Heart Attack in Women: AHA releases First Scientific Statement Meghna Singhania28 Jan 2016 12:28 PM ISTDALLAS —A woman’s heart attack may have different underlying causes, symptoms and outcomes compared to men, and differences in risk factors and...
Empagliflozin (zardiance) good in Diabetes with CVD and CKD Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli25 Sept 2017 10:30 AM ISTNew analyses of the landmark EMPA-REG OUTCOME®trial showed that Empagliflozin improved clinical outcomes and reduced mortality in vulnerable patients...
D-dimer predicts mortality due to Cardiovascular events and Cancer in Stable CHD Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli5 Feb 2018 7:30 PM ISTDr.John Simes from National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney Australia, and associates...
Update of ACCF/AHA Guideline for Management of Heart Failure Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Feb 2018 7:02 PM IST2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure have been published in Circulation.Major...
New cholesterol calculation eliminates routine fasting before lipid test Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Feb 2018 7:15 PM ISTThe researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that a newer method of calculating LDL cholesterol levels in the blood which is more accurate than the...
High LDL does't confer increased risk of stroke Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli30 March 2018 8:00 PM ISTFamilial hypercholesterolemia(FH) is a condition with very high concentrations of low-density lipoprotein(LDL) cholesterol and high risk of ischemic...
A step further towards an effective anti-atherosclerosis vaccine Medical Dialogues Bureau13 April 2018 7:30 PM ISTAt present atherosclerosis is the number 1 killer worldwide, just ahead of cancer. Recent use of statin anti-cholesterol drugs has reduced...
Early endovenous ablation leads to faster healing of venous ulcers Vinay Singh singh27 April 2018 7:31 PM ISTTreating leg ulcers within two weeks by closing faulty veins improves healing by 12 percent compared to standard treatment, suggests new...
Simultaneous Dual-troponin testing safely rules out MI very early Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 May 2018 7:15 PM ISTNew strategies combining the concentrations of both cardiac troponin type I (cTnI) and type T (cTnT) may allow for early and safe rule-out of acute...
High dose Statins more effectively reduce cardiovascular events Medha Baranwal Baranwal15 May 2018 8:30 PM ISTHigh-dose as compared with low-dose pitavastatin therapy helped in significant reduction of cardiovascular events in Japanese patients with stable...
Novel PCSK9 inhibitor, Inclisiran causes significant reduction of atherogenic lipoprotein Medha Baranwal Baranwal19 May 2018 8:25 PM ISTInclisiran, a small interfering RNA (siRNA) that inhibits proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9), produces significant and prolonged...
Febuxostat versus Allopurinol : which is better in older patients of Gout with CV Risk Vinay Singh singh20 Jun 2018 8:20 PM ISTUrate-lowering treatment for gout and may have different effects on cardiovascular risk in patients with gout, according to a study recently published...
