Archive: 31/08/2014
Renal denervation reduces recurrent AF after ablation
Renal denervation reduces recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) when performed with pulmonary vein isolation ablation in patients with AF and hypertension, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Alexander ...
Aug 31, 2014
Liberia's airport battles to contain Ebola
With the last rays of sunlight speckling the departures area at Liberia's international airport, passengers queue patiently to go through medical screening designed to show up the Ebola virus.
Aug 31, 2014
Inhibiting inflammatory enzyme after heart attack does not reduce risk of subsequent event
In patients who experienced an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event (such as heart attack or unstable angina), use of the drug darapladib to inhibit the enzyme lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (believed to play a role ...
Aug 31, 2014
Antihypertensive therapy reduces CV events, strokes and mortality in older adults
Antihypertensive therapy reduces the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events, strokes and mortality in hypertensive older adults, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2014 today by Dr Maciej Ostrowski from Poland. The ...
Aug 31, 2014
Medication shows mixed results in reducing complications from cardiac surgery
Administration of colchicine, a plant-based medication commonly used to treat gout, before and after cardiac surgery showed mixed results in reducing potential complications from this type of surgery, but it did increase ...
Aug 31, 2014
Batteryless cardiac pacemaker is based on automatic wristwatch
A new batteryless cardiac pacemaker based on an automatic wristwatch and powered by heart motion was presented at ESC Congress 2014 today by Adrian Zurbuchen from Switzerland. The prototype device does not require battery ...
Aug 31, 2014
Local anesthetic for TAVI as safe and effective as general anesthetic
Local anaesthetic is as safe and effective for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) as general anaesthetic, according to results of the FRANCE 2 registry presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Romain Chopard from ...
Aug 31, 2014