News tagged with peripheral vascular disease
Patients may not have to stop taking anti-platelets for some surgeries
Despite the common clinical practice among surgeons to discontinue their patients' anti-platelet therapy prior to surgery, a recent study of patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA) indicated that this practice may ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Body's own veins provide superior material for aortic grafts
A vascular surgical technique pioneered at UT Southwestern Medical Center and designed to replace infected aortic grafts with the body's own veins has proved more durable and less prone to new infection than similar procedures ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 30, 2009 |
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Low cholesterol transfer protein activity associated with heart disease risk
Although seen as a potential heart disease therapy, raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels by inhibiting activity of a transfer protein may not be effective, a new study suggests. Scientists at the Jean ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Model predicts dialysis patients' likelihood of survival
A new model can help physicians determine if a kidney disease patient on dialysis is likely to die within the next few months, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Obesity may hinder optimal control of blood pressure and cholesterol
Obese patients taking medications to lower their blood pressure and cholesterol levels are less likely to reach recommended targets for these cardiovascular disease risk factors than their normal weight counterparts, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Lifestyle changes remain important in fighting peripheral arterial disease
Modifying the risk of peripheral arterial disease (or PAD)—with healthy lifestyle changes—remains vital to one's health, note researchers in a recent issue of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. And while ...
Oct 21, 2009 |
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