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) – The ratio of triglycerides to HDL cholesterol (TG/HDL) predicts first coronary events in men regardless of body-mass index, say researchers in the November…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intensive statin therapy is more effective than standard doses in reducing the risk of major adverse events after angioplasty for acute coronary syndromes…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A large study of revascularization strategies in diabetics with multivessel coronary artery disease, which set out to show that angioplasty is not inferior…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Continuing to take low-dose aspirin after endoscopic treatment of a bleeding peptic ulcer raises the risk for re-bleeding but may also reduce mortality…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving intravenous drugs during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest does not improve survival, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Systolic blood pressure, left ventricular (LV) mass, and diabetes status independently predict the likelihood that prehypertensive patients with cardiac risk factors will develop…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute MI is associated with a lower risk of major bleeding and other adverse events than transfemoral…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Interruption of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compressions is common and prolonged when paramedics attempt to perform endotracheal intubation at the same time, research indicates.…
E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the current limitations of catheter-based valve replacements, including problems with the femoral artery route and atherosclerosis and paravalvular…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An “important” relation exists between platelet reactivity and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease who are on…
