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Patients with coronary artery disease who have received intra-coronary, drug-eluding stents (DES) may benefit from longer courses of clopidogrel than is currently standard.
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The authors attempt to redefine SCD by concluding that it uncommonly or even rarely occurs "suddenly out of the blue" without any premonitory symptoms.
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The sport (Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial) trial enrolled over 1,000 adults with lumbar disk disease-herniated disk, spinal stenosis, or spondylolisthesis-to compare outcomes between persons who were assigned to surgical treatment vs medical therapy.
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Arformoterol (R,R-formoterol) is a single isomer form of racemic (RR, SS) formoterol approved for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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The ECG figure in the article was obtained from a mentally challenged 37-year-old man, who had been complaining of atypical chest pain. He was scheduled for an exercise treadmill test (ETT).
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Patients with transient ischemic attacks should usually be admitted to the hospital and receive rapid evaluation and treatment.
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There have been conflicting reports on the risks of ovarian cancer in users of hormone replacement therapy. In the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study Cohort, analysis of various aspects of HRT and the development of ovarian cancer in approximately 100,000 women aged 50-71 years was undertaken.
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A second generation, selective, irreversible, monoamine oxidase type B inhibitor has been approved for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD).
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Among men and women with an acute coronary syndrome without ST segment elevation, men are much more likely than women to develop an acute myocardial infarction.
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Physical counterpressure maneuvers are a risk-free, effective, and low-cost treatment method in patients with vasovagal syncope and recognizable prodromal symptoms, and should be advised as first-line treatment in patients presenting with vasovagal syncope with prodromal symptoms.
