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News Round Up from AHA Scientific Sessions 2008 - November 11th
Interim Analysis Of Top-Line Data From Phase II/III Study Shows Favorable Efficacy & Safety For Corthera's Relaxin In Acute Heart Failure11 Nov...
News Round Up from AHA Scientific Sessions 2008 - November 12th
Rivaroxaban Phase II Dose-Ranging Study Demonstrates Encouraging Response Rates In Treatment Of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients12 Nov 2008Findings...
News Round Up from AHA Scientific Sessions 2008 - November 13th
Portola Announces Data Showing Its Anti-Platelet Drug Inhibits Platelets In Clopidogrel (Plavix(R)) Non-Responders13 Nov 2008Portola Pharmaceuticals,...
3-D Echocardiography - An Emerging Giant in the Treatment of Heart Failure
The presence of such therapeutic techniques that improve survivability without consecutive decline in prevalence offers the medical community a...
A compare between myocardial topical negative pressure levels of -25 mmHg and -50 mmHg in a porcine model
BackgroundTNP produces a mechanical stress and a pressure gradient across the tissue which may cause a surge of blood to the area. Mechanical forces...
A Meta-Analysis of 16 Randomized Trials of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
DES have been linked to a higher risk of late stent thrombosis compared with bare-metal stents (BMS),4,5 a phenomenon that was not identified in the...
A New Leader in Specialised Pharmaceuticals
Bayer Schering Pharma AG combines two successful pharmaceutical companies to form a single, even more powerful enterprise, opening up new...
A survey on non specialized off-the-shelf JPEG2000 viewers for digital microscopy use
Introduction - Although standardization for image formats in Pathology is still not completed, much interest has been devoted to JPEG2000 as a format...
Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Natural History of Atrial Fibrillation in the Era of Catheter AblationAt present, there are no prospective studies on AF progression and associated...
About Medtronic
Medtronic is the global leader in medical technology – alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of people worldwide....
Accuracy, Safety and Application of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography
The degree of stenosis in focal plaque segments on coronary angiograms does not correlate with the risk of plaque rupture. Plaques that have...
Accurate Non-invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring with Bioreactance-New Tools May Empower Dramatic Progress in Disease Management
Despite a plethora of developments over recent decades, there still exists a clear need for highly accurate measures of CO that can be applied in...
Acute Coronary Syndromes - Tailoring Treatment Based on Risk Stratification
As the proportion of patients with actual disease decreases, the benefits of the treatment decrease, while the number of adverse outcomes remains...
Acute Coronary Syndromes - Tailoring Treatment Based on Risk Stratification
Risk StratificationAcute MI is described as a rise and fall of serum cardiac markers, preferably troponin, and either ischemic symptoms, ischemic...
Acute Heart Failure Syndromes - US Cardiology 2006
PathophysiologyThe pathophysiology of AHFS is complex, and can arise from a variety of pathophysiological mechanisms. Approximately 60% of...
Acute severe mitral regurgitation: consideration of papillary muscle architecture
IntroductionEchocardiography is the primary imaging modality of choice for the noninvasive assessment of mechanical complications such as acute...
Acute severe mitral regurgitation: consideration of papillary muscle architecture
IntroductionEchocardiography is the primary imaging modality of choice for the noninvasive assessment of mechanical complications such as acute...
Adherence to Lipid Lowering - Growing Clinical Challenge
Patients with low adherence are also responsible for substantially greater health care costs than are patients with good adherence. Even accounting...
