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…
Richard J Shemin, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses cardiovascular surgery research at UCLA, which aims to enhance patient outcomes by discovering…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Beta-blockers can improve survival and reduce exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – even in patients with cardiovascular disease, a new study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Including tirofiban (Aggrastat) in pre-hospital protocols can improve the outcomes of angioplasty for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to randomized trial results.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Superficial, or “nuisance,” bleeding troubled more than a quarter of patients on dual-antiplatelet therapy following the implantation of drug-eluting stents, according to new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Heparin bridging while withholding warfarin before implantation of a heart rhythm device substantially increases the risk of bleeding, new research shows. By contrast,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) is most usefully applied in patients with intermediate risk for disease, because it will identify the ones who…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with stable coronary artery disease, supplementing calcium channel blockers with perindopril decreases mortality and improves cardiac outcomes, new research shows. After…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The combination of the cholesterol uptake inhibitor ezetimibe and a statin is more effective than a statin alone for reducing LDL cholesterol in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lipid-lowering therapy reduces cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to a post hoc analysis of the AFFIRM study.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with a textbook case of “typical” angina are no more likely than patients with atypical or nonanginal chest pain to have inducible…
