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) – Stroke is uncommon after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a study of the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR).…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with high-risk esophageal varices treated with the beta-blocker carvedilol had lower rates of first bleeding episodes than patients treated with variceal band…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Only about half the patients with severe mitral regurgitation who meet current heart society guidelines for surgical intervention actually undergo mitral surgery, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Prior research has linked the thiazolidinediones pioglitazone and rosiglitazone with an increased risk of heart failure, myocardial infarction, and death, but new research…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A longer atrial fibrillation (AF) cycle length, measured with surface ECG, predicts successful catheter ablation in patients with this common arrhythmia, new research…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of ACE inhibitors prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with an increased risk of death, need for inotropic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Five-year survival is similar whether patients with acute MI are treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or pre-hospital lysis followed by transfer…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis of trial data suggests that erythropoietin can be safely used to treat anemia in patients with chronic heart failure and may…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although spontaneous reperfusion during percutaneous angiography for treatment of ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) occurs less often in patients with diabetes than in nondiabetics,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiac troponin-I is superior to electrocardiogram and creatinine kinase MB for predicting myocardial injury after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, results of…
