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New Biolimus Stent Equal to Everolimus Stent at One Year
March 11, 2013 — In a match-up of Japan's top drug-releasing stent and a new device featuring a biodegradable coating, the newcomer delivered statistically comparable one-year results, according to new ... > full story -
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Encouraging Early Results for Redesigned Sapien Valve
March 11, 2013 — The new Sapien XT aortic valve showed a non-significantly lower rate of death and strokes at 30 days than the original model, and both valves demonstrated notably better short-term outcomes than seen ... > full story -
Drug Protects Against Kidney Injury from Imaging Dye in ACS Patients
March 11, 2013 — High doses of a popular cholesterol-lowering drug significantly reduced the rate of acute kidney injury caused by dye used in imaging in acute coronary syndrome patients who underwent a coronary ... > full story -
Anemia Drug Does Not Improve Health of Anemic Heart Failure Patients, Study Shows
March 11, 2013 — Researchers have found that a commonly used drug to treat anemia in heart failure patients -- darbepoetin alfa -- does not improve patients' health, nor does it reduce their risk of death from heart ... > full storyMore: -
Mummy CT Scans Show Preindustrial Hunter Gatherers Had Clogged Arteries
March 11, 2013 — Like nearly 4.6 million Americans, ancient hunter-gatherers also suffered from clogged arteries, revealing that the plaque build-up causing blood clots, heart attacks and strokes is not just a result ... > full story -
Combination Therapy of CPAP and Weight Loss for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Effective for Lowering Blood Pressure in Obese Patients
March 11, 2013 — New research has shown that the combination of CPAP and weight loss for patients with OSA can help lower blood pressure better than either therapy ... > full story -
Length of DNA Strands Can Predict Life Expectancy
March 10, 2013 — Can the length of strands of DNA in patients with heart disease predict their life expectancy? Researchers who studied the DNA of more than 3,500 patients with heart disease say yes it ... > full story -
Mortality for Acute Aortic Dissection Near One Percent Per Hour During Initial Onset
March 10, 2013 — The belief among medical professionals in the 1950s that the mortality rate for type A acute aortic dissection during the initial 24 hours was one to two percent per hour appears to hold true in the ... > full story -
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New Tool to Eliminate 30-Day Hospital Readmissions in Heart Failure Patients
March 10, 2013 — Researchers have developed an innovative tool designed to eliminate 30-day hospital readmissions for heart failure patients and improve the quality of medical care a patient receives in the ... > full story -
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Coronary Artery Disease: Hybrid Revascularization Has Similar Rate of Adverse Events as Stenting, Study Suggests
March 10, 2013 — The first multicenter study of hybrid revascularization shows that the emerging procedure for treating coronary artery disease has a similar rate of major adverse events in the first year, compared ... > full story
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