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Placing COURAGE in Context: Review of the Recent Literature on Managing Stable Artery Disease 1. Megan Coylewright, MD, MPH, 2. Roger S. Blumenthal, MD and 3. Wendy Post, MD, MS Abstract Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, but prevention and intervention efforts are lowering mortality. This progress [...]
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Cardiobrief Landslide of Lancet papers suggest importance of blood pressure variability March 11, 2010 Larry Husten Excerpt from the article: In one Article, a cohort study, Rothwell’s team found that visit-to-visit variability of systolic blood pressure was a strong predictor of stroke, heart failure, angina, and myocardial infarction, independent of mean blood pressure. By contrast [...]
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Great news for hypochondriacs: you no longer have to go to the ER or see a doctor to find out if you are having a heart attack– at least if you live in Europe. Now you can do it from the comfort of your own home. A Chinese company announced that its consumer test for [...]
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An early invasive strategy for managing patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome was no better in the long term at preventing death or MI than a more conservative approach, researchers found. Nor was there a significant benefit at five years from coronary angiography within 48 hours with revascularization when appropriate when the groups were [...]
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