Sure to stoke the still-smoldering coals of the COURAGE debate into fresh flames, a new meta-analysis comparing PCI with medical therapy for stable coronary...
Sure to stoke the still-smoldering coals of the COURAGE debate into fresh flames, a new meta-analysis comparing PCI with medical therapy for stable coronary...
A small study in patients with virus-negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy indicates that six months of immunosuppressive therapy can improve left ventricular...
The addition of a novel factor Xa inhibitor to antiplatelet therapy resulted in a dose-dependent increase in bleeding, but there was also a trend toward a...
Another biomarker in the natriuretic peptide family may be in the offing for helping with the emergency-department diagnosis of acute heart failure. A...
A handheld device (PAS-Port, Cardica) that can create an anastomosis between a vein graft and the aorta during CABG surgery, without conventional sutures or...
A new study has shown that US hospitals participating in the American Heart Association (AHA) Get With the Guidelines--Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG-CAD)...
Austrian researchers comparing the ability of two definitions of metabolic syndrome to accurately predict the risk of developing diabetes believe that the...
Lifestyle changes, not drugs, should be the main focus for preventing type 2 diabetes: that was the conclusion of a lively debate here at the European...
The Office of the Surgeon General called today for a coordinated, multifaceted plan to reduce the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary...
California scientists have found a protein that may help protect the heart against ischemic damage [1]. Dr Che-Hong Chen (Stanford University, California) and...
Major bleeding was a significant predictor of 30-day mortality in the HORIZONS-AMI trial, which pitted bivalirudin against unfractionated heparin (UFH) plus a...
Continuous aortic flow therapy is possibly best utilized in patients refractory to drug therapy and with severe hemodynamic disturbances but who do not have...
Ortho Biotech has announced that preliminary data from an investigator-initiated trial of epoetin alfa in acute ischemic stroke patients show higher mortality...
A new analysis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in 10 areas in North America has found a fivefold difference in survival rates [1]. Dr Graham Nichol...
Investigators testing 3,5-diiodothyropropionic acid (DITPA), a thyroid hormone analog, in patients with heart failure should be given an A+ for creativity,...
Results of a randomized trial suggest that treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) given 3 to 4.5 hours after symptom onset can still provide "modest...
Adults with subclinical hypothyroidism are at increased risk for heart failure and for changes in cardiac function, new research suggests. Subclinical...
Would that which is called an inotrope, by any other name, be safer in heart failure? A small dose-ranging study in patients with stable heart failure supports...
Percutaneous aortic-valve (AV) replacement can't come soon enough? Not to worry: authors of a new study say a minimally invasive alternative to surgical AV...
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who used inhaled anticholinergic agents for at least a month, compared with controls who took...
Three new studies examining the role of the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) candesartan (Atacand, AstraZeneca/Takeda Pharmaceutical) in the prevention and...
New data from 1 center's series of patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS) have shown that institution of intensive medical therapy in 2003 was...
An investigational adenosine A1-receptor antagonist modestly improved hemodynamics and renal function in stable heart-failure patients, a small dose-response...
A leading pediatric heart surgeon is hoping that a ventricular assist device (VAD) for use in small children that is widely available in Europe will soon be...
Cardiac-surgery patients treated by senior residents are no more likely to die or return to the hospital for cardiac complications than are patients treated by...
Swedish investigators say they were surprised to find that a significant number of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have obstructive sleep apnea...
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