Cardiology General
May 25, 2017
Research shows that smoking is common among many patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and is an important modifiable risk factor for recurrent cardiac events. Studies show that smoking cess...
May 24, 2017
Studies have shown that playing music in the operating room (OR) while performing surgery can benefit operative staff by improving their levels of physiologic stress and enhancing operative performanc...
May 23, 2017
Despite national guidelines strongly supporting the use of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in patients after they suffer an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), many trials have shown that participation in ...
May 22, 2017
The CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores have been developed to help estimate the risk of thromboembolism in patients with AF based on specific risk factors. “Current guidelines call for using these tools...
May 22, 2017
The risk of having a heart attack is 17 times higher in the seven days following a respiratory infection, University of Sydney research has found. Published today in Internal Medicine Journal, this...
May 22, 2017
Although the absolute difference in U.S. county-level cardiovascular disease mortality rates have declined substantially over the past 35 years for both ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular dise...
May 19, 2017
Each year in the United States, about 1 million Americans are hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and nearly half of these individuals are expected to have a recurrent major adverse ca...
May 19, 2017
According to a new study, diagnosis of high blood pressure at an earlier age is associated with greater risk of cardiovascular death and signifies an inherited predisposition for the disease. The find...
May 16, 2017
A Weekend Effect for PCI? Few large-scale studies have assessed whether or not PCI procedures conducted during the weekend result in worse outcomes than procedures performed on weekdays. Nearly 1.3 m...
May 10, 2017
PTSD in Women With HIV Studies indicate that PTSD is common in women living with HIV and associated with poor antiretroviral therapy adherence, alcohol dependence, and poor health outcomes. However, ...
May 10, 2017
According to data from the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), heart failure (HF) is a common but often unrecognized and misdiagnosed condition that affects nearly 6 million Americans. HF is the ...
May 08, 2017
More than half of physicians practicing in the United States have some sign of burnout, according to recent reports, and previous research has shown a link between increased administrative workload an...
May 04, 2017
“The prevailing consensus is that oral anticoagulation should be continued for at least 2 to 3 months after a successful ablation,” says Peter A. Noseworthy, MD. “However, AF patients often do n...
Apr 27, 2017
Several years ago, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) published an expert consensus statement on best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) to prov...
Apr 25, 2017
New Expert Round Table on the Hottest Trials From ACC.17 Watch the new ACC Cardiology Hour, an expert roundtable discussion of late-breaking clinical trials from ACC.17. Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MAC...
Apr 18, 2017
Mortality relating to heart disease has continued to decrease over the past several years, making the management of patient morbidity increasingly important. This trend coincides with an increased emp...
Apr 18, 2017
Previous research shows that aspirin is not as beneficial as oral anticoagulant agents for reducing thromboembolism risk. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide and ...
Mar 30, 2017
According to recent data, about one in five acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) occur among people aged 18 to 55, and one-third of these patients are women. Recently, the Variation in Recovery: Role o...
Mar 29, 2017
With more Americans owning mobile devices than ever before and increasingly using them for health purposes, there are new opportunities to deliver health information to hard-to-reach or underserved po...
Mar 29, 2017
Researchers are revisiting their views on the relative dangers soft and hard atherosclerotic plaque deposits pose to heart health. The notion that soft plaque is more likely to rupture and cause he...