30.10.20131575
Fewer than 1 in 3 rheumatologists report discussing hypertension with patients who have uncontrolled blood pressure, despite the fact that those with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease compared with the general population and that hypertension is a modifiable risk factor.
29.10.20131696
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered a molecular switch that causes small, beneficial clots that stop bleeding to enlarge further during wound healing.
28.10.20131493
Researchers of the Spanish research council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient?ficas, CSIC) and the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have discovered that inhibiting the protein Rcan1 in mice reduces the burden of atherosclerosis, one of the commonest cardiovascular diseases.
25.10.20131534
Is radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) more effective than antiarrhythmic drug therapy (AADT) for preventing persistent atrial fibrillation (AF)?
24.10.20131687
Among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, worse exercise capacity at baseline was associated with poorer outcomes, researchers found.
23.10.20131621
Among nontraditional cardiovascular risk factors, recent influenzalike infection is associated with fatal and nonfatal atherothrombotic events.
22.10.20131589
Рatients with Marfan syndrome have an increased risk of life-threatening aortic complications, mostly preceded by aortic dilatation. Treatment with losartan, an angiotensin-II receptor-1 blocker, may reduce aortic dilatation rate in Marfan patients.