Percutaneous Interventions in Patients With Immune-Mediated Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
The use of unfractionated heparin, the traditional antithrombotic agent during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), is associated with the risk of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, […]
Heparin Pretreatment Does Not Alter Heparin Requirements During Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford, UK. Heparin infusion may cause heparin resistance and may affect monitoring by […]
High Blood Pressure May Be Cause Of Endothelial Dysfunction
Transient increases in intravascular pressure significantly depress endothelium-dependent vasodilation in human resistance arteries, a study has found. This suggests elevated blood pressure […]
Inside the New Medical Privacy Law
What your doctor can and can not reveal about your medical records to insurance companies Who hasn’t experienced that sinking feeling during […]
The Role of Hospital Volume in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Is More Always Better?
Abstract This study sought to determine whether regionalization of non-emergent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) from low to high volume hospitals would […]
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in a Child with Familial Hypercholesterolemia
INTRODUCTION This report describes our experience with successful triple bypass grafting in a 7-year-old child with 3-vessel coronary artery disease and supravalvular […]
Improvement Required In Hypertension Management
Seventy-five percent of the estimated 50 million adults with hypertension in the United States are at increased risk for vascular disorders, according […]
Size At Birth Related To Hypertension Risk Later In Life
Investigators from Goteborg University and the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Goteborg, Sweden studied 438 women involved in a prospective population study with […]
FDA Clears First Device That Non-invasively Screens for Heart Disease
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Hypertension Diagnostics, Inc.’s (HDI) CVProfilor DO-2020 CardioVascular Profiling System, […]
Treatment Gap Exists Between Middle-Aged and Older-Aged Hypertensives
Isolated systolic hypertension is the majority subtype of uncontrolled hypertension in people in their 50s and comprises 87 percent frequency for patients […]
Wall Thickness No Predictor Of Cardiomyopathy Mortality Risk
Aggressive prophylactic therapy is not justified in patients with a risk of sudden death who have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a left-ventricular wall […]
Imaging Technique Predicts Success Of Bypass Surgery Or Angioplasty
CHICAGO, IL — November 16, 2000 — An advance in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) developed by researchers at Northwestern University Medical School […]