In diabetic patients who require a revascularization procedure following previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention...
Women being treated with statins or who have low cholesterol levels do not have significantly lower concentrations of reproductive hormones, researchers...
Each year Americans are becoming more obese and developing more related health conditions, such as diabetes, according to a report published in the January 1st...
A study of obese hyperinsulinemic rats that exhibit defective dopamine receptor function in the proximal tubules shows that rosiglitazone reverses this defect,...
After coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), abnormalities on MRI of the brain suggesting small embolic infarcts can occur, even in patients without overt...
For long-term survivors of childhood cancer treated with doxorubicin, the improvements in left ventricular (LV) function and structure seen with enalapril...
In an animal model of ischemic heart disease, implantation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PB-MNCs) into the hibernating region of myocardium improves...
Perhexiline potentiates the responsiveness of platelets to nitric oxide (NO) in patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP) and those with acute coronary...
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)-derived prostanoids are major mediators of the harmful cardiac effects of lipopolysaccharides (LPS), which are released from...
There is a substantial heritable component to the beat-to-beat variation in heart rate. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the control of heart rate...
This study was designed to assess the effects of tachycardia origin, the significance of atrial contribution, and the effects of left ventricular ejection...
Before the finding that cerivastatin was strongly associated with rhabdomyolysis, there was little clinical trial evidence that lipid- lowering drugs were more...
Late thrombosis is a serious complication of vascular brachytherapy (VBT). Initially reported rates varied from 6% to 10%. Prolongation of antiplatelet therapy...
In clinical practice, the level of LDL cholesterol reduction observed with statin therapy is significantly less than estimated by package insert guidelines,...
French researchers report more evidence that stavudine increases the risk of clinical lipodystrophy, mainly lipoatrophy, in HIV-infected patients receiving...
In women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), treatment with the insulin-lowering drug metformin appears to reduce FSH-stimulated aromatase activity,...
... Hi. There is,to my knowledge, no direct correlation between this patient's clinical problems and the abnormal heart rhythms. There is a need, however, for...
Cirrhosis is common in the people in Asia. Besides the hepatitis virus infection, alcoholism is the most common cause. Of all these who always consumes...
The marked reduction in time spent walking and in the use of walking for transportation in urban as compared with rural communities in sub- Saharan Africa (as...
Question....Could there be a correlation between tachycardia and blood pressure. For instance when sinus tahcycardia sets in it is noticed that blood pressure...
The question seems but in fact tough to answer. Besides the rate, the blood pressure may be influenced by many factors such as cardiac output (the mean amonut...
The typical dip in serum potassium concentrations seen in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes does not occur in diabetics, according to a report...
Although intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy for conditions such as systemic lupus erythematosus affects fertility, age at treatment onset is the main...
The benefits of using carvedilol (Coreg; GlaxoSmithKline) in patients who have had a recent MI is "difficult to see," US Food and Drug Administration staff...
Background¡X: We observed that the prodrug clopidogrel was less effective in inhibiting platelet aggregation with coadministration of atorvastatin during...
Background¡X: Randomized clinical trials have demonstrated that the use of statins in heart transplant patients lowers cholesterol levels and significantly...
Following percutaneous treatment for native coarctation of the aorta in adults, patients with residual gradients of 10 mm Hg or less have better mid-term...
Despite prolonged clopidogrel therapy, platelet activation is measurably enhanced for at least 6 months in angioplasty patients who receive vascular...