Use of cardiac stem cell factors linked with positive coronary bypass outcome
Image: PD 1. High circulating IGF-1 and several cardiac stem cell (CSC) markers correlate with positive ventricular remodeling after revascularization. ...
Tag: Coronary artery disease
Coronary artery calcium may indicate risk of cardiovascular disease
Image: PD 1. This study found that coronary artery calcium density was inversely related to risk of coronary heart disease ...
Closure devices may reduce complications in percutaneous coronary intervention
Image: PD 1. For patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), vascular closure devices (VCDs) were associated with an overall reduction ...
In diabetics, coronary bypass surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention similar
Image: PD 1. In patients with diabetes mellitus, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery yielded lower rates of death and ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind October 7-October 13, 2013
Image: PD In this section, we will highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the ...
Stent type may not be related to adverse cardiac events after surgery
Image: PD 1. The major predictors of major adverse cardiac events in non-cardiac surgery in the two years following cardiac ...
A 5k a day may keep the doctor away
Image: PD 1. As compared with drug interventions, exercise significantly reduced the odds of mortality among patients with stroke. 2. ...
The CARE trial: Statins in coronary artery disease [Classics Series]
1. Statin therapy reduces the risk of coronary events in patients with known coronary heart disease and low-density lipoprotein levels ...
Younger women more likely than men to present with acute coronary syndrome without chest pain
Image: PD 1. Over 80% of younger patients (<55 years old) with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) reported chest pain, which ...
The PRECOMBAT trial: PCI vs CABG in left main coronary artery stenosis [Classics Series]
1. In patients with left main coronary artery stenosis, angioplasty with sirolimus-eluting stents was noninferior to coronary artery bypass grafting ...