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) – Left atrial volume rather than diameter is more strongly associated with thromboembolic risk markers in patients with mitral stenosis, and should be used…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The antiplatelet effect of clopidogrel is much reduced in patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest, according to a Norwegian study published online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of developing post-pericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) in cardiac surgery patients can be halved by treatment with colchicine, an international team has shown.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A consensus statement compiled by an international panel proposes that the level of platelet reactivity during antiplatelet therapy is a better measure of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Aortic root dilation is uncommon in highly trained competitive athletes and is not likely to be caused by exercise training. Consequently, aortic root…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In high vascular risk patients, addition of clopidogrel to treatment with acetylsalicylic acid does not help minimize untoward events, researchers report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite numerous advances in treatment, evidence-based outpatient therapy for congestive heart failure (CHF) has not improved since 2002, researchers report in the August…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The 10-year outcomes data from the MASS II trial comparing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and medical treatment for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiac resynchronization therapy for a year improves cardiac size and performance in patients with mildly symptomatic heart failure, resulting in improved outcomes, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with an acute coronary syndrome referred for invasive treatment have similar outcomes whether they are given double-dose or standard-dose clopidogrel plus higher-dose…
