FAT is Good for health: New Mega Trial redefines diet guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap19 Sept 2017 5:07 PM ISTThe relationship between the diet and the cardiovascular disease and mortality has been an issue of long debate. Pure study was presented by the...
Routine Oxygen therapy not helpful in heart attack -DETO2X-AMI supriya kashyap kashyap21 Sept 2017 11:00 AM ISTBarcelona : Oxygen therapy does not improve survival in patients with heart attack symptoms, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot...
Guidelines on use of CT Angio in Patients with stable chest pain Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Sept 2017 11:30 AM ISTA prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate use of CTCA in patients without prior coronary heart disease who present with...
Ivabradine found effective in CAD Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli30 Sept 2017 11:00 AM ISTCoronary artery disease (CAD) is the global leading cause of mortality, accounting for approximately 7.4 million deaths annually. Furthermore, CAD...
Instant blood test for diagnosis of heart attack Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli2 Oct 2017 11:00 AM ISTAll the patients reporting Emergency Room with complaints of chest pain are anxious to know whether they are suffering from Myocardial Infarction or...
CCT Angio vs Stress Testing in Patients of Suspected CAD Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli10 Oct 2017 11:00 AM ISTNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) after literature review in Nov. 2016, updated the guideline to recommend coronary computed...
New drug protects heart from cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction supriya kashyap kashyap14 Oct 2017 7:20 PM ISTThere are currently many kinds of drugs for heart failure. Among them, the new drug LCZ696 is recommended by US guidelines as a first-line treatment...
Heat Stroke Manifesting as Cardiac Arrest and Multi-Organ Failure Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Oct 2017 7:10 PM ISTThis is a case of a 23-year-old Bangladeshi young man who was working on an offshore oil rig based in Kuwaitas a manual labour. He had a cardiac...
How low to go with glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure in primary prevention of CVD Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli22 Oct 2017 8:30 PM ISTHong KN et al. in his review article enumerated some points regarding how low to go with glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure (BP) in primary...
Long-term PPI use linked to increased risk for stroke and MI Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli28 Oct 2017 8:30 PM ISTThe latest study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine found that use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) at a higher dose and for longer...
Any Detectable Cardiac Troponin T even without MI linked to adverse outcomes Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli31 Oct 2017 8:30 PM ISTIn patients with chest pain without myocardial infarction, even slightly elevated cardiac troponin T levels are associated with increased long-term...
Type-2 Myocardial Infarction- Revisited Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTMyocardial infarction (MI) is an acute ischemic event associated with myocardial injury and associated with increased mortality.17 years ago, the...
