Blood-sucking device saves heart patients, study shows

sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 1 week (www.latimes.com)

The vacuum-cleaner-like apparatus removes clots before angioplasty, preventing fragments from breaking off. Death rates in the year following surgery are cut in half, researchers say.

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Targeted stent use in clinical practice based on evidence from the BAsel Stent Cost Effectiveness Trial

amanda submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org)

"Patients with angioplasty of small vessels or bypass grafts seem to benefit from DES use, in long-term outcome, in contrast to patients with large native vessel stenting where there might even be late harm. Still, this hypothesis needs to be tested prospectively. "

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Study: Most angioplasties not needed

addict submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.cnn.com)

Angioplasty no more effective than drug therapy in reducing chest pain, it didn't save lives or prevent heart attacks in non-emergencies. Only one-third of people treated with drugs later needed angioplasty. Findings renew animosity between angioplasty specialists, other doctors

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Six-Month Outcome of Emergency Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Resuscitated Patients After Cardiac Arrest Complicating ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

julie submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (circ.ahajournals.org)

"In patients with resuscitated cardiac arrest complicating acute myocardial infarction, prompt prehospital management and early revascularization were associated with a 54% survival rate at 6 months. A strategy including adequate prehospital management, early revascularization, and specific care in dedicated intensive care units should be strongly considered in resuscitated patients after cardiac arrest complicating acute myocardial infarction."

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