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) – Excessive intake of fructose can increase blood pressure and induce other features of the metabolic syndrome, according to study findings presented Wednesday at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Amlodipine-based therapy is still a better treatment for uncomplicated hypertension than atenolol-based therapy, even in patients with higher baseline heart rates, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the antiarrhythmic dronedarone is less effective than amiodarone at maintaining sinus rhythm, but it has fewer adverse…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When patients who need coronary artery bypass grafts or an aortic valve have significant carotid stenosis, some surgeons combine the cardiac surgery with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Darusentan, a selective endothelin-receptor blocker, can reduce blood pressure in patients who have not reached their target levels using three or more antihypertensive…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Perioperative corticosteroids reduce the risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) by more than 50% in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, according to a meta-analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intracoronary streptokinase (ICSK) given immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces long-term myocardial infarction size and improves left ventricular volumes and function, Turkish…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High-dose N-acetylcysteine decreases the incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy, results of a meta-analysis indicate. “N-acetylcysteine has the advantages of being relatively innocuous, inexpensive, and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with fluvastatin both before and after vascular surgery decreases the incidence of cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction, according to results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding dual antiplatelet therapy on top of existing anticoagulant therapy increases the bleeding risk after percutaneous coronary stenting, according to results from the…
