February 5th, 2015
New Percutaneous Device Offers Hope in Refractory Angina
Larry Husten, PHD
An entirely predictable consequence of medical progress is the growing number of heart patients with persistent and symptomatic angina who have run out of treatment options. A small new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine raises the possibility that a new device one day may provide them some relief. The experimental device, a coronary sinus reducer […]
February 4th, 2015
Clinical Significance of Non-IRA Disease in STEMI Patients
Beat J. Meyer, M.D.
Beat Meyer wonders whether and how an observed association between the presence of non-IRA lesions and increased mortality in STEMI patients will affect treatment decisions.
February 4th, 2015
To Shock or Not to Shock — That Is the Question
Joseph G Akar, MD/PhD and Jehad Al Buraiki, MD
Jehad Al Buraiki and Joseph G. Akar offer differing perspectives, from each side of the Atlantic, on cardiac resynchronization-pacemaker therapy.
February 2nd, 2015
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: February 2nd
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include less-tight vs. tight hypertension control in pregnancy, icatibant for ACE-inhibitor-induced angioedema, and more.