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Atrial Arrhythmia Strikes 13% of Patients Following Lung Cancer Surgery

Patients undergoing lung resection for non–small cell lung cancer had a 13% risk for developing a new atrial arrhythmia in a review of nearly 14,000 patients in a U.S.-wide database involving 111 centers.

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	Primary Care Physicians Miss LDL Targets, Especially in Women
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	Elective Coronary Angiography Has Low Diagnostic Yield
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