“In the ongoing debate over whether e-cigarettes help smokers quit or lure new smokers to take up the habit, a new study is sounding the alarm over the use of e-cigarettes among adolescents.”
Visit Website“A head-to-head comparative study of multiple imaging modalities suggests that positron emission tomography (PET) is the most accurate noninvasive test for the detection of myocardial ischemia.”
Visit Website“The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified a recent safety notice issued by Cook Medical affecting their Zenith Alpha thoracic endovascular grafts as a class I recall, the agency announced Wednesday.”
Visit Website“Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its intention to cancel two reforms: bundled payments for MI and bypass surgery as well as incentives for cardiac rehab.”
Visit Website“The risks of stent fracture and reintervention after transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) are substantially reduced when patients are prestented, according to combined data from three prospective multicenter studies.”
Visit Website“New randomized data suggest that patients treated with off-pump CABG surgery are more likely to die or develop MACE in the 5 years after the procedure than those treated with the on-pump method.”
Visit Website“The evidence used to support significant changes in the design or performance of high-risk medical devices rarely comes from high-quality clinical studies, according to the results of a new analysis.”
Visit Website“The evidence used to support significant changes in the design or performance of high-risk medical devices rarely comes from high-quality clinical studies, according to the results of a new analysis.”
Visit Website“Two IV cardiovascular medications, nitroprusside and isoproterenol, have been subject to substantial increases in price in recent years, and it appears hospitals have responded by curtailing their use, a new analysis shows.”
Visit Website“More evidence, this time out of China, is strengthening the case that air pollution plays a causative role in cardiovascular disease.”
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