PodMed – Week of November 24, 2014

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This week’s topics include manual versus mechanical CPR, duration of dual therapy after stent placement, sudden cardiac death among policemen, and HDL efflux versus level.

Program notes:

0:54 Mechanical versus manual CPR
1:52 Mechanical in an ambulance better?
2:50 Expensive device and training needed
3:42 Sudden cardiac death in police officers
4:40 Happen during emergency situations
5:40 HDL cholesterol fine points
6:40 Cholesterol transport
7:41 Ability to transport cholesterol for excretion
8:25 How long to stay on drugs after stenting
9:30 Fewer heart attacks but not stroke or death
10:30 End