01/70 - A Not-So-Obscure Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding 01/01/70 - Foreword. In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information, sharing his or her reasoning with the reader (regular type). The authors? commentary follows. Stage. A 66-year-old man was admitted… Efficacy of a Device to Narrow the Coronary Sinus in Refractory Angina 01/01/70 - A growing number of patients with severe and diffuse obstructive coronary artery disease who are not candidates for revascularization have debilitating angina despite medical therapy.? The worldwide prevalence of refractory angina is increasing, and new therapeutic options are needed. An… The Puzzle of Positive Results ? Myocardial Revascularization 01/01/70 - The coronary-sinus reduction described by Verheye et al. in this issue of the Journal (pages 519?527) revives an old therapeutic concept. Between 1948 and 1968, Cleveland surgeon Claude Beck performed coronary-sinus ligation in more than 1000 patients, aiming to improve myocardial oxygenation.… Potential Relief for Refractory Angina 01/01/70 - Physicians who practice primarily in outpatient settings are faced with a large and growing population of patients with chronic, stable, but refractory angina,, as a consequence of an aging population and our ability to prolong the lives of patients with coronary disease. The mortality among… Being like Mike ? Fear, Trust, and the Tragic Death of Michael Davidson 01/01/70 - Around 11:00 a.m. on January 20, 2015, Stephen Pasceri arrived at the cardiovascular center at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he had an appointment to speak to Michael Davidson, a 44-year-old surgeon who had performed valve surgery on Pasceri's mother a few months earlier. Davidson… Less-Tight versus Tight Control of Hypertension in Pregnancy 01/01/70 - Almost 10% of pregnant women have hypertension; hypertension is preexisting in 1%, gestational hypertension without proteinuria develops in 5 to 6%, and preeclampsia develops in 2%. Preexisting hypertension and gestational hypertension before 34 weeks are associated with an increased risk of… Cost-Effectiveness of Hypertension Therapy According to 2014 Guidelines 01/01/70 - In the United States, more deaths from cardiovascular causes are attributed to elevated blood pressure than to any other risk factor. Since 1960, there has been a decline of approximately 10% in the mean systolic blood pressure and a decline of approximately 13% in the mean diastolic blood pressure… Control of Hypertension in Pregnancy ? If Some Is Good, Is More Worse? 01/01/70 - Entering pregnancy with chronic hypertension is increasingly common. A nationwide study of deliveries in the United States revealed that the prevalence of chronic hypertension among pregnant women had increased significantly, from 0.9% in 1995?1996 to 1.5% in 2007?2008. The frequency of… Factor XI Antisense Oligonucleotide for Prevention of Venous Thrombosis 01/01/70 - Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty are at risk for postoperative venous thromboembolism. Conventional therapies for the prevention of this complication involve inhibitors of factor Xa or thrombin, such as enoxaparin. These drugs are effective but are associated with a risk of bleeding. The… |
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