Posted in Cardiology - Clinical, cardiology -Therapeutics, cardiology- coronary care, tagged cabg, cardiology, cardiomyopathy, combined cabg and renal transplant, dialysis, drsvenkatesan, end stage renal failure, kidney international., nejm, pci, renal transplant on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chronic renal failure and CAD are common companions.Severe CAD in patients with renal failure pose an imposing task on the treating physicians.CABG and kidney transplantation both are major interventions.When a patient requires both the decision making becomes much more difficult.
The possible choices are
A. Do CABG first follow it with renal transplant .
B. Do renal transplant first [...]
Posted in Cardiology -Interventional -PCI, Infrequently asked questions in cardiology (iFAQs), cardiology-ethics, tagged Add new tag, american college of cardiology, bmj, cardiology, cardiosource, coronary, ebm, evidence based medicine, guidelines, lancet, md consult, nejm, pci, unstable angina, who on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CURRENT CARDIOLOGY PRACTICE: EVIDENCE OR EXPERIENCE BASED ? AN ANALYSIS OF ACC/AHA GUIDELINES.
S. Venkatesan, Madras Medical College. Chennai
If a major therapeutic procedure is adviced based on simply by experience or expert opinion how can we say evidence based medicine is practiced !
Evidence based cardiology is the buzz word in global cardiovascular health care organizations. [...]
