This new device is a stainless steel platform of 120 µm thick with a sirolimus-eluting bio-absorbable polymer. It has two separate parts: a larger diameter proximal part and a smaller diameter distal part connected by two 1.2 mm structures. The objective of this study was to test (first in man) the device in bifurcations. We...
80% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease is located in countries with low or middle incomes. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the contrast in risk factors for cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality in low, medium and high income countries. This study included 155245 patients from 628 cities in 17 countries over...
The cardiovascular safety and efficacy of some hypoglycemic including saxagliptin (Onglyza), an inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4), is not well established. 16492 patients were randomized diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with a history of cardiovascular events or high risk to receive saxagliptin or placebo. Other medications for diabetes, including hypoglycemic, were permitted. The combined...
Original title: Comparison of 30-Day and 5-Year Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Bypass Grafting in Patients Aged ≤50 Years. Reference: Fausto Biancari, et al. Am J Cardiology Article in Press. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with better evolution than percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), mainly due to left main and multiple vessels re...
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...
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...
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,...
Death caused by cardiovascular disease still strikes hard in Argentina. During the last decade, mortality rates from cardiovascular conditions, including infarction, stroke, hypertension and arrhythmia, dropped a mere 6%, according to the registry of vital statistics of de National Health Ministry. In the previous decade, this rate was lower: it had reduced 22%. This difference...
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...