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Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Pulmonary artery catheterization shows no benefit for severe heart failure
October 26th, 2005
Hospitalized patients with severe congestive heart failure did not experience a benefit from use of pulmonary artery catheterization, but had more adverse events, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Advances in medical therapy have improved outcomes for many ambulatory patients with heart failure and low ejection fraction (EF; a measure of how much blood the left ventricle of the heart pumps out with each contraction), according to background information in the article. However, each year an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 patients are hospitalized for heart failure with low EF, and the 1-year survival rate after hospitalization...
Source: Elder Law Weekly (2005-10-26)
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