Journal Club. NEWS.

[Igor Bulatov]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditio ... giography/



An expensive CT scan that uses multiple X-rays to produce spectacular 3-D images of the heart can't replace tried-and-true coronary angiography for finding blocked blood vessels in chest-pain patients, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.


CT scans produce images of the heart like this one, but they are not as effective as an angiogram, study says.

Diagnostic Performance of Coronary Angiography by 64-Row CT
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/22/2324
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00738218

[AOkhotin]

Хорошая новость:
Bobrow BJ et al. Gasping during cardiac arrest in humans is frequent and associated with improved survival.
Circulation 2008 Dec 9; 118:2550.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content ... 18/24/2550

Плохая новость:
Falls After Age 90: Inability to Get Up and Prolonged Time on Floor Portend Poor Outcomes
BMJ 2008 Nov 17; 337:a2227.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a2227

[limankina]

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/587 ... &src=nldne