Ten-year survival rates are similar for bypass surgery and coronary stenting with drug-eluting stents in randomized patients with de novo three-vessel and left main coronary artery disease, according to late breaking results ...
Sep 3, 2019
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An international randomized trial has shown that complete revascularization reduces major cardiovascular events compared to culprit-lesion only percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Late breaking results of the COMPLETE ...
Sep 3, 2019
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A low-cost text-messaging programme improves blood sugar control in patients with diabetes and coronary heart disease. That's the finding of the CHAT-DM randomised trial reported today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the ...
Aug 31, 2019
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Physician-scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Minnesota have published findings that conclude a substantial burden of new-onset atrial fibrillation was observed after transcatheter ...
Jun 3, 2019
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Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery may be the best treatment option for most patients with more than one blocked heart artery, according to research published today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, published ...
May 2, 2019
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Among heart attack patients 75 years and older, the oldest of those patients were less likely than younger patients to receive a procedure to open blocked arteries. But, older patients were more likely to survive heart attacks ...
Apr 23, 2019
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Results from a study led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London has found that an association between shorter stature and higher risk of heart disease is mainly attributed to our lungs.
Mar 29, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Short-term mortality and readmissions improved from 1995 to 2014 for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to a study published online March 15 in JAMA Network Open.
Mar 18, 2019
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Patients who stopped taking aspirin three months after receiving a stent to open the heart's arteries but continued taking a P2Y12 inhibitor—clopidogrel, prasugrel or ticagrelor—did not experience higher rates of death ...
Mar 18, 2019
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In patients resuscitated after cardiac arrest who do not show evidence of the type of heart attack known as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), receiving immediate coronary angiography did not improve survival ...
Mar 18, 2019
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