New Definition of Heart attack in International Guidelines : ESC Vinay Singh singh7 Sept 2018 8:28 PM ISTThe new guidelines have been issued by the leading major world cardiology associations to update and standardize "what is a heart attack". Confusion...
Deep forehead wrinkles harbinger of cardiovascular mortality-ESC Update Hina Zahid3 Sept 2018 7:20 PM IST Are wrinkles just an expected effect of ageing, or could they signal something more threatening? The latest ESC Update is that Deep forehead wrinkles...
Management of high blood pressure emergencies -ESC Council guidelines Vinay Singh singh3 Sept 2018 7:03 PM ISTHypertensive emergencies are those situations where very high blood pressure (BP) values are associated with acute organ damage, and therefore,...
Sleeping less than 5 hours doubles risk of Heart disease : ESC Update Hina Zahid1 Sept 2018 8:10 PM ISTAccording to a new study presented at ESC Congress 2018, Sleeping, less than 5 hours doubles the risk of Heart disease.Study author Ms Moa Bengtsson,...
Switching to oral antibiotics halves hospital stay in endocarditis : ESC Update Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli29 Aug 2018 7:28 PM ISTIn late-breaking results of the POET trial presented in ESC Congress 2018, it has been found that Oral treatment can halve hospital stay in...
HDL cholesterol greater than 60 mg/dl increases risk of heart attack-ESC Update Vinay Singh singh28 Aug 2018 8:28 PM ISTAn increased risk of heart attack and death may be associated with very high levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or "good" cholesterol, reports a...
Doctors perform rare ROSS Procedure to treat Congenital Heart Defect Medical Dialogues Bureau19 April 2018 7:02 PM ISTDoctors at SL Raheja Hospital – A Fortis Associate performed the rare ROSS procedure to cure a 5yr old’s Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) recently. The...
Apollo Hospitals perform India’s First minimally invasive Hybrid Revascularisation surgery Medical Dialogues Bureau8 March 2018 7:05 PM ISTApollo Hospitals on Tuesday announced that it became the first centre in India to perform Minimally Invasive Hybrid Revascularisation (MIHR) surgery...
A smartwatch to accurately detect Atrial fibrillation Medical Dialogues Bureau3 March 2018 7:30 PM ISTAtrial fibrillation AFib, is a type of heart rhythm disorder that affects 9 percent of people over the age of 65 in the U.In Atrial fibrillation...
Vegetarian and Mediterranean diet equally effective in CVD prevention Medical Dialogues Bureau28 Feb 2018 7:28 PM ISTDr.Francesco Sofi professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Florence and Careggi University Hospital, Italy and colleagues have conducted a...
Breakthrough : Slimmest and Smallest Drug-Eluting Stent in the market Ruby khatun khatun27 Feb 2018 8:30 PM ISTA new stent which is the smallest sized Drug-Eluting Stent DES has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) .The slimmest stent...
Cardiac arrest survival doubled by use of automated external defibrillator Medical Dialogues Bureau27 Feb 2018 7:00 PM ISTMore than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests that occur in the United States each year, only 45.7 percent get the immediate help they...
