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Hospital Report Cards: What's the EFFECT?

• November 18, 2009
• Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH

In a Canadian study, public reporting of performance data did not significantly improve quality measures but might have improved patient outcomes.

• Reviewing:
• Tu JV et al. JAMA 2009 Nov 18

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Iron Status and Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension

• November 18, 2009
• JoAnne M. Foody, MD

In patients with altitude-induced hypoxia, iron availability had a significant effect on pulmonary artery pressure.

• Reviewing:
• Smith TG et al. JAMA 2009 Oct 7; 302:1444

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Price of Nonadherence to Antihypertensive Medications

• November 10, 2009
• Kirsten E. Fleischmann, MD, MPH
• General Medicine

High adherers had a significantly lower risk for cardiovascular disease.

• Reviewing:
• Mazzaglia G et al. Circulation 2009 Oct 20; 120:1598

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Mortality in Dialysis Patients

• November 12, 2009
• Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
• General Medicine

Risk was elevated for both cardiovascular and noncardiovascular causes.

• Reviewing:
• de Jager DJ et al. JAMA 2009 Oct 28; 302:1782

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Revascularization Is Ineffective for Atherosclerotic Renal Artery StenosisFree

• November 12, 2009
• Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
• General Medicine

This procedure conferred substantial risk without clinical benefit.

• Reviewing:
• The ASTRAL Investigators. N Engl J Med 2009 Nov 12; 361:1953

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Folic Acid and Cancer

• November 17, 2009
• Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
• General Medicine

Cancer incidence and mortality rose with vitamin use.

• Reviewing:
• Ebbing M et al. JAMA 2009 Nov 18; 302:2119

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers in Heart Failure: What Difference Does a Dose Make?

• November 17, 2009
• Joel M. Gore, MD

In a randomized trial, high-dose losartan was associated with small but significant improvements in clinical outcomes, compared with a lower dose.

• Reviewing:
• Konstam MA et al. Lancet 2009 Nov 17

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Should Patients with Heart Failure "Pump" Iron?

• November 17, 2009
• Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH

In a randomized trial, intravenous iron improved symptoms, even in patients without anemia.

• Reviewing:
• Anker SD et al. N Engl J Med 2009 Nov 17

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

LV Assistance for End-Stage Heart Failure: Have We Reached Our Destination?

• November 17, 2009
• William T. Abraham, MD

A continuous-flow device achieves impressive results in a randomized trial.

• Reviewing:
• Slaughter MS et al. for the HeartMate II Investigators. N Engl J Med 2009 Nov 17

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Treating Post-CABG Depression via Telephone Care Management

• November 17, 2009
• Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
• Psychiatry

The collaborative care model for depression treatment shows its strength in a study of depressed cardiac patients.

• Reviewing:
• Rollman BL et al. JAMA 2009 Nov 18; 302:2095

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