Scientists create heart cells better, faster, stronger supriya kashyap kashyap12 Nov 2016 12:29 PM ISTTwo chemicals have improved the speed, quantity, and quality of direct cardiac reprogramming, bringing the technology one step closer to regenerating...
Stents as effective as bypass surgery for heart diseases savita thakur thakur10 Nov 2016 2:02 PM ISTNew York: Drug-eluting stents, a less-invasive alternative to bypass surgery -- are as effective as surgery for many patients with a blockage in the...
Getting a pacemaker soon after heart valve replacement: Good or bad supriya kashyap kashyap9 Nov 2016 10:02 AM ISTPatients who undergo minimally invasive heart valve replacement, known as TAVR, sometimes develop heart rhythm problems that necessitate placement of...
Age at cancer diagnosis may affect the risk of death from heart disease: AHA Study supriya kashyap kashyap8 Nov 2016 12:00 PM ISTStudy Highlights The age at which a cancer survivor was diagnosed may help determine their risk of death from heart disease. For some types of...
Successful Heart transplant at Fortis, organ donor saves life. supriya kashyap kashyap7 Nov 2016 12:11 PM ISTNew Delhi : A team of doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI) performed a lifesaving heart transplant on a 61 year old male recipient...
ILUMIEN III OPTIMIZE PCI trial-Guiding coronary stent implantation supriya kashyap kashyap5 Nov 2016 12:03 PM ISTAlthough percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is most commonly guided by angiography alone, results from a new study investigating adjunctive...
Sudden cardiac death of teen reminds physicians of promises, challenges of precision medicine supriya kashyap kashyap4 Nov 2016 12:02 PM ISTThe sudden death of a 13-year-old boy resulted in more than 20 relatives to be incorrectly diagnosed as having a potentially lethal heart rhythm...
First in human of new polymer-free stent demonstrates favorable angiographic, imaging-based outcomes at nine-months supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 12:50 PM ISTA first-in-human study of a new polymer-free drug-filled stent, which provides controlled drug elution from an internal lumen, indicated non-inferior...
EXCEL TRIAL: Stents, bypass surgery equally safe, effective in left main heart disease supriya kashyap kashyap2 Nov 2016 12:46 PM ISTA major international study has found that drug-eluting stents, a less-invasive alternative to bypass surgery, are as effective as surgery for many...
ADAPT-DES Trial: 1 in 8 patients with PCI-DES have increased mortality supriya kashyap kashyap30 Oct 2016 9:08 AM IST1 in 8 patients undergoing successful PCI with DES implantation experience clinically relevant bleeding, MI, or stent thrombosis during the ensuing 2...
Air pollution linked to blood vessel damage in healthy young adults: AHA Study supriya kashyap kashyap28 Oct 2016 11:00 AM ISTStudy Highlights: Air pollution was associated with blood vessel damage among young, healthy adults. These findings suggest that healthcare...
Infertile men at increased risk of metabolic diseases supriya kashyap kashyap15 March 2016 5:42 PM ISTLondon: Men with fertility problems are at increased risk of developing metabolic diseases such as osteoporosis that makes bones brittle or diabetes,...
