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) – A lower than normal hematocrit level before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and a drop in hematocrit after PCI are “strongly associated” with long-term…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite leading guidelines that suggest clopidogrel be given for 12 months after placement of a drug-eluting stent (DES), patients treated for 6 months…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bloodstream infections are more common with the use of needle-free mechanical valve connectors in intravascular catheters, a new study shows. The needle-free mechanical…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In diabetic patients, sirolimus-eluting stents reduce the risk for coronary artery restenosis compared with paclitaxel-eluting stents, a meta-analysis shows. Because the relative efficacy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are linked with an increased risk of stent thrombosis and cardiovascular events in patients with drug-eluting stents, say…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intensive statin therapy is more effective than standard doses in reducing the risk of major adverse events after angioplasty for acute coronary syndromes…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A large study of revascularization strategies in diabetics with multivessel coronary artery disease, which set out to show that angioplasty is not inferior…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute MI is associated with a lower risk of major bleeding and other adverse events than transfemoral…
E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the current limitations of catheter-based valve replacements, including problems with the femoral artery route and atherosclerosis and paravalvular…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding angioplasty to medical therapy does not improve the outcomes of patients with renal-artery stenosis and carries substantial risks, according to a report…
