Original title: Drug-eluting stents in patients on chronic haemodialysis: Paclitaxel-eluting stents vs. limus –eluting stents Reference: Gabriel l. Sardi, et al. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2014 Mar;15(2):86-91. End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) including renal failure on hemodialysis is associated with coronary heart disease and diabetes with subsequent need for revascularization that in this special population has a high...
Original title: A Controlled Trial of Revascularization in Acute Stroke. Reference: Martin Roubec et al. Radiology. 2012;Epub ahead of print. One of the most crucial forecast factors in patients undergoing acute ischemic stroke, stroke caused by a blockage in a brain artery, is the time window to recanalization. Thrombolytic agents have been proved useful but not always achieve...
People with poor cardiovascular health have a higher incidence of cognitive decline, according to new research. Improved cardiovascular health is more common in men and people with higher education and higher income, while the incidences of mental disability is most commonly detected in people with lower incomes, living in the “stroke belt” or have cardiovascular...
More than three out of ten deaths in Spain are due to cardiovascular disease, although in the case of women the risk is more closely associated with the onset of menopause, said today the Spanish Association for the Study of Menopause (AEEM). In women, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death, which is the...
The device, which should reach the market this year with the name Nexcor, was developed by a group of specialists in Brazil is the first smart portable heart monitor in the world, which allows remote sending electrocardiograms, ocation of the patient for assistance and early detection heart problems. This device automatically detects earliest variations of...
Among the things we do to take care of our health are: . Regular exercise: ideally, we should practice sports for 20 minutes, three days a week. Any activity serves well, as long as it adjusts to age, physical condition and cardiovascular situation. Regular exercise produces endorphins, which improve your mood and cause euphoria and...
An angioplasty is a procedure performed to improve blood flow in the body’s arteries and veins. In an angioplasty procedure, imaging techniques are used to guide a balloon tipped catheter (a very thin tube) into an artery or a vein and advance it to where the vessel is blocked or narrowed. The balloon is then...
We first need to emphasize that both procedures, angioplasty and bypass surgery, are suitable strategies for the treatment of coronary artery disease. In choosing the best alternative to treat their condition, patients usually consult with their physician. Angioplasty is a procedure that uses endovascular techniques, that is to say, through guide wire crossing (what is...
In the last decades, mortality by MI infarction has seen a reduction in men but keeps increasing in women and one of the reasons points out symptoms are more visible in men, which results in better and effective treatment for men. According to official data, a total of 380,000 women suffer heart attacks in the...
Diclofenac is the most popular of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) in 15 countries, according to studies, and it is listed as an essential medicine in 74 middle and high income countries, despite its association to heart attack and stroke in vulnerable patients, alerts a study published in PLoS Medicine manazine. This risk, claim the authors,...