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Reducing heart failure readmissions raises mortality


 

This week from MDedge Cardiology, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program may be doing more harm than good, ticagrelor holds no edge over aspirin in CABG patients, weight-loss apps lack evidence, and the Surgeon General sends out an alarm.

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