Using genetic testing to inform which blood thinner to use following a procedure to open narrowed blood vessels resulted in significantly fewer complications among patients, according to new research in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, an American Heart Association journal. In the United States, heart disease is the leading cause of death, and stroke is… Continue reading Genetic Testing and Cardiovascular Surgery
Category: Cardiac Procedures and Surgeries
Startling New Research Shows That Heart Stents for Chest Pain May Simply Have a Placebo Effect for Some Patients
Coronary artery stents are lifesaving for heart attack patients, but new research suggests that the placebo effect may be larger than previously thought. The findings come from the ORBITA trial, which stands for “Objective Randomised Blinded Investigation With Optimal Medical Therapy of Angioplasty in Stable Angina”. (Editor’s note: That is the British spelling of the… Continue reading Startling New Research Shows That Heart Stents for Chest Pain May Simply Have a Placebo Effect for Some Patients
Give Cardiac Patients More Time to Come Out of Coma
Physicians may be drawing conclusions too soon about survival outcomes of patients who suffered a cardiac arrest outside the hospital, according to new research. A study led by Bentley Bobrow, MD, professor at the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix and co-director of the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center – Phoenix,… Continue reading Give Cardiac Patients More Time to Come Out of Coma
Even When Heart Attack Patients Are in a Coma, Reducing Body Temperature Saves Brain Functions
Survivors of cardiac arrest who remain in comas have better survival and neurological outcomes when their body temperatures are lowered, according to research done in November 2015 by Dr. Sarah Perman at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and published the journal Circulation. It was funded by the National Institutes of Health. A release… Continue reading Even When Heart Attack Patients Are in a Coma, Reducing Body Temperature Saves Brain Functions