Interventional Cardiology & Surgery
News
Large-Vessel Stroke May Respond Best to Endovascular Therapy
Major Finding: Patients who suffered an acute ischemic stroke secondary to a large-vessel occlusion were 3.9 times more likely to achieve a...
Commentary
Defensive Medicine
News
Pretreatment ASPECTS Reading Affects Stroke Outcomes
Major Finding: After adjustment for age and stroke severity, a pretreatment ASPECTS result of 5-10 was found to be an independent predictor of...
News
Medicare OKs Small Increase for Hospitals in 2013
News
Exercise Rivals Sertraline in Comorbid CHD, Depression
Major Finding: CHD patients who exercised 90 minutes per week showed a significantly greater reduction in HAM-D score (7.5 points) than did those...
News
Endo Vein Harvesting Found Safe for Bypass
Major Finding: Long-term mortality was no different between endoscopic and open vein-graft harvesting (13.2% and 13.4%, respectively), and neither...
Commentary
Perioperative Anticoagulation
News
Covered Stents Top Bare Metal for Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
Major Finding: Freedom from chronic mesenteric ischemia symptom recurrence among primary intervention patients was 92% for those with covered...
Commentary
Moving In on Invasive Coronary Angiography
News
3-D TEE More Accurate Than 2-D in Aortic Annulus Measurement
Major Finding: Higher API index, Aortic Valve Apparatus Calcification score, and final position of the replacement valve as measured by 3-D and 2-...