NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) may not improve survival for patients in their 80s and 90s, according to a report in the June 2nd online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The average of five or six blood pressure measurements are needed in order to classify patients with reasonable certainty as having blood pressure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with heart failure depends on their QRS interval; CRT does not reduce adverse clinical…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing pulmonary vein isolation, the use of a multielectrode phased RF ablation catheter designed for the purpose appears…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The choice between carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy remains unclear for elderly patients at risk for ischemic stroke, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Analysis of data from the CREST study of carotid endarterectomy versus carotid stenting, shows that rates of elevated cardiac enzymes and of MI…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When asymptomatic patients with a supratherapeutic INR are seen in the emergency department, can they be treated as outpatients or should they be…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review of available evidence indicates that colchicine given after cardiac surgery reduces the risk of developing post-pericardiotomy syndrome, or PPS. “The data…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For assessing subsequent risk of stroke in patients who’ve had a transient ischemic attack, the so-called ABCD2 instrument is not sensitive or specific…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with hypercholesterolemia who do not reach target lipid levels with rosuvastatin have a better change of reaching their goals by adding ezetimibe…