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Dr. Wes: Heart Rhythm Society 2013 Scientific Session Wrapup
Opening Day HRS2013 As the Heart Rhythm Society's 2013 Scientific Sessions are a thing of the past, it is interesting to reflect on what constituted the main thrusts occurring our field. Summarizing thousands of abstracts and hundreds of sessions from s...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 8:18am -07:00T (69 words)
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Dr. Wes: Happy Mother's Day
From Tom's Burned Down Cafe, Madeline Island, WI-Wes
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Dateline: 2013-05-12 3:18am -07:00T (11 words)
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Dr. Wes: Former President Bill Clinton Kicks off Heart Rhythm Society Meeting
While the above title is true, I admit that it was used more for garnering readership than suggesting that former U.S. President Bill Clinton had any real news to share with the world's pool of heart rhythm specialists. Â Oh how we hoped he would tell us ...
Dateline: 2013-05-09 6:04am -07:00T (74 words)
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Dr. Wes: HRS2013 Pre-meeting Reflections
This morning I sit quietly in my hotel room, contemplating the day ahead at the 2013 Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions in Denver. Â Emotions clash. On one hand, it will be great to see old friends an colleagues, to be spoon-fed information, and to ...
Dateline: 2013-05-08 7:48am -07:00T (72 words)
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Dr. Wes: Physician Blogger Insights On Social Media
A recent e-mail exchange between myself (WGF) and fellow-physician bloggers John M. Mandrola MD (JMM), Edward J Schloss MD (EJS) and Ves Desmov MD (VDMD) resulted in some interesting insights about how physicians are using social media tools today. Th...
Dateline: 2013-05-05 6:18pm -07:00T (68 words)
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Dr. Wes: The FDA Azithromycin Softshoe and Why It Matters
This week, a Danish study by Svanstrom and colleagues appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine that failed to show significant cardiovascular risk to azithromycin compared to other antibiotics in the Danish national health care system. This repor...
Dateline: 2013-05-04 6:48am -07:00T (66 words)
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Dr. Wes: EKG Du Jour #31: A Case of Chest Pain
A 61 year old patient presented to your ER with chest pain, low blood pressure, and this EKG:(Click image to enlarge)Now before you leap to the answer at the link provided below, ask yourself:(a) What is this?
(b) What could cause this?
(c) How would yo...
Dateline: 2013-05-03 11:33am -07:00T (71 words)
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Dr. Wes: Dr. John M: Autonomy vs beneficence? Shared decision-making in the patient considered for an ICD
"Convincing physicians to engage in shared decision-making is a complex undertaking, as physicians may believe that they are following clinical practice guidelines in strongly recommending an ICD to eligible patients. Because quality-improvement efforts o...
Dateline: 2013-05-01 8:48am -07:00T (55 words)
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Dr. Wes: Story Lines
Doctors are trying to rationalize our current story line:  the loss of autonomy and pay cuts are a necessary evil for the greater good.  We're taking one for the excess-health care cost team.  We're willing to take this personal sacrifice for our fel...
Dateline: 2013-04-28 12:33pm -07:00T (75 words)
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Dr. Wes: A Few Words About this Week's Block-HF Trial
Today, press releases about Medtronic's BLOCK-HF trial filled by e-mail inbox, just 24 hours after the results appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine. For those unfamiliar, the trial studied the efficacy of biventricular pacing to reduce a com...
Dateline: 2013-04-25 4:33pm -07:00T (62 words)
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Dr. Wes: Technorati's Social Media Update 2013
In preparation for my upcoming talk at the Heart Rhythm Society's 2013 Scientific Sessions in May, I came across this information from TechnoratiMedia's 2013 Digital Influence Report. While these data are primarily directed to general online consumer in...
Dateline: 2013-04-25 10:18am -07:00T (59 words)
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Dr. Wes: Retaking Medicine
If you are reading this, do not forward this to colleagues. Â Do not forward on to your state medical association. Â Do not demand relevant discussion of this at your next professional meeting. Â We are good boys and girls, dear doctor, not activists -- l...
Dateline: 2013-04-24 10:18pm -07:00T (69 words)
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Dr. Wes: The American Board of Internal Medicine Gets Sued Over MOC
From Sermo this AM:The Association of of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed suit in federal court against the Amercan Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) for restraining trade and causing reduction in access by patients to their physicians.Â...
Dateline: 2013-04-24 8:03am -07:00T (59 words)
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Dr. Wes: The American College of Cardiology Gets a New CEO
Since when does a pharmaceutical executive become CEO of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)?Since now.Call me crazy, but does this strike anyone else as strange?  Are physicians now officially incapable of leading the ACC or any other major prof...
Dateline: 2013-04-23 7:48pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Dr. Wes: To Burn or Freeze During Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, That Is the Question
With the deaths that have recently surfaced caused by esophageal perforation following cryoablation procedures for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, Dr. John Mandrola (a fellow colleague and EP-blogger) delves deeper into the incidence, issues, an...
Dateline: 2013-04-22 1:19pm -07:00T (54 words)
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