Join Michael Hochman, MD, MPH, for the second episode of Updates in Slow Medicine. This installment discusses results from a recent study that raises the possibility that a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sodium bicarbonate isn’t any more effective than sodium chloride at preventing contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with diabetic nephropathy, according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is the best choice for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease who are also diabetic, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A coronary stent incorporating a polytetrafluoroethylene membrane does not live up to expectations in the treatment of diseased aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts, investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with fibrinolytic therapy, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute MI is associated with a significant reduction in early mortality,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with high platelet reactivity after percutaneous coronary intervention, treatment with a high-dose clopidogrel regimen does not improve outcomes compared with standard…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are administered sodium bicarbonate before emergency coronary procedures might be less likely to suffer contrast-induced nephropathy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even with routine use of stents and thienopyridines such as clopidogrel for elective percutaneous coronary intervention, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (GPIs) such as abciximab…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clopidogrel improves outcomes not only in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, but also in MI patients revascularized by coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While carotid artery stenting (CAS) can be performed safely in different hospital settings by a variety of specialists, both site and operator volumes…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) restenosis may be better managed with balloon angioplasty using a paclitaxel-coated balloon (PEB) catheter rather than conventional balloon…
