The dose of platelets given by transfusion to cancer patients who become thrombocytopenic can be halved without increasing the risk of bleeding, according to...
A new study attempting to model the future risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and its price, based on past and current exposure to second-hand smoke, has...
The advent of transvenous leads did away with thoracotomies when putting in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) systems, making the procedure simpler...
In the decision as to whether to replace an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) that has become subject to a safety advisory, the guiding equation is...
Therapeutic instead of prophylactic platelet transfusions are safe, feasible, and would reduce costs considerably, say German researchers reporting the first...
Acute-MI patients who possess the genetic variant linked previously with variability in the antiplatelet response to clopidogrel (Plavix, Bristol-Myers...
The risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation went up sharply with increasing resting heart rate in patients receiving drug therapy for hypertension in the...
The medical treatment of inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) looks set to be confined to off-label therapy for the foreseeable...
A new study suggests that between 1998 and 1999, Medicare managed- care plans did not have a positive effect on the appropriate use of carotid endarterectomy...
More evidence is available supporting the preemptive use of statins in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, only this time the benefit extends to patients...
Elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure who go on beta blockers for the first time and continue them after discharge can expect prolonged survival and...
Early postnatal prophylactic granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) corrects neutropenia but does not lower risk for sepsis or improve...
Results of 2 new MRI analyses from the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) show that hormone therapy (HT) is associated with increased brain...
A series of papers in a special issue of Circulation is highlighting new data on cardiovascular disease in Asians specifically. The researchers stress that the...
The severity of incident MIs has dropped significantly in the US over a 15-year period, a new analysis of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC)...
New data from a single center suggest that transradial-access PCI can be performed successfully in complex patients and complex lesions, such as in acute-MI...
A majority of patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease (CAD) have LDL-cholesterol levels considered normal by current guidelines, a new study has...
A majority of patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease (CAD) have LDL-cholesterol levels considered normal by current guidelines, a new study has...
In the alternative, it tells us the entire preoccupation with cholesterol is nonsense. ... From: dr_allen_wang To: heart119@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday,...
Diastolic dysfunction is independently and strongly related to reduced exercise capacity, a new cross-sectional study has shown [1]. And unlike many other...
New guidelines on the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) have been released by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association....
Background: Cigarette smoking is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but it is unknown whether it also contributes to the risk of atrial...
Adding to a mixed evidence base regarding the use of natriuretic- peptide levels as a treatment target in heart failure, a randomized trial has suggested that...
Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is an effective tool to determine the presence and severity of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in patients with...
Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk for subsequent chronic hypertension, thromboembolism, and type 2 diabetes,...
Further evidence that even commonly used nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are harmful to heart-failure patients has come from a new study [1]. ...
Several research groups have identified new genomic markers in various cohorts that have an association--albeit small--with MI or coronary artery disease...
Data from a national registry suggest that outcomes at 30 days are better with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) than with carotid artery stenting (CAS) [1]....
A polymorphism in one of the genes responsible for metabolizing clopidogrel to its active form has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of stent...
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