By Will Boggs, MD WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Aspirin and warfarin are equally safe and effective in the prevention of recurrent ischemic stroke, according

By William Langbein NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A retrospective analysis of a 300-patient trial of ReoPro (abciximab) indicates that the drug improves the survival

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) – The first recipient of a totally implantable replacement heart has experienced a major setback more than 3 months after his surgery,

Statins reduce CVD risk in high-risk patients regardless of cholesterol level מתוך medicontext.co.il By Martha Kerr ANAHEIM, CA (Reuters Health) – Results of the British

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Martha Kerr ANAHEIM, CA (Reuters Health) – Beginning anti-arrhythmic treatment with propafenone immediately after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery cuts the

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Martha Kerr ANAHEIM, California (Reuters Health) – Enhanced External Counter Pulsation (EECP) has been shown to relieve symptoms of unstable angina for

מתוך medicontext.co.il By Karla Gale WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Computed tomography (CT) angiography or xenon-enhanced CT cerebral blood flow measurements in conjunction with standard

מתוך medicontext.co.il WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – A simple risk index using age, systolic blood pressure and heart rate reliably predicts 30-day mortality in patients

מתוך medicontext.co.il By David Douglas WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – A non-concave elevation of the electrocardiographic ST segment appears indicative of acute myocardial infarction (AMI)

מתוך medicontext.co.il By David Douglas WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Treatment of depressed patients with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline appears to facilitate recovery

מתוך medicontext.co.il WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – While prior aspirin users who are admitted with coronary syndromes may have a less severe clinical presentation, they

WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have released a new classification system for heart

WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Transmyocardial carbon dioxide laser revascularization dramatically improves the health status of patients with severe, symptomatic, inoperable coronary artery disease (CAD).

WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Colesevelam lowers LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) levels by as much as 18% in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia, according to a recent

By Anthony J. Brown, MD WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Except for patients with a cardiac stab wound who deteriorate in the emergency room (ER),

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A fifth man has received a self-contained artificial heart, but he is having problems with his lungs, surgeons at Hahnemann University

WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Postmenopausal women who have an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are at increased risk for stroke, regardless of whether they use

מתוך medicontext.co.il LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) – The second recipient of the world's first self-contained artificial heart is not progressing as well as hoped, his doctors

WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Noetic interventions (those that do not involve a drug, device, or surgery) improve outcomes in patients with unstable coronary syndromes,

WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Patients with acute myocardial infarction who undergo primary angioplasty performed by high-volume physicians or at high-volume hospitals have significantly lower