NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the short term, cryoablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is as effective as radiofrequency catheter ablation, but 6-month recurrence rates are…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elevated systolic blood pressure and low diastolic blood pressure are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among patients with type 2…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In high-risk post-acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients, a J- or U-shaped association exists between blood pressure and the risk of future cardiovascular events,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) are less pronounced for typical “real-world” patients — particularly those with right bundle-branch block — than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Family history, age, cholesterol and blood pressure levels, and conditions such as diabetes remain the mainstay of assessing the risk of cardiovascular disease…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Updated guidelines compiled by an expert panel of cardiologists and gastroenterologists address the issue of a possible drug interaction between proton pump inhibitors…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Forget those headlines from the past few years linking hypercholesterolemia in midlife to risk of dementia in old age. Data presented in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with severe aortic stenosis and reduced left ventricular systolic function may do better with transcatheter implantation of a prosthetic aortic valve than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who develop acute renal failure (ARF) after undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting have a poorer prognosis if the condition doesn’t resolve within…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The patency of saphenous veins used for coronary artery bypass grafting is better in the 3 months after the operation when patients are…