Vitamin C may decrease risk of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery supriya kashyap kashyap3 Feb 2017 10:19 AM ISTAF is a common cardiac rhythm disturbance that can lead to severe consequences such as stroke and heart failure. AF can be triggered by various...
Can Chest Pain Patients Come Off Heart Monitors? supriya kashyap kashyap2 Feb 2017 11:34 AM ISTRule could take one-third of chest pain patients off emergency department heart monitorsOttawa researchers have validated a rule that could safely...
Plan A is to get patients to stick to their blood pressure pills supriya kashyap kashyap27 Jan 2017 10:02 AM ISTThere is value in starting off patients with high blood pressure on an all-in-one pill. In the long run, it may help them stick to taking the...
Evidence insufficient regarding screening for obstructive sleep apnea: USPSTF supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jan 2017 10:59 AM ISTThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has concluded that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms...
Statins may hold keys to future cancer treatment: Research supriya kashyap kashyap25 Jan 2017 11:49 AM ISTHigh doses of drugs commonly used to fight high cholesterol can destroy a rogue protein produced by a damaged gene that is associated with nearly half...
Clinical trial-New technique to treat life-threatening ventricular tachycardia supriya kashyap kashyap25 Jan 2017 11:36 AM ISTLoyola Medicine is the only center in the Midwest enrolling patients in a landmark clinical trial of a new procedure to treat a life-threatening heart...
The type, not just the amount, of sugar consumption matters in risk of health problems supriya kashyap kashyap25 Jan 2017 9:04 AM ISTThe type of sugar you eat and not just calorie count may determine your risk for chronic disease. A new study is the first of its kind to compare the...
Statins could prevent Venous Thromboembolism: Lancet Study supriya kashyap kashyap24 Jan 2017 1:02 PM ISTStatins could hold the key to eradicating one of the most preventable causes of hospital deaths after researchers uncovered a new role for the...
More than half of AF patients become asymptomatic after catheter ablation: EHJ supriya kashyap kashyap23 Jan 2017 10:35 AM ISTMore than half of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) become asymptomatic after catheter ablation, reports the largest study of the procedure...
Multi arterial grafting survival exceeds conventional CABG, PCI supriya kashyap kashyap22 Jan 2017 12:29 PM ISTA large, 16-year single-center study of patients with multi vessel disease has determined that multi vessel coronary artery bypass grafting achieved...
2017's 2nd Cadaver Donation Gives Life to 31yr Old at Fortis Hospital supriya kashyap kashyap21 Jan 2017 12:46 PM ISTMulund : In the city’s 40th Heart Transplant, surgeons from Fortis Hospital, Mulund successfully transplanted a donor heart to save the life of a...
Kochi: Surgeons at Lisie Hospital perform first heart-lung transplant surgery savita thakur thakur21 Jan 2017 12:39 PM ISTKOCHI: Padmashree Dr Jose Chacko Periappuram with his team reportedly performed the Kerala's first heart lung transplant surgery successfully at the...
