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Study Identifies Gender Differences in Early PTSD Symptoms

HCPLive

Women experience more severe early PTSD symptoms than men, with re-experiencing and avoidance clusters being strongest. Men showed stronger anxious arousal patterns.

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New Study Finds Mechanical Valves Offer Superior Long-Term Survival for Aortic Valve Replacement Patients Aged 60 and Younger

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

Press Release New Study Finds Mechanical Valves Offer Superior Long-Term Survival for Aortic Valve Replacement Patients Aged 60 and Younger January 25, 2025 KCummings Sat, 01/25/2025 - 13:33 LOS ANGELESJanuary 25, 2025A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for patients aged 60 and younger compared to bioprosthetic valves.

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Patient-Reported Acne Assessment Tool Effective, Reliable in Evaluating Severity

HCPLive

These findings suggest the ACORN PtGA tool may be effective as an alternative option for acne assessment when a clinician is unavailable.

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Comparing TAVR and SAVR in Medicare Beneficiaries with Aortic Stenosis and Coronary Artery Disease

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

During the Top Adult Cardiac Surgery Abstracts session on Sunday, Jan. 25, J. Hunter Mehaffey, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon from West Virginia University, will examine results comparing two treatment options Transcatheter vs. Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Medicare Beneficiaries with Aortic Stenosis and Significant Coronary Disease.

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Trends in Aspirin Use; Top Treatments for Localized Esophageal Cancer

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

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HCV-Positive Donor Kidneys Safe For Use in HCV-Negative Recipients, Study Finds

HCPLive

Donor HCV positivity was not associated with acute rejection or recipient mortality 1-year post-renal transplant in HCV-negative recipients.

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Indian cardiology community, bids adieu to a great heart surgeon Dr. K.M. Cherian.

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

As India celebrates its 75th Republic day anniversary, we hear a silent news, of loss of its one the great citzens , a doctor , a scientist and humanist par excellence.

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Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction: Transcatheter Correction In Tetralogy Of Fallot: A Pilot Study

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 24 January 2025 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Dr. Asit Das, Dr. Shubham Tewary, Dr. Debdatta Kar, Dr. Gaurav Lakhani, Dr. Nur Nabab Mollah, Dr.

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