Diabetes powerfully associated with premature coronary heart disease in women: JAMA Hina Zahid21 Jan 2021 8:21 PM ISTBOSTON - While deaths related to heart disease have declined among older people, studies suggest that death rates among younger patients have remained...
Early Initiation of Feeding Improves In-hospital outcomes in Acute Heart Failure MD Bureau21 Jan 2021 8:00 PM ISTHeart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalisation and is associated with poor prognosis and high medical costs. The nutritional status and...
CABG results vary according to sex in single vs multiple arterial grafts: JAMA Dr. Nandita Mohan21 Jan 2021 6:30 PM ISTResearchers have observed that women have a worse preoperative risk profile than men. Multiple arterial grafting is associated with better outcomes...
Cardiac MRI better than echo for predicting chronic aortic regurgitation: EHJ Medha Baranwal21 Jan 2021 8:45 AM ISTSpain: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is beneficial over echocardiography for the assessment of LV and AR in patients with isolated AR, finds a...
FDA approves VERQUVO to treat Chronic Heart Failure Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 Jan 2021 8:31 AM ISTThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to vericiguat (VERQUVO) for the reduced risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure...
BP lowering effects of renal denervation maintained upto 1 year with fewer medicines: JACC Medha Baranwal20 Jan 2021 11:15 AM ISTDelhi: With fewer prescribed antihypertensive medications, the BP lowering effect of endovascular ultrasound renal denervation (RDN) was maintained at...
Hypertension increases risk and severity of Epistaxis, Study finds Dr. Nandita Mohan20 Jan 2021 11:00 AM ISTResearchers have recently found that patients with hypertension have an increased risk of epistaxis requiring hospital visits, as published in the...
Common BP drug may raise risk of Lung Cancer: Study MD Bureau19 Jan 2021 7:10 AM ISTAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) are effective drugs used in the treatment of hypertension. Although these drugs are relatively safe...
Fried food intake linked to heightened serious heart disease and stroke risk Hina Zahid19 Jan 2021 5:30 AM ISTFried-food intake is linked to a heightened risk of major heart disease and stroke, finds a pooled analysis of the available research data, published...
Physical activity may mitigate risk of MACE and mortality even in controlled Hypertension Dr. Nandita Mohan18 Jan 2021 6:30 PM ISTResearchers from the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea found out that controlled...
Sodium nitrite not effective for resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest MD Bureau18 Jan 2021 5:30 PM ISTOut-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a common cause of premature morbidity and mortality and hence a major public health challenge. A recent study...
Indigo aspiration system shows promising results for pulmonary embolism: EXTRACT-PE Trial dr. Abhimanyu Uppal17 Jan 2021 6:45 PM ISTManagement of sub-massive pulmonary embolism (PE), defined by normal blood pressure but right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, is marred by uncertainty....
