Heart Disease Weekly articles

Recent articles from Heart Disease Weekly

Analysis of drug-eluting stents data demonstrates safety, efficacy in on-and-off-label use.
July 5, 2009... The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced that results of the largest meta-analysis to date comparing mortality rates for drug-eluting stents (DES) versus bare metal stents (BMS) were published online June 15 in the journal Circulation. The study also compared the rates of...

Screening for left ventricular dysfunction may have less value than thought.
July 5, 2009... The value and cost-effectiveness of screening for left ventricular (LV) dysfunction remains unclear, particularly since specific, evidence-based treatments are not available for the majority of patients with preserved systolic dysfunction, reports a study in the June issue of the Journal of...

New communication technologies help cardiac patients improve their prognosis.(Report)
July 5, 2009... The use of phone and internet between patients and healthcare providers is an effective way to reduce risk factors for coronary heart disease and the risk of further events after a heart attack, according to new research published in the June issue of the European Journal of Cardiovascular...

Statins don't lower risk of pneumonia in elderly.
July 5, 2009... Taking popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as Lipitor® (atorvastatin), does not lower the risk of pneumonia. That's the new finding from a study of more than 3,000 Group Health patients published online on June 16 in advance of the British Medical Journal's June 20 print...

Income, education, important factors in heart disease risk.
July 5, 2009... Doctors who ignore the socioeconomic status of patients when evaluating their risk for heart disease are missing a crucial element that might result in inadequate treatment, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study published in the June 2009 American Heart Journal (see also...