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“I really feel conceptually, and, I guess, philosophically, that ablation can have major favorable effects on peoples’ lives, even in addition to symptom control.”
~ David Callans, MD
"HF [heart failure] is slightly more common in women—just over half of the HF population—and they certainly have more hypertension than we ever expected."
W. Frank Peacock, MD
“…it’s been bandied about that the classic risk factors account for only 50% of the risk of atherosclerotic vascular disease. … We refer to this as the ‘50% myth’ and we need to refute it.”
~ Ezra Amsterdam MD
“Because of socioeconomic limitations [our patients] are not always compliant about their medicines and follow-up, so we tend to err on the side of implanting sooner.”
-Richard Trohman, MD
“The NIH State-of-the-Science Conference concluded that [antipsychotics and barbituates] have significant risks and cannot be recommended for the treatment of insomnia. So I think that’s important for clinicians to remember.”
~ Sonia Ancoli-Israel
