Rivaroxaban has no benefit in cardiac illnesses not associated with AF: NEJM Medha Baranwal Baranwal1 Sept 2018 7:20 PM ISTRivaroxaban, an oral anticoagulant drug does not reduce the risk of death, stroke or myocardial infarction than placebo among patients with worsening...
Double artery grafts better than single in CABG: ESC 2018 Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 Sept 2018 7:28 PM ISTA 10-year follow-up from Arterial Revascularisation Trial (ART) has revealed that the patients receiving two arterial grafts in performing coronary...
A case of chest pain at rest due to coronary-artery vasospasm Hina Zahid16 Sept 2018 6:00 PM ISTDr Takeshi Kondo at Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan and colleagues have reported a case of coronary-artery vasospasm that has appeared in...
Very young also prone to heart attack, find Indian researchers Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 Sept 2018 8:20 PM ISTVery young people also prone to ischemia of heart and heart attack, find Indian researchers.Very young people aged less than 30 years suffer from...
Bariatric surgery lowers heart attack risk in diabetes: JAMA Medha Baranwal Baranwal18 Oct 2018 8:28 PM ISTBariatric surgery may help in lowering the risk of strokes and heart attacks in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and severe obesity, suggests a...
Novel drug for functional restoration of hypoxic heart Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 Oct 2018 7:20 PM ISTA novel oxygen-delivery therapeutic restored the function of oxygen-starved heart tissue in an animal model of global hypoxia in a new study published...
Bypass scores over stents in diabetics with heart problems: FREEDOM trial Medha Baranwal Baranwal16 Nov 2018 8:10 PM ISTDiabetics with multiple clogged heart arteries have a long-term survival if they undergo bypass surgery rather than getting their blood vessels...
New Blood test may predict coronary artery blockage and heart attack risk Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 Feb 2019 8:20 PM ISTNo stress echo or treadmill testing.A new Blood test may reveal extent of blocked arteries and predict heart attack risk in future, according to...
Calcium specks may help early detection of heart disease in South Asians: JAHA Medha Baranwal Baranwal12 Feb 2019 7:20 PM ISTUSA: Calcium specks in walls of the coronary artery could be a prognostic marker for early detection of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in South Asians,...
Case of coronary artery ectasia presenting as recurrent angina: a report Hina Zahid22 March 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Vito Damay Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia and colleagues have reported a rare case of right...
Should OCT be done routinely in MI Patients- Experts Opine Deepanjana Sarkar19 May 2019 8:28 PM ISTMedical science is evolving and so is Cardiology. A news report has emphasized role of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in delianeating cases of MI...
Drug Coated Balloons safer than Drug Eluting Stents for small vessel coronary artery disease, confirms a BASKET-SMALL 2 trial Deepanjana Sarkar28 May 2019 7:15 PM ISTTreatment of coronary artery disease in patients with small vessel coronary artery disease using Drug-Coated Balloons (DCB) may be a safer option than...
