News tagged with coronary revascularization
Studies show everolimus-eluting stent implantation reduces restenosis and repeat revasculariztion
Two new studies have determined that everolimus-eluting stent (EES) implantation reduced the incidence of restenosis and repeat revascularization in patients with calcified culprit lesions, and had fewer clinical events. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Complete revascularization improves outcomes for CAD patients
A 3-year, retrospective study by cardiologists from the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and the University of Minnesota determined that 28.8% of patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD) who did not undergo ...
Apr 23, 2010 |
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Hybrid revascularization effective for left main coronary blockages
The left main coronary artery provides most of the blood to the heart, and current guidelines call for patients with blockages in this artery to undergo bypass surgery.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers
Physicians should "throttle back" from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients before non-cardiac surgeries, according to a report by the University of Michigan released online this week.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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New Anti-Clotting Medication Not More Effective than Standard Care; Hint of Other Clinical Benefits
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two large studies confirmed that an investigational, reversible anti-clotting medication failed to show greater effectiveness than clopidogrel or a placebo for patients undergoing a procedure to open blocked ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Immediate intervention for patients with ACS not always more beneficial
For some patients with acute coronary syndromes, the strategy of immediate intervention at a medical center does not appear to result in differences in outcomes in comparison with an intervention performed the next working ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Diabetic patients require global care
Diabetes mellitus-associated coronary artery disease (CAD) is assuming epidemic proportions, especially in western countries. Both coronary revascularization and medical management have improved tremendously over the last ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 31, 2009 |
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