Review of cardiac amyloidosis
Free full text from JACC: Although no single noninvasive test or abnormality is pathognomonic of cardiac amyloid, case-control studies indicate that echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular wall thickening, biatrial enlargement, and increased echogenicity in conjunction with reduced electrocardiographic voltages is strongly suggestive of cardiac amyloidosis. Via The Bottom Line.
Eric Browne Has Done a Very Good Thing!
Dr Eric Browne has assembled as many of the Public PCEHR Submissions as he can. Please let him know about others via his blog – on the list on the left pane of the blog. See here: http://blog.healthbase.info/ Here is the current list. http://www.healthbase.info/pcehr/page5/page5.html That ordinary citizens need to do this speaks volumes about the [...]
The Latest Health Wonk Review Is Up!
It’s a metaphor and anniversary laden Health Wonk Review at David Harlow’s Health Care Law Blog. Sharply written and with great commentary, this HWR has, er, hit one out of the park. And you thought the Great Leader’s birthday and this focus on health reform was only a coincidence?
Special issue: Exploring new perspectives in product development
International Journal of Product Development 12(1) 2010 Internal and external R&D collaboration as drivers of the product innovativeness of the German mechanical engineering industry Risk assessment method in project actor choice Supplier-oriented and product life cycle management framework to support virtual organisations Understanding the rapid evaluation of innovative ideas in the early stages of design [...]
Patients have inflated expectations of elective PCI
From the Annals of Internal Medicine:Almost three quarters of patients thought that without PCI, they would probably have MI within 5 years, and 88% believed that PCI would reduce risk for MI. Patients were more likely than physicians to believe that PCI would prevent MI (prevalence ratio, 4.25 [95% CI, 2.31 to 7.79]) or fatal [...]
