Live Webcast of Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery
Wednesday November 29, 2006
On December 5 at 4 PM EST, doctors at the University of Maryland will peform a minimally invasive aortic valve replacement procedure live, on the web. You can view ... Read More
Low Carb Diets Appear Cardiac Safe
Monday November 20, 2006
In a new study, the Harvard School of Public Health says that women who were on a low-carbohydrate diet (and thus, a relatively high-fat diet) had an incidence of heart ... Read More
Late Stenting After Heart Attack Fails To Help
Tuesday November 14, 2006
In two randomized trials reported today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Chicago, angioplasty and stenting procedures performed from 3 to 28 days after the onset of a ... Read More
Drugs Work Better When They Are Taken
Tuesday November 14, 2006
At the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Chicago yesterday, investigators from the FAME trial (Federal Study of Adherence to Medications in the Elderly) reported their results.
FAME evaluated the ability ... Read More
Cardiac Risk With COX-2 Inhibitors is Not Uniquely Elevated
Monday November 13, 2006
The selective COX-2 inhibitors - that is, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) that selectively inhibit the so-called COX-2 receptors - have been implicated in increasing the risk of heart attacks and ... Read More
It Looks Like Women Can Stop Those B-Vitamins - At Least From the Cardiac Standpoint
Monday November 13, 2006
At the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Chicago this morning, investigators from the Women's Antioxidant and Folic Acid Cardiovascular Study (WAFACS) reported that women at high risk of heart ... Read More
High Calcium Scores On CT Scanning Changes Physician and Patient Behavior
Monday November 13, 2006
Investigators at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in Chicago this week have reported that when patients are found to have an elevated calcium score on cardiac CT scans, ... Read More
Is It the Reduced LDLs, or Is It the Statins?
Monday November 6, 2006
Two years ago, the National Cholesterol Education Program's (NCEP) expert panel released new guidelines on treating cholesterol. A prominent feature of those guidelines was that, for the first time, ultra-low ... Read More
A Brief Review of Cardiac Arrhythmias
Friday November 3, 2006
Click here for a quick survey of the common heart rhythm disturbances.