A British study has shown that vegans have a 32% lower risk of suffering from vascular diseases. The trial that included 45,000 men and women stated that vegans also have lower risk of developing diabetes and lower MBI (max body index) which signals overweight and obesity. Results also show the importance of eating habits in...
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,...
Obesity, tobacco, hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes, the main causes of more than 17 million deaths by infarction in the world, now add to this list loosing or working precarious jobs. Though there is no significant research on this issue, Dr Mauricio Torres, specialized in occupational health and president of the Health Policies International Association,...
Moderate alcohol consumption has been linked to cardiovascular health benefits however, this finding could be affected by a recent study that links alcohol intake to an increased risk of mortality caused by several types of cancer. A team of researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute revealed that within 560,000 cancer deaths during 2009 in...
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Original title: Safety and Effectiveness of Everolimus-Eluting Stents in Chronic Total Coronary Occlusion Revascularization Results From the EXPERT CTO (Evaluation of the XIENCE Coronary Stent, Performance, and Technique in Chronic Total Occlusions) Multicenter Trial. Reference: David E. Kandzari et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2015, on line before print. The aim of this study was to evaluate...
Original title: The Use of Impella 2.5 in Severe Refractory Cardiogenic Shock Complicating and Acute Myocardial Infarction. Reference: Frederic Casassus et al. J Interv Cardiol. 2015 Feb;28(1):41-50. The presence of cardiogenic shock is observed in 7% of patients undergoing acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with ST segment elevation and 2.5% of those with non-ST AMI. In this scenario inotropic...
Original title: Procedural Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. A Report From the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry). Reference: Emanuel S. Brilakis, et al. JACC Cardiovascular Intervention 2015;8:245-53 Chronic total occlusions (CTO) are present in 20% to 50% of pathological coronary angiograms but, even though this percentage has increased in the past years, PCI is performed...