A substantial rise in the soluble E-selectin level a few hours after coronary angioplasty and stenting is strongly associated with restenosis in the coming...
An aggressive smoking cessation treatment strategy is more successful than a conservative strategy in patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass graft...
A recent case of statin-associated rhabdomyolysis appears to have been triggered by grapefruit consumption, according to a report published in the February...
Hyperleptinemia in early pregnancy -- whether the mother is overweight or not -- appears to be associated with the development of gestational diabetes,...
Rats with chronic heart failure following myocardial infarction show beneficial effects from gene therapy with a modified form of phospholamban, a protein that...
Results of a large prospective study strongly suggest that high levels of activated factor 12 (FXIIa) in plasma in the first few days after acute myocardial...
Well-meaning bystanders attempting to save the life of an adult heart attack victim with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are getting new instructions from...
A potassium-rich diet is sufficient to maintain clinically adequate serum potassium levels in cardiac surgery patients treated with diuretics, researchers...
Controlling blood glucose may reduce the risk of developing symptomatic vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), according to results of...
More than 50% of octogenarians who undergo cardiac surgery either die in the hospital or are discharged to a nursing care facility, according to a report in...
Non-adipocyte stromal cells in fat tissue secrete angiogenic and antiapoptotic growth factors, which increase in response to hypoxia, according to a new...
Medical prescribing patterns for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) by office-based physicians in the United States have undergone "substantial change"...
Decline in Digoxin Use Not Offset by Increase in Other Medications for Rate Control Investigators found that the overall proportion of office visits in which a...
Rapid Rise in Amiodarone Use for Sinus Rhythm Maintenance The authors found that the percentage of patient visits reporting the use of medical therapy to...
Sinus Rhythm Medication Most Often Prescribed to Males and Patients Visiting a Cardiologist The authors also conducted analyses to determine potential ...
Women with high levels of phobic anxiety are at increased risk of fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) and sudden cardiac death, according to a presentation at...
In patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), prior exposure to Chlamydia pneumoniae does not seem to raise the risk of recurrent coronary events, Israeli...
Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said on Thursday it won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to sell its Taxus drug- coated stent, becoming...
In elderly patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with less reinfarction and mortality...
Increased fat intake is associated with the development of glucose abnormalities in pregnancy, according to results of a prospective cohort study published in...
Results of a study published in the February issue of Diabetes Care confirm the existence of intrinsic racial differences in insulin sensitivity that are...
Thrombolytics may have benefit beyond three hours of stroke onset, according to the results of a pooled analysis from six randomized trials published in the...
As amazing as it may sound many people do not realize how easy it is to LEGALLY stop paying for their groceries! This is how the one hour television show began...
Last week, The Lancet announced that undisclosed conflicts of interest would have caused it to weigh the "suitability, credibility, and validity" of the 1998...
Objectives The aim of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy in detecting high-grade coronary stenoses in patients with known coronary...
U.S. lawmakers on Thursday called for better government oversight of legal but potentially addictive prescription drugs, including painkillers, stimulants and...