Daniel R. Schimmel, MD, explains how balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) uses balloons and specialized catheters to open narrowed vessels in the lungs to improve circulation and reduce symptoms…
Nick Norwitz interviews Aseem Malhotra, MD, a consultant cardiologist, on controversial new findings challenging LDL cholesterol’s role as an independent risk factor for heart disease. They discuss data…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a randomized study provide no evidence of benefit from high-concentration oxygen therapy relative to titrated oxygen therapy in patients with initially…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The need for late target lesion revascularization (TLR) with sirolimus-eluting coronary stents is reduced when patients receive ongoing statin therapy after stent implantation,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a study conducted in Singapore indicate that vasopressin administered to patients in prolonged cardiac arrest does not improve survival to hospital…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In high-risk hypertensive patients with or without prior coronary artery disease, adding the angiotensin receptor II blocker valsartan to conventional non-ARB treatment reduces…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The lipid-modifying effects of rosuvastatin (Crestor: AstraZeneca) are stronger than atorvastatin (Lipitor; Pfizer) in patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In real-world contemporary clinical practice, the use of the XIENCE V everolimus-eluting coronary stent is associated with lower mortality and reduced stent thrombosis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefit of renin-angiotensin system inhibition in systolic heart failure (HF) extends to older patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a new study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Data from the National Inpatient Sample indicate that vena cava filters reduce the in-hospital fatality rate among patients with pulmonary embolism who are…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – During 3 years of follow-up in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), overall outcomes were significantly better in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Increases in fasting blood sugar levels are often seen in patients starting niacin, sometimes to a level that suggests new onset of type…
