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) – With intensive medical therapy, fewer than 5% of patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis will gain additional benefit from revascularization, according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Triple antiplatelet therapy is more effective than dual therapy at reducing ischemic events after implantation of a drug-eluting stent (DES), according to an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Potassium monitoring can help prevent drug-associated hyperkalemia events in patients with diabetes, according to a report in the January 20th online issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with diabetes and complex multivessel coronary artery disease, the risk of repeat vascularization within one year is elevated 3-fold after percutaneous…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with schizophrenia, clozapine does not seem to increase the risk of cardiovascular death relative to risperidone, despite known differences in cardiometabolic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Whether clopidogrel is abruptly stopped or slowly tapered, there is no evidence of a rebound in platelet activity, German researchers report. They point…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Performing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in high-risk patients without placing them on cardiopulmonary bypass does not increase their risk of short-term…
Richard J Shemin, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses minimally invasive cardiac surgery using the Da Vinci Robot, which now gives patients…
Arya Nick Shamie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic and Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses minimally invasive spine surgery and the reasons why it has taken…
Joshua Grill, PhD, Director, Katherine and Benjamin Kagan Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Development Program, UCLA, discusses new therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease. The FDA has currently approved 5 symptomatic therapies…
