NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over the past nearly 30 years, survivors of myocardial infarction have suffered an increasing rate of osteoporotic fractures, a new population-based cohort study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One-year survival after transcatheter aortic valves implantation in otherwise inoperable patients is “excellent” according to a new report. The findings, reported in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An investigational agent, ARC1779, reduces cerebral emboli resulting from carotid endarterectomy by inhibiting the prothrombotic effects of von Willebrand factor (vWF), according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When unfavorable anatomy of the cardiac veins impedes transvenous placement of left ventricular leads for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), implantation via a minithoracotomy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients undergoing their first coronary artery bypass procedure, outcomes are better when saphenous vein grafts are used for a single distal anastomosis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a large observational study reinforce current European and American guidelines that clopidogrel be given as early as possible after ST-segment elevation…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with a history of an atrial switch procedure for congenital d-transposition of the great arteries are at risk of untoward pregnancy outcomes,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with atrial fibrillation on amiodarone, the incidence of thyroid dysfunction is identical in those taking the brand-name formulation of the drug…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving elderly patients with acute MI a clopidogrel loading dose of 300 mg or more rather than a lower conventional dose doesn’t increase…