Should We Normalize Failure?

Should we stay or should we go?

With the potential benefit of positive movement in the housing market and now having two properties this may place you in a good position to increase your retirement nest egg if you choose to sell your family home when you downsize. Depending on your situation you may even be able to keep the family home as an investment. One of the biggest decisions for many retirees is whether to stay in the ...

Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: what should we do?

Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are two conditions that are likely to dominate the next 50 years of cardiovascular (CV) care. Both are increasingly prevalent and associated with high morbidity, mortality, and healthcare cost. They are closely inter-related with similar risk factors and shared pathophysiology. Patients with concomitant HF and AF suffer from even worse symptoms an...

How should we define failure after surgical shoulder stabilization?

If 2 alternating half-hitches are required to back up the SPK, it is more time-consuming to tie than the SMC and Revo knots and potentially stacks higher, thus eliminating 2 of its most attractive features. Ultimately, our goal was to test the SPK in a manner that could be safely translated into our clinical practice. In our study we determined that the SPK tied with a single backup half-hitch ...

Should we perform a heart failure risk score?

Atherosclerotic renovascular disease in chronic heart failure: should we intervene?

Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is most commonly caused by atherosclerosis, which is also the most common cause of chronic heart failure (CHF). One-third of patients with CHF are reported to have significant renovascular disease. The presence of RAS confers a worse outcome in studies of hypertension and coronary disease, though data are lacking for patients with CHF. As the kidney is intricately in...