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Posted on:03/12/2003 0.00
Dallas, TX - New analysis of data from the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) suggests that patients who have a stroke affecting the left, but not the right, side of their brain have an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) over the next five years.
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Posted on:03/12/2003 0.00
Indianapolis, IN and Santa Clara, CA - The Guidant Corporation has announced the launch of a new family of guidewires to treat difficult lesionsthe Hi-Torque PilotTM wires.
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Posted on:23/10/2003 0.00
Cleveland, OH - Killip class is a powerful independent predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with non-ST-elevation ACS and should receive particular attention in these patients, a new study finds. Other predictors of mortality in ACS patients were found to be age, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and ST depression.
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Posted on:23/10/2003 0.00
Chicago, IL - New observational data from the Danish Nurse Study show an increased risk of stroke with hormone replacement therapy (HRT), but the risk appeared to be limited to hypertensive women. Normotensive subjects showed no such increase in risk.
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Posted on:23/10/2003 0.00
Kansas City, MO -Cardiologists can feel more confident about recommending coronary bypass surgery to elderly patients, according to a study in the October 15, 2003 issue of the Journal of American College of Cardiology