Cardiology

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• Studies show encouraging results for CoreValve

• May 21, 2013
• PARIS — Two studies presented here show that the CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement system results in low mortality and stroke rates...More »

• In the Journals

• Manual thrombectomy during acute MI lowered MACE rates

• May 20, 2013
• Thrombectomy performed using manual, but not mechanical, catheter aspiration led to reductions in rates of MACE in patients with acute MI at 6 to 12...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Springtime in Paris: Cardiology Today’s Intervention gears up for EuroPCR

• May 20, 2013
• This week the EuroPCR meeting will set an international stage for some of the most talked-about and potentially transformative technologies in the field...More »

• In the Journals

• Rapid transfer program improved MI rates in elderly patients

• May 17, 2013
• Prospective data from a rapid regional transfer program showed that patients aged at least 80 years who underwent PCI for STEMI had short hospital stays...More »

• In the Journals

• Renal denervation reduced BP with few adverse effects

• May 16, 2013
• Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis have concluded that renal denervation results in a substantial reduction in mean BP out to 12 months...More »

• In the Journals

• PARTNER analysis: Assessing low flow important in severe aortic stenosis

• May 15, 2013
• Stroke volume index, a measure of low flow, should be included in the evaluation and therapeutic decision-making of patients with severe aortic stenosis...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Video-assisted sympathectomy improved outcomes in children with refractory ventricular arrhythmias

• May 15, 2013
• Video-assisted thoracoscopic left cardiac sympathetic denervation was a safe and effective procedure in children with refractory cardiac arrhythmias.
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• In the Journals

• Cardiogenic shock increased mortality risk in primary PCI

• May 14, 2013
• Thirty-day all-cause mortality was higher in patients presenting with cardiogenic shock who were treated with primary PCI for acute MI caused by an...More »

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• Renal denervation predicted to reduce CV events across age groups

• May 13, 2013
• A model-based calculation indicates that catheter-based renal denervation can be expected to provide meaningful reductions in CV events in patients with...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Sliding-scale hydration reduced contrast-induced acute kidney injury

• May 10, 2013
• Personalized intravenous hydration significantly reduced the rate of contrast-induced acute kidney injury and major adverse cardiac events vs. standard...More »

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