Coronary artery disease up by 300 per cent in India in the past 3 decades supriya kashyap kashyap4 July 2016 4:45 PM ISTBengaluru : Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) spiked by 300 per cent among Indians in the past three decades, with two to six per cent of the affected...
Unprotected left main- CAD-CABG or PCI? Pramod Kumar2 Aug 2016 6:09 PM ISTCoronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the standard of care for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease, but percutaneous...
Extent of CAD and development of heart failure after AMI supriya kashyap kashyap20 Aug 2016 9:45 AM ISTHeart failure develops very commonly after AMI despite of extensive acute revascularization as well as wide spread use of medicine for secondary...
Radiologists detect breast cancer in blink of an eye: Research supriya kashyap kashyap1 Sept 2016 3:44 PM ISTA new study by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital in collaboration with researchers at the University of York and Leeds in the UK and MD...
CONSERVE Trial- CT angiography leads to 41 percent reduction in angioplasty and 50 percent reduction in treatment cost supriya kashyap kashyap19 Oct 2016 3:01 PM ISTLarge number of patients who are taken for invasive coronary angiography for suspected coronary artery disease are found to be having no treatable...
Elevated calcium levels raise heart attack risk : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 July 2017 11:00 AM ISTA genetic predisposition to higher blood calcium levels was associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease and heart attack, according...
Coronary artery disease in patients undergoing coronary angiography Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Aug 2017 9:00 AM ISTHistorically, from the 1930's to the 1950's, the rate of cardiovascular disease in high-income countries was high. Since the mid-1970's, the rate of...
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...
CCT Angio vs Stress Testing in Patients of Suspected CAD Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli10 Oct 2017 11:00 AM ISTNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) after literature review in Nov. 2016, updated the guideline to recommend coronary computed...
Mental health issues in women linked with increased risk CAD Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Oct 2017 9:45 AM ISTWomen Veterans exhibit a high degree of mental health issues that are associated with an increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD).The study,...
Type-2 Myocardial Infarction- Revisited Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTMyocardial infarction (MI) is an acute ischemic event associated with myocardial injury and associated with increased mortality.17 years ago, the...
Could this protein protect people against coronary artery disease? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Nov 2017 8:00 PM ISTThe buildup of plaque in the heart's arteries is an unfortunate part of aging. But by studying the genetic makeup of people who maintain clear...
