Archive for 'Cardiovascular Business'
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation study in Circulation: Protocols slash delays, improve mortality for aortic dissection
[CardiovascularBusiness, July 26, 2010] In-hospital mortality rates for patients diagnosed with aortic dissection are high at 26 percent, according to a study published in this month’s Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Implementing quality improvement protocols and a multidisciplinary approach to treat this condition can result in a 43 percent reduction in mortality and improve delays [...]
Posted: July 27th, 2010, 11:35 am under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Cardiovascular Business, Minneapolis Heart Institute.
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Are too many angiograms being performed on patients without CAD?
[Cardiovascular Business, Mar. 11, 2010] Slightly more than one-third of patients without known disease, who underwent elective cardiac catheterization, had obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) out of nearly 400,000 patients at 663 sites, based on study findings published March 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, in an interview, Timothy D. Henry, MD, [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 12:18 pm under Cardiovascular Business, Minneapolis Heart Institute.
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