Major Bleeding Has Significant Impact And Contributes To 30-Day Mortality Following Angioplasty In Severe Heart Attack ... (Medical News Today)

The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) announced the presentation of a new analysis of data from the HORIZONS-AMI trial demonstrating that major bleeding contributes to more deaths at 30 days than repeat heart attack, or re-infarction, in severe heart attack patients treated with angioplasty.

Study: Angioplasty Only Useful In Emergencies (NPR)

For people in the middle of a heart attack, angioplasty is a life-saver. The treatment is also used for non-emergency heart disease. A new study found that the treatment is not very useful for these non-urgent cases.

2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- In the treatment of patients with symptomatic narrowing (stenosis) of the carotid artery, angioplasty with stenting and endarterectomy (surgical removal of the obstruction) are similarly effective in preventing ipsilateral stroke at two and four years after the procedure, according to two studies.

2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing (Health Scout)

Angioplasty with stenting and endarterectomy successful in preventing ipsilateral stroke.

2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)

SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- In the treatment of patients with symptomatic narrowing (stenosis) of the carotid artery, angioplasty with stenting and endarterectomy (surgical...

2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing (HealthCentral.com)

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CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent Comparable To Bypass Surgery In Key Safety Measures In Patients With Diabetes ... (Medical News Today)

Data from the largest randomized trial of its kind performed to date indicate that the use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with the CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent was comparable to bypass surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting or CABG) in key safety endpoints in patients with multi-vessel disease and diabetes.

Digirad Corporation Developing New Cardiac Imaging System With Distortion Correction (Medical News Today)

Digirad Corporation (Nasdaq: DRAD), a leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging systems and services to physicians' offices, hospitals and imaging centers, announced the initial clinical trial of a new imaging system incorporating new proprietary technology to correct attenuation, or image distortion, an inherent issue in cardiac SPECT imaging.

Study: Bypass Better Than Stents in Long Term (First Coast News)

MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have?

At Risk For Peripheral Arterial Disease? Simple Quiz Provides Key So You Can Circulate Better (Medical News Today)

Ten million Americans have peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and research shows that the highest risk populations include African-Americans (twice as likely to develop clogged leg arteries), seniors (12-20 percent develop PAD) and diabetics (one in three who are over the age of 50 develop PAD).

Angioplasty and endarterectomy comparable in preventing ipsilateral stroke

In patients with symptomatic carotid stenoses, stent-protected angioplasty and carotid endarterectomy are associated with similar rates of ipsilateral stroke at 2 and 4 years' follow-up, according to the ...

Tenet Healthcare receives 214 Cigna HealthCare quality designations

Cigna Healthcare, a subsidiary of Cigna Corp., announced this week that Tenet Healthcare Corp.

Study: Angioplasty Only Useful In Emergencies

Day to Day , September 4, 2008 For people in the middle of a heart attack, angioplasty is a life-saver. The treatment is also used for non-emergency heart disease.

Heart patients' chances better with surgery

For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have? In research presented Monday at the ...

Study: Bypass Better Than Stents in Long Term

For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have? In research presented Monday at the ...

Study: Bypass better than stents in the long term

MUNICH, Germany - For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have? In research presented ...

[Article] Dose Effect of Clopidogrel Reloading in Patients Already on ...

Circulation. 2008 Published online before print September 2, 2008, doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.776757 Submitted on February 29, 2008 Accepted on July 2, 2008 Dose Effect of Clopidogrel Reloading in Patients ...

More Repeat Procedures With Angioplasty

Surgery and angioplasty unclog arteries equally well. But angioplasty may not last as long, a new study finds.

Bypass may be better than stents long-term

For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or an angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have? In research presented Monday at the ...

Bypass Surgery More Reliable Than Angioplasty

New findings presented Monday at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Munich suggest that patients who have angioplasties are twice as likely to require another procedure within a year than those who ...