by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment with cardioselective beta-blockers appears to reduce the risk of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and it is especially effective in preventing COPD… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: For correction of atrial fibrillation, radiofrequency ablation and cryoballoon ablation show similar results for efficacy and safety, researchers reported on April 4, 2016 at the… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: In intermediate-risk patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) is similar to surgical aortic-valve replacement with respect to death or disabling stroke.
by Bruce Sylvester: Rhythm control and rate control are similarly effective in treating post-operative atrial fibrillation, researchers reported on April 4, 2016 at the American College of Cardiology… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Rosuvastatin treatment more effectively prevents cardiovascular events than candesartan plus hydrochlorothiazide among subjects who do not have cardiovascular disease and who received cholesterol-lowering treatment.
by Bruce Sylvester: Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) treatment with the clot-busting drug alteplase appears to be an effective way to decrease mortality in intraventricular hemorrhage, a catastrophic type… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Women with heart failure are as likely as men to achieve survival benefit from receiving an implantable cardiac defibrillator, researchers reported on Jan. 12,2016 in Circulation: Heart… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Results from a meta-analysis of randomized trials for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke suggest that, compared to standard clot dissolving treatment, endovascular intervention, such… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: No matter what their blood pressure is at the beginning of treatment, blood pressure-lowering drugs should be offered to all persons at high risk of… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Around three quarters of stoke patients in China have hypertension, according to data presented at the 26th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology.
by Bruce Sylvester: While heart disease and stroke are the greatest killers of women in the U.S., most women there claim to have no personal connection to cardiovascular… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Thrombus aspiration preceding percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) failed to improve one-year clinical outcomes in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), researchers from the TATORT-NSTEMI trial… read more.
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