coronary artery disease

(European Society of Cardiology) A registry -which includes every patient in Sweden having percutaneous coronary intervention for the treatment of acute and stable coronary artery disease- has found that PCI implantations using a new generation of drug-eluting stents is associated with lower rates of relapse, stent thrombosis and subsequent mortality than older generation drug-eluting stents and bare-metal stents.

(MedPage Today) -- Despite evidence from clinical trials that statins help prevent cardiovascular events, many patients with obstructive coronary artery disease are not being treated with the medications, a large registry study found.

(MedPage Today) -- New guidelines, the result of a first-time collaboration between the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, stress a multidisciplinary approach to planning interventions for patients with coronary artery disease.

(MedPage Today) -- Patients who have coronary artery disease and strong coronary collateral circulation appear to have improved survival, a meta-analysis showed.

(MedPage Today) -- Plaque disruption is a common cause of myocardial infarction in women who do not have obstructive coronary artery disease on angiography, an imaging study showed.

(MedPage Today) -- No new evidence has surfaced since 2004 to justify screening asymptomatic adults for coronary artery disease (CAD) with resting or exercise ECG, according to a literature review by the U.S.

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(MedPage Today) -- There is a wide variation among U.S. institutions in the rate of positive findings of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) when patients undergo diagnostic angiography, a retrospective study found.

WebMD discusses what treatment options to consider if your coronary artery disease is stable and not an emergency.

People with coronary artery disease have an increased risk of death if they have fat around the waist, according to a study at the Mayo Clinic in the US.

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Stenting appears equal to coronary artery bypass surgery for left main coronary artery disease, Korean researchers found.