Cardiac catheterization is not being used optimally in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome because clinicians are not risk-stratifying these patients correctly. Medscape Medical News
For the LV-assist device, evolution means becoming simpler; the latest ones have free-floating blood "impellers" and no other moving parts to wear out. They are proving themselves as bridges to transplantation, but it will be destination therapy that tests their promise of greater durability. Heartwire
A new scientific statement calls for patients with hypertension to routinely monitor their blood pressure in their homes with a home blood-pressure monitoring device. Medscape Medical News
In the largest study to examine the link between exercise capacity and mortality risk in a racially mixed cohort, mortality dropped 12% to 15% with every 1 metabolic equivalent in exercise capacity. Medscape Medical News
Investigators say the findings support calls for larger randomized trials comparing different DES, although whether the higher restenosis rates also affect mortality remains unclear. Heartwire
