Results of a randomized trial show that antihypertensive treatment with a sustained-release formulation of a diuretic reduces fatal stroke, all-cause mortality, and heart failure in elderly patients. Medscape Medical News
Severely obese adolescents who undergo bariatric surgery experience substantial improvements in cardiac geometry, left ventricular mass, and diastolic function after weight loss, new study findings indicate. Reuters Health Information
Adoption by Los Angeles of a protocol for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest that calls for at least 20 minutes of chest compressions and other measures before efforts to transport boosted in-the-field rates of restored spontaneous circulation by 70%. Heartwire
Medscape interviews Wadi N. Suki, MD, from The Kidney Institute and Baylor College of Medicine on the recent Dialysis Clinical Outcomes Revisited (DCOR) study. Medscape Nephrology
Using a multidrug regimen to prevent cardiovascular disease in high-risk individuals in developing countries could avert 18 million deaths by 2015, meeting three-quarters of the global goal to reduce chronic disease deaths. Heartwire
