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Patients with HCM exhibit a high frequency of ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias during ambulatory ECG monitoring, but sudden death is uncommon and not predicted by arrhythmias.
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The possibility of a bird flu pandemic has health officials worldwide in a high state of alert.
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Seven trials comparing drug eluting stents to each other
or bare metal stents were presented. In general, they showed that
drug eluting stents were superior to bare metal stents, but among the
drug eluting stents, the data favored sirolimus eluting stents.
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Intensive lipid-lowering therapy with 80 mg of atorvastatin per day in patients with stable CHD provides significant clinical benefit beyond that afforded by treatment with 10 mg of atorvastatin per day.
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In patients 75 years of age or younger who have myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation and who receive aspirin and a standard fibrinolytic regimen, the addition of clopidogrel improves the patency rate of the infarct-related artery and reduces ischemic complications.
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In patients with heart failure and cardiac dyssynchrony, cardiac resynchronization improves symptoms and the quality of life and reduces complications and the risk of death.
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The Defibrillator in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial examined the question whether prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy begun soon after myocardial infarction would reduce long-term mortality.
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The addition of antiplatelet therapy to reduced intensity anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation patients reduces death and embolic events without increasing bleeding.
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The substantial differences in opinion concerning the need for revascularization prior to elective vascular surgery are present among cardiologists.
