How do you work through the case details of a patient who presents with complicated chest pain -- from diagnosis to discharge, especially as regards antiplatelet therapy, before, during, and after? Medscape Cardiology
Long-term results have been reported on the emerging technique of cryoablation--which uses freezing rather than heat to ablate the pulmonary vein for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Heartwire
Insulin resistance is independently associated with the risk for the development of peripheral artery disease and modifies the association between inflammation and peripheral artery disease. Medscape Medical News
Two-dimensional ultrasound speckle-tracking imaging is already widely available and easy to do and has been studied as a screening tool for cardiomyopathies. The authors of a new study suggest it also has a specificity and sensitivity of 78% for detecting heart-transplant rejection. Heartwire
The findings, from the IDEAL and EPIC-Norfolk studies, showed that when adjusted for apoA-1 and apoB values in regression analyses, increased HDL-cholesterol levels and HDL particle size conferred a risk of major coronary events. ApoA-1, on the other hand, did not turn into a significant risk factor at high plasma concentrations. Heartwire
The START trial, a multicenter phase 3 randomized controlled study, reports that new dosing schedules can be considered after surgery. Medscape Medical News
