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Emergency angioplasty patients do best at hospitals where it's the 'default' treatment
Across America, hospitals large and small have been racing to offer angioplasty and other minimally invasive treatments to open blocked heart arteries. view more (2006-01-17)
New research suggests heart bypass surgery increases risk of Alzheimer's disease
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have discovered that patients who have either coronary artery bypass graft surgery or coronary angioplasty are at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. view more (2005-08-26)
SURGERY OR ANGIOPLASTY FOR REDUCING STROKE FROM CAROTID STENOSIS? (pp 1722, 1729)
A non-surgical approach for preventing stroke for patients with partial blockage of the carotid artery might have similar long-term outcomes and fewer complications than standard surgical techniques, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (balloon dilation) and stenting (insertion of a... view more... (2001-05-31)
Emergency angioplasty use rises, but some patients still miss out
Compared with their counterparts a decade ago, today's heart attack patients are receiving emergency angioplasty or clot-busting drugs to re-open clogged arteries at a far greater rate, but 10 percent of patients who could benefit from this life-saving treatment still do not receive it. view more (2007-08-03)
Late angioplasty after heart attack no better than drug therapy
About one-third of heart attack patients do not receive treatment to open blocked arteries within the recommended 12-hour timeframe after a heart attack. view more (2006-11-15)
Landmark study reveals superiority of bivalirudin in heart attack patients at 30 days
The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced today that the New England Journal of Medicine published results of the HORIZONS AMI trial which showed the use of the anticoagulant bivalirudin following angioplasty in heart attack patients reduced net adverse clinical events by 24 percent compared to the standard treatment, as well as... view more... (2008-05-22)
Stenting of abdominal arteries offers welcome relief for 'intestinal angina'
Using catheter techniques perfected in the arteries of the heart, interventional cardiologists are successfully treating chronic mesenteric ischemia, a condition akin to intestinal angina. view more (2007-05-14)
Drug could change the standard treatment during procedures to clear blocked arteries
A study led by a University of Kentucky researcher being published in the country's leading medical journal could one day change the standard treatment for preventing blood clots during procedures to open up blocked arteries feeding the heart. view more (2006-09-11)
Death rates same for diabetes and heart disease patients receiving drug therapy or surgery
There is no difference in mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes and stable heart disease who received prompt bypass surgery or angioplasty compared to drug therapy alone, according to a landmark study focused exclusively on patients with both conditions. view more (2009-06-08)
MDCT just as accurate as MRI in assessing myocardial infarction in emergency setting
Multidetector CT (MDCT) is just as accurate as MRI in assessing myocardial infarct size--an important predictor of clinical outcome-- in an emergency setting according to a recent study conducted by researchers in collaboration between the VA Medical Center in San Francisco, CA and the University Claude Bernard in Lyon, France. view more (2008-08-05)
Hebrew University scientist develop technique for eliminating reblockage of arteries
An easily implementable technique to avoid reblockage of arteries that have been cleared through angioplasty and stent insertion has been developed by researchers led by Prof. Boris Rubinsky of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. view more (2009-03-09)
Pigeons provide clue to solving common problem in heart patients
Through studying pigeons with genetic heart disease, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have discovered a clue about why some patients' heart vessels are prone to close back up after angioplasty. view more (2006-07-31)
Are women at greater risk from angioplasty?
Research will be reported at TCT 2007, the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), that demonstrates that early intervention saves lives in women who have a heart attack or unstable chest pain. view more (2007-10-19)
Study confirms that stents releasing medication help keep heart bypass vein grafts open
Stents can be inserted into a grafted vein or into a native coronary artery during a balloon angioplasty procedure. view more (2005-12-02)
ESC Congress 2003: "Facilitated Intervention" For Heart Attack (Tenecteplase Plus Stent-Angioplasty) Is this the Best Worldwide Applicable Solution? Results of the GRACIA-2 Trial
IMPORTANT: This press release accompanies both a presentation and an ESC press conference given at the ESC Congress 2003. Written by the investigator himself/herself, this press release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Society of Cardiology. ESC Congress 2003: Hot Line II - Acute coronary syndromes / percutaneous coronary... view more... (2003-09-01)
HORIZONS AMI will help set guidelines for drug and stent therapy
The HORIZONS AMI clinical trial measuring the safety and efficacy of the use of the medication bivalirudin compared to standard drug therapy - heparin and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors -- in heart attack patients who receive angioplasty, found that after 1 year, use of bivalirudin resulted in significantly lower rates of all-cause death, death... view more... (2008-10-16)
Integrated system, rapid transfer offers lifeline for heart attack victims
Heart attack patients received lifesaving treatment quickly when hospitals and communities used an integrated, rapid transfer system to get patients to a facility equipped to perform artery-opening procedures, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. view more (2007-08-02)
Debate focuses on door-to-balloon time in heart attack treatment
In the treatment of heart attack, the 90-minute goal for inflation of an angioplasty balloon in a blocked coronary artery to restore normal blood flow is so revered it's been codified in clinical guidelines, accreditation standards, and pay-for-performance programs. view more (2007-05-14)
Study examines impact of optional regulations on heart attack treatment
People who have heart attacks are about 15 percent less likely to be treated with bypass surgery or angioplasty within the first few days of the incident in states with certificate of need (CON) regulatory programs. view more (2006-05-10)
Promising 3-year data: Saving limbs with drug-eluting stents
Attempts to treat critical limb ischemia in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients with below-the-knee angioplasty are still thwarted by restenosis (the re-narrowing of the artery at the site of angioplasty or stenting), the need for repeat treatments and the continued progression of atherosclerotic disease, leading to tissue death (gangrene)... view more... (2009-03-10)
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