Elderly patients undergoing PCI often receive bare-metal stents (BMS) instead of drug-eluting stents (DES) to shorten the duration of dual antiplatele...
Cardiac Sciences
Successful cardiogenic shock treatment using a percutaneous left ventricular assist device
The Cardiovascular Surgery Group at Osaka University succeeded in minimally invasive treatment of a patient with acute heart failure due to medical tr...
Current anti-hypertensive medicines control BP but don’t restore microvascular function
Treatments for high blood pressure do not totally reverse its damaging effects on the vascular rhythms that help circulation of the blood say research...
Higher thyroid hormone levels associated with atherosclerosis and early death
High and high-normal levels of a thyroid hormone called FT4, were associated with artery disease and death in elderly and middle-aged people, accordin...
New heart device for effectively treating valvular heart disease without surgery
A new study has found that a pioneering device to repair heart valves is safe and effective, and can reduce the invasiveness and side effects of conve...
AF incidence linked to race, fewer blacks have AF than whites
Recent studies have determined that blacks have a lower risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with whites despite having a higher prevalence of ri...
Trends and outcomes of off-label use of TAVR
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for severe aortic stenosis in patients who can...
Any Detectable Cardiac Troponin T even without MI linked to adverse outcomes
In patients with chest pain without myocardial infarction, even slightly elevated cardiac troponin T levels are associated with increased long-term mo...
Women more likely to die in the first year after MI
Heart attacks pose a greater threat to women than to men. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has determined that in the first year aft...
Drug which prevents muscle scarring is a new hope for Heart failure
A potential treatment to prevent deadly muscle scarring that contributes to chronic heart failure has been uncovered by scientists.The therapy could a...
