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Crystal Phend

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Crystal Phend

Crystal Phend is a contributing editor with 番茄社区, where she's been covering medical news of all stripes since 2006.

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Ross Procedure Best for Fixing Aortic Valve in Younger Patients?

Propensity-matched analysis may suggest it's time for "Ross Centers of Excellence"

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CDC Details Deadly Aromatherapy Outbreak

Tropical disease hit middle America and could pop up again, agency scientists say

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Diagnosing Cardiomyopathy: History, Examination, and Testing

A brief guide through diagnostics

Illustration of a stethoscope with an electrocardiogram over a heart with cardiomyopathy

For Your Patients: What to Expect When Your Doctor Suspects Cardiomyopathy

Your guide to diagnostic tests and work-up

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Stroke Clot Composition Linked to Functional Outcomes, Death

Study hints at personalized treatment potential

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Lytic Post-Thrombectomy Improved Stroke Outcomes

But a number of problems with clinical trial may require a redo

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Can Tenecteplase Help Late-Presenting Strokes?

Early phase data from China suggestive of benefit

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Emergent Stroke Care Within Reach for Nearly All in U.S.

Next question is staffing at those centers

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Thrombectomy Helps Large Core Strokes

Randomized trial shows "surprising" magnitude of benefit on par with that in smaller infarcts

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Cardiomyopathy: What Are the Signs, What Are the Symptoms?

A brief guide through diseases of the myocardium

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