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Comparing US and European Guidelines for Syncope Diagnosis and Management

US and European guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope are similar.

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Predicting Mortality After Transvenous Lead Extraction for Implantable Device Infections

The rate of complications and in-hospital mortality was found to be high in patients undergoing transcutaneous lead extraction for implantable device-related infections.

Imaging Rates Continue to Rise Despite Efforts to Reduce

Despite initiatives to reduce the use of medical imaging, rates continue to rise in both the United States and Ontario, Canada.

High-Risk Surgical Patients Benefit From Teaching Hospitals

High-risk patients benefit from having surgery at teaching hospitals.

Bariatric Surgery Improves Cerebrovascular Outcomes in Patients With Obesity

Obese people who undergo weight-reduction surgery live longer than obese people who do not have surgery.

Bempedoic Acid Added to Statins Provides Additional LDL-C Lowering Benefits

The addition of bempedoic acid to maximally-tolerated statins resulted in a significant lowering of LDL-C in patients at high cardiovascular risk.

Antiphospholipid Antibodies Positively Associated With Food Allergy

Antiphospholipid antibodies were associated with the presence of food allergies.

Will Term Limits Fix Academic Medicine’s Diversity Problem?

The NIH has announced a plan to enforce 12-year term limits for tenured laboratory and branch chiefs; however, such a limit has yet to be enacted in academic medicine.

Concomitant Stimulant, Quinolone Use May Increase Risk for Cardiac Symptoms

There is an increased risk of cardiac symptoms, but not cardiac arrhythmias, in patients using stimulants and quinolone antibiotics concomitantly.

Cholesterol Levels Have Been Dropping Since 2013 Guidelines

Implementation of guidelines for lipid management in 2013 correlated with a reduction in mean total cholesterol, triglyceride, and LDL-C levels.

Glucocorticoid Use Associated With Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in SLE

Researchers addressed the association between cardiovascular risk and glucocorticoids in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.