Paul O’Grady passed away at the age of 67, over a year ago from a cardiac arrhythmia, but the TV star had previously spoken about his health struggles and near-death experiences…
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MedPage Today) — Operators safely shaved a few minutes off heart attack reperfusion times by taking patients straight to culprit lesion percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) when they arrived at the catheterization lab, according to a small…
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Credit: PhotoMIX Company from Pexels New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12–15 May), identifies the optimum body weight range for adults with type 2 diabetes to minimize their risk of dying from any cardiovascular disease, including heart failure, heart disease, stroke, and chronic kidney disease. The
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Future heart attacks could be better prevented in people visiting their GP with unexplained chest pain, after Keele researchers developed the clearest picture yet of the factors that put them at higher risk. The research is published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. It is estimated at least one million
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According to scientists, no interventions precisely control Campylobacter on meat. Several methods have been tested with mixed success. Some showed promise in reducing prevalence in specific stages of production, while others had little to no effect. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) document found effective Campylobacter interventions are still minimal…
A novel study shines a light on the physiological stress interventional cardiologists may encounter when performing complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures. The study of five experienced operators showed significantly higher heart rate and blood pressure parameters when performing PCI for coronary total occlusion (CTO) — one of the most challenging lesions in patients undergoing