PET Imaging more effective than SPECT Scans in detecting severe CAD Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 March 2018 7:15 PM ISTPET and SPECT scans are nuclear imaging techniques that provide metabolic and functional information of the heart. PET scans provide better image...
Chronic Total Occlusion -To open or not to open Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 April 2018 8:30 PM ISTThe true prevalence of Chronic Total Occlusion CTO is not known as the large number of CTOs occurs in-patient who is asymptomatic or minimally...
Win for PCSK9 inhibitors - Alirocumab ODYSSEY OUTCOMES Trial Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 April 2018 8:00 PM ISTResidual risk of an acute coronary event in a patient of known coronary artery disease remains high despite maximum evidence base preventive therapy....
CABG has more AF,Stroke risk than PCI in LMCAD -EXCEL Trial Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 April 2018 8:00 PM ISTThere is limited information on the incidence and prognostic impact of new-onset atrial fibrillation (NOAF) following the percutaneous coronary...
IWGDF guidance on PAD Management in diabetic foot ulcer patients supriya kashyap kashyap8 May 2018 7:01 PM ISTPeripheral artery disease (PAD) is a narrowing of the arteries other than those that supply the heart or the brain. When narrowing occurs in the heart...
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...
Secret in the eyes - fish eye disease Hina Zahid5 Jun 2018 7:03 PM ISTIn a unique and intriguing case of its kind, a nonobese and nonsmoker patient referred for physician consultation for persistent low high-density...
Physical fitness more important than losing weight in heart disease Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 Jun 2018 7:15 PM ISTAccording to findings of a new study, Physical fitness is more important than losing weight in heart disease. Therefore individuals with coronary...
Loneliness can lead to early death from cardiovascular disease Medha Baranwal Baranwal11 Jun 2018 7:28 PM ISTLoneliness is bad for the heart and a strong predictor of premature death, according to a study presented at EuroHeartCare 2018, annual nursing...
First Ever Test That predicts risk of MI in Coronary artery disease Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli14 Jun 2018 8:10 PM ISTResearchers at University of Melbourne have found that a new potential biomarker,a key enzyme , ACE2- high levels of which more than doubled the...
Head to Head-Stress Echo better than Coronary CTA for Chest Pain Triage Medha Baranwal Baranwal22 Jun 2018 8:28 PM ISTFor patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain, stress echocardiography (SE) can be considered an appropriate option for...
New JAS Guideline for Treatment and Diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 Jun 2018 7:06 PM ISTThe Japan Atherosclerosis Society has released new guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). The guidelines are...
