HOSP || Cardiovascular Disease

Physician/patient communication on ICDs deemed problematic

Posted on: 28/02/2014 - 18:15

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Cardiologist-patient discussions at the time of decision making about implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy are fraught with a disturbing degree of misrepresentation and...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Medicare to cover cardiac rehab for some HF patients

Posted on: 20/02/2014 - 14:20

Medicare will begin covering cardiac rehabilitation for patients with stable, chronic heart failure with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% or less. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Ablation edges out drugs for treatment-naive paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Posted on: 18/02/2014 - 21:00

Among younger patients with treatment-naive paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, radiofrequency ablation modestly lowered the rate of recurrent atrial tachyarrhythmia during 2 years of follow-up, compared...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Myocardial fibrosis assessment fine-tunes ICD selection

Posted on: 18/02/2014 - 19:35

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Detection of myocardial midwall fibrosis via cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy provides prognostic information independent of...

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

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

FDA panel votes against cangrelor approval for PCI, bridge indications

Posted on: 13/02/2014 - 16:25

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, citing numerous problems with cangrelor’s clinical trial program, has recommended against approval of the short-acting intravenous...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Personalization keys vision of improved atrial fib care

Posted on: 12/02/2014 - 12:00

Atrial fibrillation is not a single disease, and specialists already have ways to distinguish one type from another and guide management. But new methods are emerging to better distinguish various...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Mini-VADs could transform heart failure therapy

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 20:30

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Survival in patients with advanced heart failure who receive a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy or as a bridge to transplant has increased dramatically in...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

FDA reviewers support approval of platelet inhibitor cangrelor for PCI indication

Posted on: 10/02/2014 - 20:35

The data on cangrelor support approval of the fast-acting antiplatelet drug for reducing thrombotic cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease who are undergoing percutaneous...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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