Medicare patients whose implantable heart devices became infected were less likely to die from the complication if they had the hardware removed compared
Medicare patients whose implantable heart devices became infected were less likely to die from the complication if they had the hardware removed compared to patients who only received antibiotics, according to the largest study on the topic, led by the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
Although many patients with diabetes also have cardiovascular disease, researchers have found a "shocking underuse" of medications to lower cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose in new observational data.