Therapeutics: News and Research on Catheterization

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Researchers develop biomarker score for broken-heart syndrome

Takotsubo syndrome is an acute heart condition that primarily affects postmenopausal women and is often triggered by severe emotional or physical stress. Although it affects about 2% of all patients with suspected heart attacks—and ...

Upper urinary tract cancer drug may offer long-term benefits

While randomized comparative trials are needed, a relatively new treatment option for upper urinary tract cancers shows promise for lowering long-term recurrence in many patients with low-grade disease, according to a multicenter ...

Orbital atherectomy no better than balloon angioplasty

For patients with severely calcified coronary lesions, routine treatment with orbital atherectomy prior to drug-eluting stent implantation does not yield greater minimal stent area or reduce the rate of target vessel failure ...

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