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) – Prasugrel helps stop thrombotic events in patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but associated “nuisance” bleeding may prompt discontinuation of such therapy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair using the MitraClip device can be safely performed even in very high risk patients, researchers from Germany report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) does not appear to increase the risk of cardiovascular events among postmenopausal women, researchers from Sweden report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One in five of patients with congenital heart disease need surgery in adulthood, and reoperations make up about 40% of these surgeries, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Therapy aimed at reducing levels of amino-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) is more beneficial than standard…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pooled data from four studies indicate that everolimus-eluting stents (EES) are safer and more effective than paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) in patients with acute…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of certain antihypertensives may worsen lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), but there are significant differences between medications and genders, researchers from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARBs) appear to reduce mortality in elderly heart failure patients with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiac allografts might function better when brain-dead organ donors are treated with low-dose dopamine, researchers report. They say the approach — already known…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A specially convened work group has concluded that routine screening of newborns for critical congenital heart disease, based on the detection of low…
