A new pocket-size device to diagnose heart attacks Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli12 Feb 2018 9:30 PM ISTIt is an established fact that Cardiovascular diseases are the No. 1 cause of mortality globally.According to US Centers for Disease Control and...
Dabigatran useful in post operative myocardial injury : Manage Trial Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli13 March 2018 8:00 PM ISTWorldwide approximately 200 million adults undergo major surgery annually, of whom 8 million are estimated to suffer a myocardial injury after...
Stenting only in culprit artery in Cardiogenic Shock-Guidelines Challenged Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli22 March 2018 8:00 PM ISTIt is well established that early revascularization with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces mortality after cardiogenic shock (CS) in...
Handheld blood test device for rapid diagnosis of Heart attack Medha Baranwal Baranwal6 Jun 2018 8:10 PM ISTA new blood test for diagnosis of heart attack is being developed by an international team of researchers based at King's College London. The test...
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...
BTS Guideline for outpatient management of pulmonary embolism Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 Jun 2018 7:01 PM ISTThe British Thoracic Society has released new guideline for the initial outpatient (OP) management of pulmonary embolism (PE). It provides guidance on...
New test for faster detection of heart attack developed Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 Aug 2018 7:15 PM ISTTime is muscle and therefore the importance of faster detection of a heart attack cannot be undermined.A new test developed for the assessment of...
Tropinin Blood test for heart attack diagnosis flawed, finds BMJ Study Hina Zahid13 March 2019 8:20 PM ISTThe researchers, led by cardiologist Professor Nick Curzen, say these results highlight the need for medical staff to interpret troponin levels...
FDA issues draft guidance for reducing biotin interference with lab tests Hina Zahid13 Jun 2019 7:17 PM ISTFDA has issued draft guidance for reducing biotin interference with lab tests to all stakeholders.U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft...
Scientists develop High-Sensitivity Troponin based risk assessment tool to predict Heart Attack risk in ED Deepanjana Sarkar30 Jun 2019 8:10 PM ISTIt is a landmark study -The COMPASS-MI (Calculation of Myocardial Infarction Risk Probabilities to Manage Patients With Suspicion of Myocardial...
Increased troponin levels after exercise may predict higher mortality and adverse CVD events Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 Sept 2019 7:20 PM ISTDelhi: Exercise-induced increased troponin levels above the 99th percentile after 30 to 55 km of walking may predict higher mortality and...
FDA updates safety warning about biotin interference with lab results Hina Zahid7 Nov 2019 7:20 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated its safety communication to remind the public, health care providers, lab personnel and lab test...
