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Using Education To Increase Compliance With Heart Failure Medications, Kara Stout Do, Isaac Navarro Dmd

Internal Medicine

• Approximately 5.7 million adults in the United States have heart failure.
• 25% of individuals die within one year of diagnosis and more than 80% die within 8 years.
• Full adherence to medications may be as low as 30% in heart failure patients.
• Non-compliant patients are two times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital and have a three times higher mortality rate.

A Case Of Flecainide Toxicity In A Young Male, Ifrah Butt, Umair Shaikh, Marlena Fernandez, Sameer Shaharyar, Daniel Heller

Internal Medicine

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