admin | April 29, 2009
The answer to this it depends.
Bypass Surgery, or “re-plumbing” the coronary arteries is only necessary when the LAD (left anterior descending) artery is at risk of closing or a patient has 3 or more vessel disease with a low ejection fraction. These are the only two instances that reseach has shown Bypass surgery to be beneficial in the short or long term prognosis of the patient.
admin | April 29, 2009
TUESDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) — American heart patients who receive their primary care at a community health clinic are less likely to be referred for a consultation with a cardiologist than patients who receive their primary care at a hospital.
This difference is especially true among women, say researchers who reviewed the electronic medical records of 9,761 adult heart patients who received community clinic-based or hospital-based care between 2000 and 2005.
The overall rates for cardiology consultations were 79.6 percent for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and 90.3 percent for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients, said the researchers from Harvard Medical School and the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
admin | April 29, 2009
Washington, April 29 (ANI): A new study has found that peripheral arterial disease (PAD) of the legs, in which the arteries become blocked with plaque and blood supply to the legs is reduced, is often overlooked in patients with known heart disease.
Early detection of PAD is important because it can limit the ability to walk and exercise, it may place patients at greater risk for limb loss and it increases the chance of having a heart attack or stroke .
admin | April 28, 2009
Sometimes cardiologists and cardiac surgeons can agree! There is often disagreement between the professions of cardiology and cardiac surgery about the proper therapy for coronary artery disease (CAD)-and this can harm the patient. In the current edition of Deutsches �rzteblatt International, an interdisciplinary team of authors consisting of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons provides answers to the question of when a bypass operation (ACB) and when percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is effective (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106(15): 253-61). Martin Russ, Jochen Cremer and coauthors show that ACB and PCI are of equivalent value and can be placed in a complementary treatment plan.
admin | April 28, 2009
Data published in Journal of Cardiac Surgery
“Our study leads us to conclude that muscular counterpulsation represents a new, noninvasive, ECG-triggered circulation support system that is effective for achieving hemodynamic improvement and decreasing postoperative complications while significantly shortening the hospital stay of patients with chronic heart failure.”
Larry V. Lapanashvili, MD, PhD
WINTERTHUR, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardiola AG announced today that a study (“Therapeutic Value of Muscular Counterpulsation After Coronary Bypass Grafting Operation”) published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery (2009;24:134-140) demonstrates that “MCP (muscular counterpulsation) represents a new, noninvasive, ECG-triggered circulation support system, which is effective for achieving hemodynamic improvement via afterload reduction. The use of MCP decreases postoperative complications and significantly shortens the hospital stay.” The study’s principal investigator was Larry V. Lapanashvili, MD, a cardiac surgeon at Marji Medical Center, Tbilisi, Georgia.
admin | April 28, 2009
Sometimes cardiologists and cardiac surgeons can agree! There is often disagreement between the professions of cardiology and cardiac surgery about the proper therapy for coronary artery disease (CAD)—and this can harm the patient. In the current edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, an interdisciplinary team of authors consisting of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons provides answers to the question of when a bypass operation (ACB) and when percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is effective (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106(15): 253-61). Martin Russ, Jochen Cremer and coauthors show that ACB and PCI are of equivalent value and can be placed in a complementary treatment plan.
admin | April 28, 2009
Release Date: March 26, 2007
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Coronary revascularization with stenting or balloon angioplasty combined with optimal medical therapy is no more effective in preventing a heart attack, other major cardiovascular events or death in patients with stable heart disease, than optimal medical therapy alone, results of a new study conducted in 50 hospitals in the U.S. and Canada has shown.
The new findings, which are expected to change the way stable heart disease is treated in the future, will be presented March 27 at the American College of Cardiology’s 56th-annual scientific session by William E. Boden, M.D., professor of medicine and public health in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
admin | April 28, 2009
The label on your bottle of today’s bitter medicine reads: “Health Care Rationing.”
Before the 20th century, health care was cheap. Very little could be done for a sick person. Starting around the Second World War, a cornucopia of medical and surgical treatments became available, all expensive. Now we have $50 pills; coronary artery stents; artificial parts like ceramic hips; replacement parts such as liver transplants; and soon stem cell even gene therapy.
Partly because of medical advances but primarily due better public health and nutrition, more of us are living longer meaning there are more old people. Health care for old people is very expensive.
admin | April 28, 2009
http://www.prweb.com/releases/EECP/heart-health/prweb2365384.htm
admin | April 28, 2009
EECP is a safe, FDA-approved (for angina pectoris and congestive heart failure) cardiovascular treatment that does not require surgery or medication. It is said to be a natural bypass; new collaterals grow around arterial blockages.
Los Angeles, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 28, 2009 — Global Cardio Care® Inc., the nation’s largest physician practice management company specializing in delivery of EECP® treatment, has helped Brian Burton, 39, drop 158 lbs through the Global Cardio Care Gift of Life Program featuring Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP®) along with exercise and improved diet.
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