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) – Cotreatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor reduces the risk of diabetes associated with beta blocker treatment, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with left main coronary artery disease (CAD) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a safe option that…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous coronary intervention with bare metal stents followed by a course of oral prednisone at immunosuppressive strength produces results comparable to that obtained…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among MI patients who have undergone successful revascularization, prompt administration of erythropoietin does not reduce ultimate infarct size. In fact, it may have…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Mitral isthmus ablation is a technically challenging procedure and acute subclinical circumflex ‘injury’ following the procedure “is not uncommon,” clinicians from the United…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients seen in the emergency department with chest pain, cardiac CT findings predict their risk for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When a defective systemic atrioventricular valve needs to be replaced in patients who have corrected transposition of the great arteries, it should be…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There’s now one more reason for statin loading before percutaneous coronary intervention. As well as reducing myocardial damage, high-dose atorvastatin given shortly before…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with acute MI undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, routine use of intravascular ultrasound to guide stent placement is not associated with better…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Many patients with acute MI have risk factors for shock, which increase the likelihood of adverse outcomes with early initiation of beta-blocker therapy,…
