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5d ago
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved pegulicianine (LumiSight) as an optical imaging agent for detecting residual cancer after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). The approval stipulates use of pegulicianine with the Lumicell Direct Visualization ..read more
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1w ago
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided complete revascularization in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel coronary artery disease did not result in better outcomes compared ..read more
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1w ago
(MedPage Today) -- Factors such as social isolation, lack of transportation, and financial concerns are preventing some women from getting recommended screening mammograms, a CDC Vital Signs report found. The study "shows that experiencing health ..read more
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1w ago
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- The use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute coronary syndromes resulted in better outcomes compared with angiography-guided therapy, a randomized ..read more
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1w ago
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Routine use of the Impella CP microaxial flow pump significantly improved survival in patients with infarct-related cardiogenic shock, the randomized DanGer Shock trial showed. In more than 350 patients receiving ..read more
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2w ago
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- The concept of using stents to seal off non-flow-limiting vulnerable plaques, before they have a chance to rupture, worked out in the first major trial testing this provocative idea. Compared with standard medical ..read more
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2w ago
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- In select patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndromes who were event-free for 1 month on dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), treatment with ticagrelor (Brilinta) alone ..read more
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2w ago
(MedPage Today) -- A single round of prostate cancer screening that included a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, a kallikrein panel, and an MRI detected one additional high-grade cancer per 196 men and one low-grade cancer per 909 men, according ..read more
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2w ago
(MedPage Today) -- The use of microwave ablation to treat ultrasound-detected, multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) was associated with the same outcomes but fewer complications compared with surgical resection, according to results from ..read more
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2w ago
(MedPage Today) -- Dropping pack-years for lung cancer screening eligibility in favor of a simpler 20-year history of smoking could substantially increase the number of cancers detected and eliminate racial disparities as well, according to an ..read more