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) – Fewer than 1% of adolescents in the US are potential candidates for cholesterol-lowering agents, based on updated guidelines released last year by the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In middle-aged Chinese adults, hyperuricemia is an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and ischemic stroke, according to results of prospective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The prognosis for patients with systemic sclerosis complicated by pulmonary hypertension is “grim,” particularly among African Americans and those with interstitial lung disease,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A diet high in vitamin E during early pregnancy may increase the risk of congenital heart defects in offspring, new research indicates. The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A fibrin-derived peptide (FX06) appears to limit infarct size when given during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pulse pressure can be used to screen patients with chronic kidney disease to identify those with coronary artery calcification who need further evaluation,…
DMC pediatric heart specialist uses less invasive technique to repair a child’s Atrial Septal Defect (“hole in the heart”). For more information, please see: Dan Turner, M.D. Sponsored…
A DMC patient suffering from an abdominal aortic aneurysm receives an endovascular graft to alleviate the potentially deadly problem, performed by DMC cardiac specialist Dr. Ali Kafi. ~…
A DMC patient suffering from an artery blockage is helped by Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), new technology that reveals the condition of the artery and may prevent heart attacks.…
DMC Heart Imaging Specialist Doctor Mukarram Siddiqui uses minimally invasive surgery to install a pacemaker and defibrillator on patients, preventing the onset of heart failure and dramatically increasing…
