Berlin, Germany - Results of the third Randomized Intervention Trial of Unstable Angina (RITA 3) support a strategy of routine intervention in managing patients with non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI) or ...

Bad Krozingen, Germany - Obesity, an important risk factor for the development of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary artery disease, ventricular dysfunction, and a host of other cardiac-related ...

Patients with multivessel disease and unstable angina or non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) derive as much benefit from fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary ...

Having more-thorough workup uncovered an unexpected root cause and changed the treatment course for 76% of patients.

A non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, also called an NSTEMI or a non-STEMI, is a type of heart attack. While it's often less damaging to your heart than a STEMI, it's still a serious ...

PARSIPPANY, N.J. and INDIANAPOLIS, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oral antiplatelet therapy Effient® (prasugrel) has been added to the updated clinical practice guidelines as a Class I recommended ...

In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Wen-Yuan Ding, Jia-Min Li, Fei Zheng, Li-Li Wang, Xin-Yi Wei and Guo-Hua Li from Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Ji'nan, ...

Heart attacks kill more seniors by far than any other disease. “Atherosclerosis” is the cause; it means “artery hardening.” First, fatty deposits, or “atheromas,” appear in the artery lining. This ...

The instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) is an index used to assess the severity of coronary-artery stenosis. The index has been tested against fractional flow reserve (FFR) in small trials, and the ...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in younger patients presents distinctive epidemiological and clinical patterns when compared with older cohorts. Although traditionally viewed as a disease of older ...

Heart attacks kill more seniors by far than any other disease. “Atherosclerosis” is the cause; it means “artery hardening.” First, fatty deposits, or “atheromas,” appear in the artery lining. This ...