NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Manual thrombus aspiration during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) improves myocardial reperfusion and reduces final infarct size in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even in the absence of ischemic heart disease, exercise capacity is limited in people with abnormal left ventricular diastolic function, investigators report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The long-term survival of children with severe aplastic anemia who respond to immunosuppressive therapy with antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine is “excellent, at about…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is significantly elevated in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to a large case-control study of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements to angiography may improve survival and other outcomes for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease who undergo…
Harper University Hospital has been accredited as a Bariatric Center of Excellence by the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons. By employing laparoscopy, this bariatric procedure is minimally invasive…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a sham-controlled trial suggest that pneumatic compression devices (PCDs) can produce clinically significant improvements in patients with restless legs syndrome.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, rituximab and abatacept do not increase the risk of serious infections, a meta-analysis of trial data suggests. High…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with the nonsteroidal selective estrogen receptor modulator raloxifene may heighten the risk of venous thromboembolic events and stroke deaths in postmenopausal women…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In high-risk atrial fibrillation patients who are candidates for anticoagulation, stroke usually occurs if warfarin is not used or drug levels are subtherapeutic,…
