Advancements in AI-driven diagnostics could transform cardiology, enabling autonomous interpretation of up to 80% of cardiac imaging within a decade. David Ouyang, MD, discusses overcoming barriers to running…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Following transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO), migraine relief may occur despite residual right-to-left shunt, researchers report in the October 1st…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nephropathy associated with iodinated contrast medium exposure can be fatal, physicians report in the October issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. However, the mortality…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Routine periodic fasting is associated with reduced incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and diabetes, according to findings from the Intermountain Heart Collaborative…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that obesity not only increases the risk of first atrial fibrillation, it also increases the odds that paroxysmal atrial fibrillation…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of cardioselective beta-blockers can improve survival in “carefully selected” COPD patients undergoing vascular surgery, according to a report in the first…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even in the absence of clinical stroke, atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with impaired cognitive function and reduced hippocampal volume, according to findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – With the introduction of more intensive medical therapy, revascularization for asymptomatic carotid stenosis is likely to benefit less than 5% of patients, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Randomized trials have shown a survival benefit to using drug-eluting stents (DES) rather than bare-metal stents (BMS) in heart disease patients. Now, the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adults with subclinical hypothyroidism are at increased risk for heart failure and for changes in cardiac function, new research suggests. Subclinical hyperthyroidism, by…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a randomized trial suggest that statins may be a useful treatment for Raynaud’s phenomenon and digital ulcers that can accompany…
