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American Family Physician June 15, 2002 A. Kesh Hebbar	Management of Common Arrhythmias: Part I. Supraventricular Arrhythmias Family physicians frequently encounter patients with symptoms that could be related to cardiac arrhythmias, most commonly atrial fibrillation or supraventricular tachycardias.
American Family Physician April 15, 2005 Gabriel Gregoratos	Indications and Recommendations for Pacemaker Therapy The indications for pacemaker therapy have expanded in the past 45 years and now include the treatment of bradyarrhythmias and the electrical therapy of tachyarrhythmias, certain types of syncope, and advanced heart failure.
American Family Physician June 15, 2002 A. Kesh Hebbar	Management of Common Arrhythmias: Part II. Ventricular Arrhythmias and Arrhythmias in Special Populations Patients with established heart disease and premature ventricular complexes have a higher likelihood of developing ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation.
American Family Physician July 15, 2002 Dana E. King	Acute Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Part I. Rate and Rhythm Control Atrial fibrillation is the arrhythmia most commonly encountered in family practice. Initial treatment is directed at controlling the ventricular rate. Medical or electrical cardioversion to restore sinus rhythm is the next step in patients who remain in atrial fibrillation.
American Family Physician April 15, 2003 Adan & Crown	Diagnosis and Treatment of Sick Sinus Syndrome Sick sinus syndrome comprises a variety of conditions involving sinus node dysfunction and commonly affects elderly persons. While the syndrome can have many causes, it usually is idiopathic.
American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Allan V. Abbott	Diagnostic Approach to Palpitations An increased or abnormal awareness of the heartbeat, palpitations are a common symptom in patients presenting to family physicians. Palpitations can be symptomatic of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.
Nursing September 2011 Jacqueline Harden	Take a cool look at therapeutic hypothermia Therapeutic hypothermia may help prevent or minimize neurologic impairment in certain patients after cardiac arrest. This article takes a look at when TH is used and how to care for patients who are undergoing this intervention.
American Family Physician June 1, 2004 Gutierrez & Blanchard	Diastolic Heart Failure: Challenges of Diagnosis and Treatment The outcomes of ongoing clinical trials may provide much-needed information about diastolic heart failure to move from intuitive treatment to therapy based on evidence that matters: decreased morbidity and mortality and improved quality of life.
Nursing May 2008 Dawn M. Christensen	Extreme Heart Makeover: Understanding Mechanical Circulatory Support Learn about ventricular assist devices and total artificial hearts and how they affect patient care.
Nursing December 2011 Burchell & Powers	Focus on central venous pressure monitoring in an acute care setting This article reviews CVP monitoring, including indications, limitations, contraindications, recommended practices, complications, and nursing considerations.
American Family Physician August 1, 2003 Meyer et al.	Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome: Importance of the Long QT Syndrome In approximately 5 percent of sudden cardiac deaths, no demonstrable anatomic abnormality is found. Some cases are caused by sudden arrhythmia death syndrome. A prolonged QT interval is a common thread among the various entities associated with sudden arrhythmia death syndrome.
American Journal of Nursing May 2009 Kristen J. Overbaugh	Acute Coronary Syndrome Coronary artery disease, in which atherosclerotic plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries and restricts the flow of blood (and therefore the delivery of oxygen) to the heart, continues to be the number-one killer of Americans.
Nursing March 2009 Kate J. Morse	Focusing on the Surgical Patient with Cardiac Problems Learn about the latest guidelines for assessing cardiac risk and protecting his heart during noncardiac surgery.
Nursing March 2011 Ali & Gray-Vickrey	Limiting the Damage From Acute Kidney Injury This article will discuss your role in early detection and management of AKI with an emphasis on care for older adults.
American Family Physician March 1, 2006 Satpathy et al.	Diagnosis and Management of Diastolic Dysfunction and Heart Failure With early diagnosis and proper management the prognosis of diastolic dysfunction is more favorable than that of systolic dysfunction. Distinguishing diastolic from systolic heart failure is essential because the optimal therapy for one may aggravate the other.
American Family Physician April 15, 2006 Eric L. Anderson	Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is a disorder in which normal myocardium is replaced by fibrofatty tissue. This disorder usually involves the right ventricle, but the left ventricle and septum also may be affected.
IEEE Spectrum November 2008 Kroll et al.	Idiot-proofing the Defibrillator How a device that shocks a failing heart back to life became one of the greatest engineering success stories in medicine
American Family Physician December 1, 2004 Steven A. Dosh	Diagnosis of Heart Failure in Adults The evaluation of symptomatic patients with suspected heart failure is directed at confirming the diagnosis, determining the cause, identifying concomitant illnesses, establishing the severity of heart failure, and guiding therapy.
Managed Care November 2007 Thomas Morrow	Cryoablation for Atrial Flutter Requires No Anesthesia Compared with radiofrequency ablation, this technique has some advantages and it should be acceptable to managed care plans.
American Family Physician July 1, 2005 Achar, Kundu & Norcross	Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome Differentiating acute coronary syndrome from noncardiac chest pain is the primary diagnostic challenge. The initial assessment requires a focused history (including risk factor analysis), a physical examination, an ECG and, frequently, serum cardiac marker determinations.
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Fletcher, Mills & Taylor	Update on Exercise Stress Testing Exercise stress testing is an important diagnostic tool for the evaluation of suspected or known cardiac disease.
American Family Physician September 15, 2000 Anne D. Walling, M.D.	Family Practice International Notes from international family physicians' journals: Traumatic Coronary Artery Damage... Morton's Neuroma... Diagnosing Acute Dyspnea...
Nursing June 2010 Linda Laskowski-Jones	Summer emergencies: Can you take the heat? This article will review the most common summertime hazards, describe frontline emergency care interventions, and advise commonsense prevention strategies.
Nursing November 2011 Jeanne Held-Warmkessel	Taming Three High-Risk Chemotherapy Complications A review of three common chemotherapy-associated complications that can be serious enough to require hospitalization: febrile neutropenia, chemotherapy-related nephrotoxicity, and chemotherapy-related enterotoxicity.
American Family Physician July 15, 2000 Mitchell S. King	Preoperative Evaluation The purpose of a preoperative evaluation is not to "clear" patients for elective surgery, but rather to evaluate and, if necessary, implement measures to prepare higher risk patients for surgery...
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American Family Physician November 15, 2002 Bernard M. Karnath	Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality in the United States. An important subset of heart disease is perioperative myocardial infarction, which affects approximately 50,000 persons each year.
Nursing March 2010 Peg Gray-Vickrey	Gathering pearls of knowledge for assessing older adults If you attended nursing school more than 10 years ago, you may have received limited education about gerontological nursing. But as baby boomers age, this is becoming an increasingly important area of nursing practice.
American Journal of Nursing January 2010	Life-Support Interventions at the End of Life: Unintended Consequences Nurses need to be knowledgeable life-support interventions at the end of life and able to communicate what they know about those consequences to patients, family members, and others on the health care team, leading to better decision making at this difficult time.
American Family Physician July 15, 2002 Dana E. King	Acute Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Part II. Prevention of Thromboembolic Complications Family physicians should be familiar with the acute management of atrial fibrillation and the initiation of chronic therapy for this common arrhythmia. Part II of this two-part article focuses on the prevention of thromboembolic complications using anticoagulation.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2009 Robert Steyer	At Last, a Heartening Drug Approval French drug giant sanofi-aventis gets FDA approval for a drug to treat an erratic heartbeat.
American Family Physician May 15, 2002 Robert H. Shackelford	Diary from a Week in Practice Beware the "quiet child!"... It is important for every patient to feel comfortable with their health care professional and to have the choice of who they see... etc.
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American Family Physician June 15, 2002 Kathy Soch	Diary from a Week in Practice Asking teenaged patients about sensitive subjects... A resident takes charge of a patient with queit confidence and skill... Never a more important house call... etc.
American Family Physician November 15, 2001 Robert H. Shackelford	Diary from a Week in Practice Patient loyalty and emergency measures... Four-gallon-bag prescription regimen reduced to one avoids potential self-medicating errors... etc.
Managed Care December 2004 Adler & Schukman	The Role of Managed Care In Patient Safety & Error Reduction Patient safety and medical errors have become the focus of increasing attention from the public, policymakers, and accreditation agencies. Managed care organizations clearly are important stakeholders in this issue.
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Managed Care December 2004 Thomas Morrow	Artificial Heart Buys Precious Time The recently approved artificial heart marks a technological advance, but the reality of cost is a matter that needs addressing by managed care.