Study finds coronary procedure adds no benefit over 'optimal medical therapy' alone
...ronary intervention (PCI), a procedure in which an interventional cardiologist clears plaque from a blocked artery. Nearly all of the PCI recipients (93 percent) also had a stent, a wire-mesh tube, placed to help keep open the affected artery. Because drug-eluting stents, which are coated with medications that ...Good news on heart attack and chest pain
...projects. At the same time, U-M CVC director of interventional cardiology Mauro Moscucci, M.D., has co-led the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium, which has focused on improving angioplasty care and has saved both lives and dollars. U-M heart failure specialist Todd Koelling, M.D., is l...Acute coronary syndrome therapy improvements linked with fewer deaths and improved clinical outcomes
...dence for the effectiveness of pharmacological and interventional treatments in patients with ST-segment elevation (...of a change in practice for both pharmacologic and interventional treatments in patients with either STEMI or NSTE ACS," the authors write. "The changes are consisten...Interventional cardiologists assemble in Orlando, Fla., for SCAI Annual Scientific Sessions
...her nonsurgical, catheter-based procedures used by interventional cardiologists to treat cardiovascular disease are ...he worlds leading medical society for invasive and interventional cardiologists. Highlights include Lectures by many of the worlds most distinguished physicia...Panel offers expert analysis on causes, prevention of stent thrombosis
...t serious complication that's been on the minds of interventional cardiologists and patients alike. At the 30th Annu...s they cannot continue therapy for that long, many interventional cardiologists are choosing to implant a bare metal stent instead. A far less common suspect in ste...Study offers clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'
...n the cardiac catheterization laboratory, when the interventional cardiologist finds no blockage in the coronary arteries. To date, the registry has enrolled 40 patients diagnosed with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy at two major hospitals in Rhode Island over a period of nearly 2 years. Ninety-five percent were women,...SCAI's 'Therapies in Evolution' showcases exciting future of interventional cardiology
... to withstand. Now, using percutaneous techniques, interventional cardiologists can thread a catheter into the narro...neous aortic valve replacements and is director of interventional cardiology at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. "Techniques and devices ar...SCAI Founders' Lecture highlights remarkable progress in catheter-based aortic valve replacement
(May 10, 2007ORLANDO, FL) Twenty years ago, few interventional cardiologists could have imagined that during their professional careers it would be possible to replace a diseased aortic valve using catheter-based techniques, rather than open-chest surgery. Alain Cribier, M.D., was not among the doubters. Throu...SCAI'S Hildner Lecture traces progress through 30 years of interventional cardiology
(May 11, 2007ORLANDO, FL) -- The world of interventional cardiology has changed dramatically in nearly thre...-lived disappointments, and future developments in interventional cardiology, all from the vantage point of a career that has spanned 27 years. "Looking back, Im s...Bare-metal stents are better for some heart patients
... to have non-cardiac surgery a short time after an interventional heart procedure. A presentation at the Society for...ng stents in favor of bare metal stents during the interventional heart procedure. A four-week course of the blood thinner clopidogrel (Plavix) after an intervention...Debate focuses on door-to-balloon time in heart attack treatment
...," said Dr. Henry, the director of research and an interventional cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. "But there is clear evidence that 90 minutes is arbitrary." Some studies have shown that opening the blocked artery within 120 minutes is associated wi...Stenting of abdominal arteries offers welcome relief for 'intestinal angina'
...techniques perfected in the arteries of the heart, interventional cardiologists are successfully treating chronic mesenteric ischemia, a condition akin to intestinal angina. According to a study reported at the 30th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), M...SCAI highlights study using wireless technology to speed care of heart attack patients
...the full range of catheter techniques available to interventional cardiologistswas nearly 146 minutes in 2005. Under the guidance of Marc Klapholz, M.D., director of the Division of Cardiology at UMDNJ, the wireless system went live in June 2006. It enables paramedics to use Bluetooth technology to send an ECG no...'Star Trek'-type scanning may reveal genetic activity of tumors, Stanford study shows
... author is Michael Kuo, MD, assistant professor of interventional radiology at UCSD, who said their work will help doctors obtain the molecular details of a specific tumor or disease without having to remove body tissue for a biopsy. "Ideally, we would have personalized medicine achieved in a noninvasive manner," s...Women's mortality rates for cardiovascular disease differ widely among hospitals
...est-performing hospitals were in heart failure and interventional cardiology procedures. Compared to poorly performi...and a 44 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality for interventional cardiology procedures. Overall, risk-adjusted mortality for cardiovascular disease for women impr...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...hy (CBCT) imaging system could enable surgeons and interventional radiologists to perform minimally invasive procedu...rials underway in a broad spectrum of surgical and interventional procedures ranging from tumor ablation to orthopedic surgery and brachytherapy. High-quality intrao...Drug-eluting stent controversy explored in the American Heart Hospital Journal
...tal, note, DESs are a revolutionary advancement in interventional cardiology and are here to stay. Recognizing that they are different from bare metal stents, it is prudent to exercise caution with these devices and avoid using them in patients in whom dual antiplatelet therapy, a common practice used to reduce blo...