A health education class tailored to South Asian culture was associated with improvements in certain cardiac risk factors and lower odds of death among participants, a new study shows.
Nov 16, 2021
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A new, updated risk score can help predict possible contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Mount Sinai researchers report.
Nov 15, 2021
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It might seem that a steady regimen of rest and relaxation is the best course of action for someone with heart disease, but staying active is essential for the heart and overall health. Elijah Behr, M.D., a cardiologist at ...
Nov 11, 2021
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he primary results of the Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiography for Multivessel Evaluation (FAME) 3 trial found that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) did not meet noninferiority ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Therapeutics that target lipids called ceramides might hold potential for treating cardiometabolic disease, argues a review article published November 5th in the journal Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. The authors summarize ...
Nov 5, 2021
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Use of a novel technique called the quantitative flow ratio (QFR) to precisely identify and measure the severity of artery blockages can lead to significantly improved outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), ...
Nov 4, 2021
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A recent study published in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine found that using genetic information to prescribe medications following a stent's being placed after a heart attack reduces the risk of fatal outcomes ...
Nov 4, 2021
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In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Xiaofan Peng, Yichao Xiao Yanan Guo and colleagues from Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China consider the clinical significance of angiographically ...
Oct 27, 2021
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Experts in sex as a biological variable are uncovering the role of estrogen in exercise. The researchers will present their findings virtually at the American Physiological Society's (APS) New Trends in Sex and Gender Medicine ...
Oct 20, 2021
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A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade reports that the rate of coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) exams by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments ...
Sep 30, 2021
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