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) – Using paclitaxel-eluting stents to treat saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions is associated with better outcomes than is the use of bare metal stents,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Following carotid artery stenting or carotid endarterectomy, rates of restenosis are about 2.5 times higher with stenting, according to French investigators reporting in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with ST-segment elevated MI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a simple protocol of intracoronary administration of adenosine during the procedure…
NEW YORK (Reuters health) – The effects of cardiac resynchronization may be more dramatic in patients with advanced heart failure, but those with less severe symptoms also benefit…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients who require stroke prevention therapy and who also undergo coronary stenting, combining oral anticoagulation with aspirin and clopidogrel provides better antithrombotic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to the standard 75-mg/d maintenance dose of clopidogrel, 150 mg/d produces greater platelet inhibition, higher flow-mediated vasodilation, and reduced inflammation – all…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery, discontinuing chronic aspirin therapy at least 6 days before or within 5 days of surgery has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Suppressive therapy with corticosteroids and antihistamines is effective for managing clopidogrel hypersensitivity in the majority of cases, allowing antiplatelet therapy to continue uninterrupted,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study questions the “universal definition” of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-related myocardial infarction (MI type 4a) — an increase of the biomarkers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiac resynchronization therapy added to optimal medical therapy or in addition to an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) reduces mortality significantly in mild to…
