CARD || Medical Cardiology

PITCH is called for a balk

Posted on: 19/02/2014 - 20:30

Just as spring training has begun, the National Institutes of Health has withdrawn funding for an important clinical trial, "Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibition With Tadalafil Changes Outcomes...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

Latest studies fine-tune ACC/AHA dietary guidelines

Posted on: 19/02/2014 - 14:50

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Recent large studies validate and fine-tune the 2013 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines on diet and lifestyle management to reduce cardiovascular...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

ACC highlights noninvasive cardiovascular imaging issues

Posted on: 17/02/2014 - 20:30

Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging in U.S. medical practice today raises two policy challenges, according to a statement released on Feb. 17 by the American College of Cardiology and 13 collaborating...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

VIDEO: Highlights of the Annual Stroke Conference

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 21:40

SAN DIEGO – Dr. Aneesh B. Singhal, Director of Neurology Quality and Safety at Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care, discusses highlights of this year’s Annual...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

VIDEO: Moderate exercise reduced women’s stroke risk

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 18:45

SAN DIEGO – Moderate exercise reduced the risk of stroke by 12%-22% and appeared to offset some of the increased stroke risk from postmenopausal hormone therapy. We spoke to Sophia S. Wang, Ph.D.,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

No ACS approvals for rivaroxaban, Janssen announces

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 18:10

As expected, the Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve the oral anticoagulant rivaroxaban for treating acute coronary syndromes. The manufacturer of the factor Xa inhibitor, Janssen...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

Moderate exercise reduces female stroke risk

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 17:30

SAN DIEGO – Moderate exercise significantly reduced the risk of stroke in women and seemed to offset much but not all of the increased stroke risk in postmenopausal women on hormone therapy, a large...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Postpartum thrombosis risk high for 12 weeks

Posted on: 13/02/2014 - 20:50

SAN DIEGO – The risk of thrombosis after giving birth remains significantly elevated for 12 weeks after delivery, twice as long as previously thought, an analysis of data on 1.7 million women...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

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