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) – Silent embolic cerebral infarctions occur in about 1 in 6 patients after undergoing coronary angiography, and the risk is related to the degree…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Data released online today in the Journal of the American Medical Association challenge current guidelines for maintaining potassium levels immediately after a heart…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While observational data indicate that closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is better than medical therapy in preventing stroke recurrence, the results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation MI, access via the radial artery is associated with better outcomes than is the femoral…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with HIV infection who are admitted to the hospital with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) face a “substantial” risk of dying in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with significant mitral valve regurgitation who are not considered candidates for surgery, catheter-based mitral leaflet repair with the MitraClip device (Abbott…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) on long-term warfarin therapy, an interruption in treatment more than doubles the risk of death or a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), triple antithrombotic therapy significantly increases the risk of major bleeding compared…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term outcomes are better for patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease when they undergo off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting rather than percutaneous coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While the CYP2C19 genotype is associated with platelet response to clopidogrel, that does not equate with any meaningful effect on clinical outcomes, according…
