Cardiology
Big study suggests steep drop in needless heart procedures
Fewer heart patients are getting inappropriate angioplasties, a new study suggests.
Nov 9, 2015
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Cardiology
Dissolving stent for heart arteries passes first large test
Now you see it, now you don't. A new type of heart stent that works like dissolving stitches, slowly going away after it has done its job, passed its first major test in a large study, doctors said Monday.
Oct 12, 2015
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Cardiology
Older patients receive less evidence-based cardiac care than younger patients
People in their 80s and 90s are more likely to develop acute coronary syndrome than their younger counterparts. Despite this, they receive less therapy and fewer diagnostic procedures. A doctoral thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy ...
May 13, 2015
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Cardiology
Smoking and angioplasty: Not a good combination
Quitting smoking when you have an angioplasty can help maximize the procedure's benefits, meaning better quality of life and more relief from your chest pain, according to new research in the American Heart Association's ...
May 12, 2015
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Cardiology
Complete angioplasty safe for certain heart attack survivors
Patients who experience the deadliest form of heart attack—ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)—and suffer from substantial narrowing in multiple heart arteries may benefit from receiving angioplasty in ...
Mar 17, 2015
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Cardiology
Heart bypass surgery outperforms new generation stents
Despite the advent of a new generation of stents, patients with multiple narrowed arteries in the heart who received coronary artery bypass grafting fared better than those whose arteries were opened with balloon angioplasty ...
Mar 16, 2015
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Cardiology
Novel anti-clotting therapy in halted trial no better than existing agents
A novel therapy that would allow doctors to turn the body's blood-clotting ability off and on in a more controlled way was about as effective as established anticoagulants in patients undergoing angioplasty but was associated ...
Mar 16, 2015
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Cardiology
New drugs from fish oil could aid artery repair
Every year, more than a half-million Americans undergo procedures to have a narrowed coronary artery propped open with a small metal mesh tube, or stent. The procedure is common for certain patients who've experienced a heart ...
Nov 24, 2014
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Cardiology
Time of arrival at hospital impacts time to treatment and survival of heart attack patients
Going to the hospital for a heart attack during evenings, weekends and holidays increases your risk of dying 13 percent compared with people arriving during workday hours, according to new research in the American Heart Association ...
Jul 29, 2014
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Cardiology
New drug-eluting stents more effective
Research conducted by University of Twente PhD candidate Kenneth Tandjung has shown that the new generation of drug-eluting stents, which is being used in coronary angioplasty to open narrowed coronary arteries, is safe and ...
Jul 15, 2014
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