Aug 30, 2012

Permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) appears to be the only form of AF that independently predicts death among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are treated invasively. When compared w...

Aug 29, 2012

AngioDynamics, a leading provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, surgery, peripheral vascular disease and oncology, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Admin...

Aug 23, 2012

The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Heart Rhythm Society have published guidelines that provide patient selection criteria for the use of implantable cardioverter-defib...

Aug 23, 2012

The Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) was a large, randomized controlled study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute that tested routine percutaneous recanalization of persistently totally...

Aug 23, 2012

The objective of Healthy People 2010, a nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda, to have 17% or fewer Americans with high total cholesterol appears to have been met, according to a d...

Aug 23, 2012

A national survey has found that 71% of physicians reported that they educated patients 25% of the time or less about radiation risks when they ordered CT tests. Only 27% reported feeling comfortable ...

Aug 16, 2012

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE), is the third leading cause of cardiovascular death among Americans and is especially fatal if these events go undiagnosed ...

Aug 16, 2012

Most cardiology training programs in the United States do not appear to adhere to basic preventive cardiovascular medicine Core Cardiovascular Training Symposium guidelines, according to survey findin...

Aug 16, 2012

A review of four small trials suggests that testosterone therapy appears to improve functional capacity in heart failure patients when compared with placebo. However, better powered randomized control...

Aug 16, 2012

Endogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism appears to be associated with increased risks of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality and incident atrial fibrillation (AF). A large international investigatio...

Aug 15, 2012

The CDC analyzed data on smoking cessation among 27,157 United States adults between 2001 and 2010. The analysis revealed the following: ...

Aug 09, 2012

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common and dangerous condition that affects millions of Americans, especially those with a history of diabetes or smoking. Despite efforts to increase awareness ...

Aug 09, 2012

New research was presented at ASE 2012, the American Society of Echocardiography’s 23rd Annual Scientific Sessions, from June 30 to July 3 in Maryland. The features below highlight just some of the ...

Aug 09, 2012

Siblings of individuals with a prior stroke appear to have a 60% higher risk of ischemic stroke when compared with stroke-free siblings regardless of gender, according to findings from a Swedish inves...

Aug 02, 2012

An endovascular stent graft (Zenith Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft, Cook Incorporated) has received marketing approval from the FDA for repairing abdominal aortic aneurysms. The graft can also be ...

Aug 02, 2012

Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) appears to reduce rates of death and hospitalization in patients with severe aortic stenosis who are not suitable candidates for surgery, according to fin...

Aug 02, 2012

Although the mortality rate associated with CABG has been declining, research suggests that patients who undergo these procedures are increasingly older and sicker. Risk factors for complications afte...

Jul 26, 2012

Published studies have shown that the prevalence of congestive heart failure (CHF) increases as people age, rising from 2% to 3% in the total population to 10% to 20% after patients reach age 75. When...

Jul 18, 2012

Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects an estimated 2.3 million Americans every year, increasing their risk of stroke by nearly five times that of individuals without AF. To assess general awareness of and ...

Jul 18, 2012

New research was presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 72nd Scientific Sessions from June 8-12, 2012 in Philadelphia. The features below highlight just some of the studies that emerged fr...