Stress cardiac MRI may effectively predict prognosis in stable chest pain syndromes: JACC Medha Baranwal Baranwal15 Oct 2019 8:10 PM ISTUSA: Stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) offers effective cardiac prognosis in patients with stable chest pain syndromes, finds a recent...
DOACs treatment in atrial fibrillation patients lowers fracture risk Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 Oct 2019 7:20 PM ISTDenmark: The risk of bone fracture is lower in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) compared with those on...
Women at higher risk of heart failure and death after severe heart attack: JACC Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 Nov 2019 8:28 PM ISTDelhi: Women are at higher risk of developing new-onset heart failure (HF) after STEMI and also have poor survival than their male counterparts, a...
Women developing high BP during pregnancy at higher risk of CVD later: JACC Medha Baranwal Baranwal16 Nov 2019 11:00 AM ISTUSA: Women who experience preeclampsia -- pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure -- in at least one pregnancy are at a higher...
Statin use not linked to cognitive decline, reassures JACC study Medha Baranwal Baranwal20 Nov 2019 7:28 PM ISTAustralia: There has been an increasing consumer concern that statin use may lead to impaired memory and cognitive decline. Putting to rest all such...
Chilli consumption may lower death risk from heart attack, stroke Medha Baranwal Baranwal19 Dec 2019 8:10 PM ISTItaly: Eating chili pepper four times a week significantly lowers the risk of death from heart attack, stroke, a recent study published in the Journal...
Beta-blockers beneficial in heart failure patients with renal dysfunction Medha Baranwal Baranwal30 Dec 2019 7:25 PM ISTThe use of beta-blockers is beneficial in patients with heart failure, reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and kidney dysfunction. Delhi: The findings,...
TAVR is a valid alternative to SAVR in patients with low surgical risk Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 Sept 2019 7:20 PM ISTUSA: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) should be the preferred option over surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in low-risk patients...
Metformin may offer protection against macular degeneration risk: JACC Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal21 May 2019 8:20 PM ISTUSA: Commonly prescribed antidiabetic drug metformin may offer protection against the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according...
High blood pressure redefined - 130/80 is hypertension now Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Nov 2017 8:30 PM ISTThe guidelines, from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC), now define high blood pressure as 130 mm Hg or...
Double Crush is better than provisional in bifurcation Stenting: TCT 2017 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 Nov 2017 7:18 PM ISTA large-scale randomized trial examining the double kissing (DK) crush two-stent technique compared with provisional stenting (PS) in the treatment of...
Beta blockers NOT MUST in secondary prevention post MI: New Challenge to guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap20 Sept 2017 12:00 PM ISTA new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds beta blockers are not needed after a heart attack if heart-attack survivors are...
