NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to expectations, left ventricular (LV) pacing is not superior to simultaneous biventricular (BiV) pacing in certain patients with symptoms of heart failure,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drug eluting stents (DES) apparently deliver drug to downstream coronary vessels and reduce the rate new lesion formation therein, a Cleveland Clinic team…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among stable patients with persistent total occlusion of the infarct-related artery after myocardial infarction, those who undergo late percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) fare…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to some previous results, intracoronary administration of a bolus of adenosine before elective percutaneous coronary intervention does not reduce periprocedural myocardial necrosis,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with concomitant cardiac disease requiring surgery and symptomatic carotid artery disease, carotid artery stenting before surgery yields favorable outcomes, a Dutch…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For stable patients with left main coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a “reasonable” alternative to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair using the MitraClip device can be safely performed even in very high risk patients, researchers from Germany report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pooled data from four studies indicate that everolimus-eluting stents (EES) are safer and more effective than paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) in patients with acute…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bariatric surgery and its associated weight loss significantly improve the cardiovascular risk profile of obese patients, according to findings published in the August…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Microembolic signals are detected less frequently during carotid artery stenting when a proximal occlusion device is used rather than a distal filter, an…