Compared to dairy products, saturated fats in meat more likely to cause heart attack Hina Zahid30 Jan 2019 12:56 PM ISTAccording to a new study, the type of saturated fats we eat can affect our risk of a heart attack and compared to dairy products, saturated fats in...
Depression and coronary heart disease: 2018 ESC Guideline Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli5 Feb 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has released its 2018 Practice Guidelines on Depression and coronary heart disease. Major depression is a...
Interruption in statin therapy increases death risk, finds JAMA study Deepanjana Sarkar15 Feb 2019 8:28 PM ISTContinuity is the key, interruption in statin therapy increases death risk, finds a new study.In a cohort study scientists of Stanford University in...
Push up capacity of more than 40 rules out heart attack risk in men: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 Feb 2019 8:28 PM ISTAccording to a new study appearing in JAMA, a push up capacity of more than 40 rules out cardiovascular disease ,CVD risk including heart attack and...
First: Ultrathin Orsiro Stent found Better than Xience Stent, gets USFDA Nod Hina Zahid22 Feb 2019 8:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Stent maker BIOTRONIK has announced FDA approval of its ultrathin Stent- Orsiro drug-eluting stent (DES) system. This comes as Orsiro is...
CT Angiography ideal functional test for diabetes with stable CAD Deepanjana Sarkar3 March 2019 8:20 PM ISTCT Angiography is ideal functional testing for diabetic patients with chest pain, revealed a study published in the Journal of the American College of...
Castle Score: A new method of predicting procedural success in CTO PCI Medha Baranwal Baranwal4 March 2019 8:10 PM ISTCTO PCI is the nonsurgical percutaneous coronary intervention to treat patients with chronic total occlusion (CTO), or complete blockages, of the...
Refusal to canakinumab for secondary prevention -- Treatment of residual risk faces a roadblock Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 March 2019 8:28 PM ISTThe fight against the residual cardiovascular risk after myocardial infarction by targeting inflammation by anti-inflammatory drug faces a roadblock....
2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularization released Hina Zahid10 March 2019 7:00 PM ISTEuropean Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association of Cardiovascular Surgery (EACTS) have jointly developed 2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines...
Physiology becoming a gatekeeper to intervention in CAD Medha Baranwal Baranwal12 March 2019 8:20 PM ISTRole of interventional physiology has been there since the introduction of angioplasty by Andreas Gruentzig, who measured the pressure across the...
Coronary artery calcium scan, an effective tool to predict future risk of heart attack Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 March 2019 8:28 PM ISTCoronary artery Calcium, CAC scan may predict short and long term risk of heart attack. It may be a non invasive,cost effective tool to predict...
Popular drug for control of high blood pressure and angina may lead to sudden cardiac arrest Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli17 March 2019 8:28 PM ISTNifedipine, one of most popular and most commonly used medicines of yesteryears for control of High blood pressure and angina has been found to cause...
