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Diagnostic accuracy of electrocardiography and NT-proBNP for mild cardiac dysfunction among long-term breast cancer survivors [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

While echocardiography is the gold standard to diagnose LVSD, its limited accessibility in primary care poses challenges. Setting or Dataset: A dataset was used, consisting of 350 long-term female breast cancer survivors included between 2013 and 2016 in general practices in the Netherlands. and a specificity of 66.6%

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

How is it different from general practice? Physicians who practice internal medicine are called internists or internal medicine doctors. A common comparison is between an internist and a family doctor (or general practitioner). Internal medicine focuses on adult patients , generally age 18 and older.