Treatment with beta-blockers can alter body composition in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), according to European researchers. Specifically, they...
There appears to be an association between depression and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death, independent of established coronary heart disease risk...
Women are more likely than men to have more complex coronary artery disease and be readmitted after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, but survival...
Two major medical associations have joined forces in issuing recommendations intended to improve blood glucose management in hospitalized patients, according...
The well-known lipid abnormalities associated with protease inhibitor therapy for HIV-1 infection vary by race and ethnicity and are associated with variant...
Survival is significantly increased, and safely so, with warfarin in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), Welsh cardiologists report in the February issue...
Treatment with a statin drug appears to reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) by about 50%, according to a...
Tight glucose control reduces morbidity for all patients in the medical intensive care unit (ICU) and decreases mortality, but only for patients who stay more...
Patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE ACS) who have elevated cardiac troponin levels have a very high risk of adverse coronary...
I got a 50; doc says this is high risk, but everything I seen on the web about this type of scan says 0-80 or 0-100 is low risk. 500 is the top of the range....
The American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) and others have created new guidelines to prevent second stroke in patients who have had...
My favorite cardiologist goes much farther with the same logic. See www.heartprotect.com if you are interested in what Dr. Howard Wayne has to say about...
NSAIDs are commonly used for their analgesic effectiveness, although some patients may experience GI toxicity.[13] An important question is how commonly do...
There has been much focus recently on COX-2 inhibitors, not because of their gastroprotective effect, but because of accumulating evidence that this class of...
GI Complication Risk Among Aspirin Users Aspirin, a classic antiplatelet drug (when given at low doses [</= 325 mg/d]), is widely used for cardioprotection,...
Due to recent withdrawals of and additional warnings for COX-2 inhibitors, there has been a shift in considerations when choosing NSAID therapy¡Xfrom the...
Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) is an "effective, durable therapeutic approach" for patients with refractory angina and severe left ventricular...
Compared with using clopidogrel, antiplatelet therapy with aspirin appears to have a negative effect on arterial function in patients with congestive heart...
For stroke patients not eligible for intravenous thrombolysis, endovascular recanalization therapy (ERT) seems to be a relatively safe and effective option,...
Levels of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and myelin-basic protein (MBP) in serum or cerebrospinal fluid may represent indicators of inflicted traumatic brain...
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) may be an effective "gatekeeper" for patients with stable angina pectoris, identifying patients with normal perfusion...
Dyslipidemia is common among people who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease, investigators report in the February 7th issue of Circulation. Those at...
Microvolt T-wave alternans (MTWA) testing, which evaluates the heart's electrical activity during exercise, may help identify patients who would benefit most...
Better compliance with treatment could improve racial disparities in blood pressure control, according to a report in the January issue of The American Journal...
Patients with a healed myocardial infarction or previous coronary revascularization who have a normal stress technetium-99m (Tc-99m) - tetrofosmin myocardial...
For stroke patients not eligible for intravenous thrombolysis, endovascular recanalization therapy (ERT) seems to be a relatively safe and effective option,...
Periodontal destruction can start very early in life in children with diabetes, according to study findings published in the February issue of Diabetes Care....
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