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 a distal filter to protect against emboli during coronary stent implantation increases long-term rates of stent thrombosis and target vessel revascularization, investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous extraction of pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads is safe in patients with cardiac vegetations, investigators report. And as long as blood…
Richard J Shemin, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses hybrid approaches to cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, such as operation rooms where interventional…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Baseline platelet function is only modestly related to ischemic outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in low-risk patients, according to a study in…
Richard J Shemin, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses anticoagulation protocol for patients following mitral valve repair, and also the Maze procedure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravenous vitamin C before elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) improves microcirculatory reperfusion, new research shows. This suggests oxidative stress is to blame for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with complex multivessel coronary disease, long-term revascularization rates are lower after surgery than after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with sirolimus-eluting stents,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Oral anticoagulation might no longer be necessary after successful atrial fibrillation ablation, not even in patients at moderate-high risk for thromboembolism, a recent…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Triple antiplatelet therapy is more effective than dual therapy at reducing ischemic events after implantation of a drug-eluting stent (DES), according to an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with diabetes and complex multivessel coronary artery disease, the risk of repeat vascularization within one year is elevated 3-fold after percutaneous…
