High-sugar diets raise heart disease risk in healthy people Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli7 Oct 2017 9:30 AM ISTHealthy people who consume high levels of sugar are at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease.A ground-breaking study from the...
Subcutaneous injections twice a year - Inclisiran lowers LDL for up to one year (ORION 1) supriya kashyap kashyap6 Oct 2017 11:00 AM ISTBarcelona : Inclisiran lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL; “bad”) cholesterol for up to one year in patients with high cardiovascular risk and...
IVUS with fluorescence lifetime imaging introduced to analyse arterial plaque Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli6 Oct 2017 10:05 AM ISTTo win the battle against heart disease, cardiologists need better ways to identify the composition of plaque most likely to rupture and cause a heart...
Add Rivaroxaban to aspirin for Stable CAD and PAD: COMPASS Trial Dr. Prem Aggarwal5 Oct 2017 10:30 AM ISTAtherosclerosis now is more considered as athero-thrombosis and Aspirin is the single most used preventive treatment but offers only a 19% relative...
Renal denervation with procedure improvement found effective-new trial challenges simplicity HTN-3 supriya kashyap kashyap5 Oct 2017 10:30 AM ISTThe results from the SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED study a multicentre, prospective, randomised presented in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress and have...
Antithrombotic medications associated with increased risk of Haematuria : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 Oct 2017 10:10 AM ISTUse of blood-thinning medications among older adults was significantly associated with higher rates of hematuria (the presence of blood in...
Meditation useful in addition to heart-healthy lifestyle and medical treatment : AHA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli4 Oct 2017 11:30 AM ISTThere have been several studies in the past showing that meditation has beneficial effect in heart diseases and finally it is official from American...
Home blood pressure monitoring works best with extra support Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli4 Oct 2017 10:00 AM ISTPeople who monitor their own blood pressure at home may get better results if they also have extra support like counseling and lifestyle coaching, a...
Skipping breakfast may up risk of Atherosclerosis: JACC supriya kashyap kashyap3 Oct 2017 3:36 PM IST Skipping breakfast is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis, or the hardening and narrowing of arteries due to a build-up of plaque,...
Simple tool accurately predicts 30-day mortality for ER patients with acute heart failure supriya kashyap kashyap3 Oct 2017 9:50 AM ISTSpanish scientists in a cohort study on the basis of data available at emergency department have developed a simple tool using readily available...
Instant blood test for diagnosis of heart attack Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli2 Oct 2017 11:00 AM ISTAll the patients reporting Emergency Room with complaints of chest pain are anxious to know whether they are suffering from Myocardial Infarction or...
Cholesterol drug Anacetrapib cuts heart risk by 9 pct : NEJM Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Oct 2017 9:00 AM ISTA large study of Merck & Co Inc's experimental cholesterol drug anacetrapib found that it cut the risk of heart attack and death by a modest 9...
