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American College of Cardiology Poster Presentation: Dr. Michael Ring

Dr. Michael Ring, recently presented a poster session on behalf of his co-authors: Ken Daratha, Robert Short, Denise Dominik, Lynn Shuler and Katherine Tuttle, for the 2008 American College of Cardiology (ACC) Conference in Chicago, Il. His topic was "Two Year Safety and Revascularization Outcomes Following Coronary Artery Intervention with Bare Metal Stents Versus Strategies of Selective or Predominant Drug Eluting Stents in a Community Setting".

The poster presentation represented the work of their current study completed at Providence Medical Research Center and Sacred Heart Medical Center. The study compared the outcome of individuals who had received a bare metal stent with those who had received drug eluting stents. Patients were tracked for a minimum of 2 years following the placement of the stent, using a regional hospital electronic record.

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Providence Medical Research Center is the only physician-led, full-spectrum medical research center in the Inland Northwest. The program truly lives up to the "bench-to-bedside-to-community" paradigm. We conduct research at many levels.

Multi-center clinical trials in multiple specialties
Original, investigator-initiated studies
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies
Physiology studies
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Recent Publications

Comparison of Low-Fat Versus Mediterranean-Style Dietary Intervention After First Myocardial Infarction (from The Heart Institute of Spokane Diet Intervention and Evaluation Trial)

Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, Lynn A. Shuler, RN, MA, Diane P. Packard, MS, RD, Joan E. Milton, MS, RD, Kenn B. Daratha, PhD, Douglas M. Bibus, PhD, Robert A. Short, PhD

The American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 101, Issue 11, Pages 1523-1530 (1 June 2008)

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The New KDOQI™ guidelines for diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

Tuttle KR and Nelson RG. The New KDOQI^TMguidelines for diabetes and chronic kidney disease(CKD). NKF Family Focus 16:14-15, 2008.

Nearly 21 million Americans have diabetes. Five to 10 percent of them have Type 1 diabetes, which develops because of the body's failure to make insulin. Most others have Type 2 diabetes, which develops because of the body's failure to properly use the insulin it makes.

It is predicted that the number of people with diabetes will increase 165 percent between 2000 and 2050, with the greatest increases occurring in people over 75 years of age and African Americans (1). Children are also increasingly affected by diabetes. Mostly, these increases are due to the alarming rise in obesity rates.

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