Numerous patients’ rights advocacy groups suggest the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) is a flawed standard that ...

Aims Clopidogrel is the most commonly prescribed thienopyridine as part of dual anti-platelet therapy for the treatment of ...

5 These initiatives form ... heart/vascular disease or respiratory disease (online supplementary file 1). Prior to data extraction, the study team decided that risk of CPR futility would be stratified ...

Objective Seeking prospective informed consent is ... This form was completed for each interview by at least two authors. The lead investigator (NWD) resolved any discrepancies by reviewing the ...

Patients with advanced heart failure have a dismal prognosis and poor quality ... 13 and the SF-36 (Medical Outcomes Study 36 item Short Form Health survey) questionnaires.14 However, long-term ...

Written informed consent (see online supplemental material consent form v4.0 ... will be disseminated to patients using patient focused literature, visual aids and animated films via patient charities ...

Drugs like blood thinners, cholesterol-lowering statins and blood pressure meds can protect the health and extend the lives of people with heart disease. But only if patients take the drugs-- and ...

SINGAPORE – More than 9,000 heart failure patients are expected to get better support in the next five years to live with their condition under a new $6.5 million programme. The initiative ...

UVM Medical Center is the only Vermont hospital offering Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) This new heart ...

There's evidence that heart disease patients "are more likely to develop depression when compared to the general population—and dietary factors have been shown to play an important role in ...

Every year, more than 5 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with heart valve disease, but this condition has no ...

THAT THERE IS A CLEAR EXIT PATH. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, OBESITY AND DIABETES. EXPERTS SAY THOSE ARE ALL RISK FACTORS FOR HEART DISEASE. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS IS JOINING US FROM WELLSPAN ...