NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Administering acetylcysteine to patients before and after they undergo coronary or peripheral angiography does not reduce the occurrence of contrast-induced nephropathy, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The likelihood of refractory ischemia developing in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome is reduced if they undergo early rather than deferred…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) prasugrel shows the most favorable benefit-to-risk ratio in the core group of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABC) to augment blood flow before and for 12 hours after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not reduce infarct size…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Beta-blockers improve all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and heart failure, according to a report in the September 6th Journal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In low-risk women, exercise treadmill testing (ETT) gives similar results to exercise myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and is less expensive, researchers report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Implantation of cardiac implantable electrophysiological devices (CIED) is associated with increasing rates of complications and mortality, according to results of 3 studies published…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic internal carotid artery occlusion who successfully undergo carotid artery stenting show improvement in global cognitive function, Taiwanese researchers report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis does not increase the risk of stroke or mortality after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is significantly higher for those whose sibling also had VTE, researchers from Sweden report in the August…