An advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday cautiously backed approval of a filtering device intended to trap emboli and
The way the risks and benefits of antihypertensives are presented to patients by doctors can affect how the patients take the medications. Researchers into primary
Olmesartan medoxomil, a new angiotensin II receptor blocker, appears to be a safe and effective once daily treatment for hypertension. Its safety profile is similar
In healthy individuals, elevated homocysteine is associated with “at most” a modest risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke. However, individuals with the MTHFR 67
New study data confirm the inverse association between heart disease risk and exercise–both aerobic and resistive–and go on to show that the risk steadily decreases
Absence of a normal septal q wave independently predicts poor prognosis in elderly congestive heart failure patients. The absence of a septal q wave on
By Steven Reinberg NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 18 – Patients being treated for primary major depression and those in remission have significantly impaired arterial
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 18 – Left ventricular wall thickness rarely exceeds 12 mm in trained adolescent athletes, according to a report in the
By Ori Twersky WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Oct 18 – Director of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Human Research Protections
Cathy Tokarski Oct. 18, 2002 (San Diego) Although many family physicians have sought a one-year extension to comply with the electronic transaction rule under
Antibiotics may reduce rate of carotid intima media thickening and hence stroke risk, based on a prospective, randomized trial reported in the Oct. 14 rapid
Cost-effectiveness analysis shows that early invasive strategies are best for the treatment of unstable angina and non-ST segment elevated myocardial infarction (MI), according to a
Late stent malapposition occurs in between 4 and 5 percent of slotted-tube bare-metal stents, largely because of positive remodeling out of proportion to the increase
Late stent malapposition occurs in between 4 and 5 percent of slotted-tube bare-metal stents, largely because of positive remodeling out of proportion to the increase
The dobutamine/atropine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) stress test may be useful to forecast risk of myocardial infarction (MI), according to a report in an Oct.
There is no effect on 30 day mortality following early intravenous administration of magnesium sulphate to high risk patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a
In patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery who are at high risk for coronary artery disease, prophylactic treatment with clonidine significantly reduces the incidence of myocardial ischaemia
In patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery who are at high risk for coronary artery disease, prophylactic treatment with clonidine significantly reduces the incidence of myocardial ischaemia
Cost-effectiveness analysis shows that early invasive strategies are best for the treatment of unstable angina and non-ST segment elevated myocardial infarction (MI), according to a
A recently recognized form of congestive heart failure in which the heart contracts normally but doesn’t fill with enough blood results in more deaths nationwide