Is heart failure over-diagnosed? and other stories

Is heart failure over-diagnosed?

A common problem in elderly men, obstructive uropathy, can look a lot like heart failure.

When pulmonary edema is present, heart failure is often the "scapegoat" says Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD in a commentary on Medscape. Approaching heart failure with "an air of skepticism" might help.

I've seen a handful of obstructive uropathy cases masquerading as heart failure in elderly men in recent years. I shudder to think how many times I've missed it. I suspect that it's not just men who suffer. Some of our female patients with "diastolic dysfunction" and overflow incontinence seem to suffer from backpressure that finds its way into the pulmonary vasculature.

Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD
Read more on Medscape.


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New Cath Lab Opening in Bronxville, New York

BRONXVILLE, NY—New York-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, NY announces the opening of a NEW Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Lab Program in early 2015.

On Monday, February 9, 4:00pm - 8:30pm, you have an opportunity to network with the Cath Lab team at NYP/Lawrence, tour their brand new Cath Lab, and hear about available career opportunities for Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants, and Angioplasty Specialists.

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