Cardiology

Results of the RIFLE STEACS clinical trial reported at TCT 2011

Results of a randomized clinical trial suggest that using the transradial approach for angioplasty in patients with ST elevation acute coronary syndrome is preferable to the femoral approach, and should be the recommended ...

Diabetes

Meeting dual HbA1c and LDL-C goals improves diabetes care

(HealthDay)—Dual achievement of both glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goals among patients with diabetes is associated with greater clinical and economic benefit than achievement ...

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 ...

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