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Angioplasty

30+ years of opening coronary arteries without opening the chest.

Articles pertaining to the world of Interventional cardiology

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May 2008
- Court Tosses $32M Verdict Against Vioxx
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 14, 08 1:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Texas appellate court threw out a $32 million verdict against Merck today, citing a lack of evidence that Vioxx contributed to a man’s fatal heart attack. Lionel Garza was taking the painkiller when he died in 2001 at age 71, but was also a smoker with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Garza case was decided by verdict in 2006, and was excluded from a recent $4.85 billion settlement for 27,000 Vioxx cases. More »
- Beta Blockers 'Killing Patients'
  
  Reuters | May 13, 08 3:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Beta blockers routinely given to patients before surgery do far more harm than good, with patients 35% more likely to die within a month than those given a dummy pill, according to a study reported in the Lancet. While the blood pressure drugs did cut the number of heart complications, the risk of stroke doubled, researchers discovered. More »
- Pot Linked to Heart Attack Risk
  
  Reuters | May 13, 08 3:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Heavy users of marijuana have elevated levels of a protein that can raise the risk of heart disease, stroke and heart attacks, according to US government researchers. The drug apparently causes the liver to overproduce the protein, raising serious health issues for long-term smokers, researchers warned. The survey studied people who smoked 78 to 350 joints a week, Reuters reports. More »
- Migraines Aren't Just Annoying
  
  Boston Globe | May 12, 08 1:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Migraine headaches have been linked to more serious health problems by a number of new studies, the Boston Globe reports. People who suffer from migraines, especially those involving visual disturbances, have higher risk of heart attacks and strokes. Doctors aren't sure why, but are increasingly treating migraines as warning signs rather than mere inconveniences. More »
April 2008
- No Such Thing as 'Fit but Fat'
  
  Associated Press | Apr 29, 08 12:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If you’re overweight or obese, exercise alone doesn't appear to reduce risk of heart disease, according to a study that pokes a hole in the “fit but fat” theory. The study followed nearly 39,000 women over 11 years, and found even active overweight women were 54% more likely to develop heart disease. For the obese, that figure ballooned to 87%, the AP reports. More »
- Serious Side Effects Linked to Avandia, Fosamax
  
  Reuters | Apr 29, 08 2:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Two new studies have linked the popular prescription drugs Fosamax and Avandia to serious side effects, Reuters reports. Fosamax, prescribed for osteoporosis, has been tied to a type of abnormal heartbeat that can cause dizziness and fatigue. Another study links Avandia, used to treat diabetes, to a double or even triple risk of broken limbs after long-term use. More »
- Despite Danger, FDA Sanctioned Artificial Blood Studies
  
  Washington Post | Apr 28, 08 1:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration repeatedly approved experiments using artificial blood despite data showing the products to be dangerous, the Washington Post reports. Investigators from the National Institutes of Health found heart attack risk tripled and death increased by 30% for subjects in 16 studies testing five kinds of artificial blood, which, it is hoped, will ultimately provide alternative transfusions. More »
- Pre-Drug Heart Checks Urged for ADHD Kids
  
  Reuters | Apr 22, 08 4:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Children with ADHD should have their hearts checked for abnormalities before starting treatment with Ritalin or other stimulants, the American Heart Association warns. Serious heart problems have occurred in only a small fraction of the millions of children being treated for ADHD, but the group's experts say it's enough for concern, Reuters reports. More »
- Health History Hidden in Urine
  
  Times (UK) | Apr 21, 08 10:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Urine does indeed hold metabolic clues, researchers have found, and could shed light on blood pressure and heart problems, the Times of London reports. "Metabolic profiling can tell us how specific aspects of a person’s diet and how much they drink are contributing to their risks for certain diseases"—something DNA research can't do, says one of the scientists involved. More »
- Merck Used Ghostwriters to Draft Rosy Vioxx Studies
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 15, 08 7:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Merck used its own ghostwriters to draft articles minimizing risks of its drug Vioxx, then found medical researchers to lend their names to the research, the Wall Street Journal reports. Merck, which pulled the painkiller from shelves four years ago over heart-attack risks, rejects the claims as "misleading." They appear in tomorrow's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association . More »
- Hypertension Linked to Fewer Migraines
  
  WebMD | Apr 15, 08 11:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Beta blockers and other medications that lower blood pressure are routinely prescribed for migraines, but now a new study has discovered that people with high blood pressure had 40% fewer headaches. "This is a paradox," the lead researcher told WebMD. One possibility is that high blood pressure interferes with the pain mechanism. More »
- Eating Right Slims Risk of Strokes, Heart Attacks
  
  Associated Press | Apr 15, 08 2:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Women following a government-recommended diet to lower blood pressure significantly reduced their risk of heart attacks and strokes, AP reports. Those following a diet high in fruit, vegetables and grains were 24% less likely to have a heart attack and 18% less likely to have a stroke than women eating typical American diets, according to the study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. More »
- Doc: Merck Fudged Minutes of Meeting
  
  Bloomberg | Apr 12, 08 9:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Merck's "minutes" of a meeting of heart doctors discussing cholesterol drug Vytorin were created a month after the meeting and distorted the viewpoints of the experts, one panel member changes. The drug company submitted the document to congressional investigators probing its two-year delay in releasing a report saying the drug didn't work any better than a much cheaper generic one, Bloomberg reports. More »
- Braxton Rushed to Hospital With Chest Pains
  
  Access Hollywood | Apr 9, 08 4:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Singer Toni Braxton has been hospitalized in Las Vegas after suffering chest pains, Access Hollywood reports. She was taken in for tests and will likely be released today after an overnight stay, said a spokesman for the Famingo hotel-casino, where Braxton has been performing since 2006. The six-time Grammy winner suffers from a heart disease known as pericarditis. More »
- Tragic Bond Links Heart Donor, Recipient
  
  Hilton Head Island Packet | Apr 7, 08 4:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Georgia man who took his own life last week had lived 12 years after receiving a transplanted heart from a South Carolina man who also committed suicide, police said. And in a twist worthy of Edgar Allan Poe, the donor's widow had met and married the recipient, the Hilton Head Island Packet reports. More »
- J&J Hid Birth Control Patch Risks: Suit
  
  Bloomberg | Apr 6, 08 4:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Johnson & Johnson doctored data to get its birth control patch FDA-approved, according to a class action lawsuit that claims Ortho-Evra caused blood clots, heart attacks, and strokes. A J&J scientist allegedly doctored the data with a "correction factor" for the FDA, lowering estrogen-related risk by 60%: He "presented a truly misleading picture of the amount of estrogen delivered by the patch,'' the suit said. More »
- 'Sweatshop' Bloggers Drop Dead
  
  New York Times | Apr 6, 08 6:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The news cycle never stops, and neither do the bloggers who relentlessly chase stories, enduring a sweatshop kind of life stressful enough to apparently induce heart attacks. Two prominent web commentators have died in the last few months, and the community is reflecting on the toll of its hardcore, caffeine-fueled, take-no-prisoners lifestyle, the New York Times reports. More »
- Heart Disease Is Killing Caged Gorillas
  
  Associated Press | Apr 5, 08 7:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Gorillas in US zoos are dying from heart disease, and no one knows why, the AP reports. Zookeepers and scientists started a nationwide “Gorilla Health Project” 2 years ago to probe the causes of fibrosing cardiomyopathy, a condition that turns heart muscle into useless fibers and has left scores of gorillas dead in the last few years. More »
- AIDS Drug May Raise Risk of Heart Attack
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Apr 2, 08 6:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Patients who use an important and widely used AIDS drug have twice the risk of heart attacks, a new study shows. Abacavir is a major component in the so-called "drug cocktails" used to control HIV. "This is a head-scratcher, in the sense that we don't really understand the biology here," one expert told the San Francisco Chronicle . More »
- Firms Hid Bad News on Heart Drugs 2 Years: Doc
  
  New York Times | Apr 1, 08 10:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A scientist hired by two drug companies to conduct trials of cholesterol-lowering drugs accused the firms of deliberately delaying release of the results, the New York Times reports. The results for the Vytorin and Zetia trials—which showed the drugs don't work to reduce plaque in arteries—were not released until almost two years after the medical trials wrapped up. More »

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Cardium's Corgentin (Ad5IGF-I) preclinical product candidate is a next-generation DNA-based therapeutic using the insulin-like growth factor-I gene carried by an adenovector that is being developed as... (AP Photo)

Cardium's Corgentin (Ad5IGF-I) preclinical product candidate is a next-generation DNA-based therapeutic using the insulin-like growth factor-I gene carried by an adenovector that is being developed as... (AP Photo)

This is an undated photo provided by Boston Scientific that shows the drug-coated Taxus Express Paclitaxel Eluding Coronary Stent System. Wall Street analysts and many doctors expect another potential... (AP Photo)

The Medtronic Endeavor Drug-Eluting Stent. (Photo (AP Photo)

In this 80 second exposure an East Texas Medical Center's Air One helicopter is seen crossing the night sky traveling from left to right, while returning to the Tyler, Texas hospital, Saturday, April... (AP Photo)

Bryce Caldwell, a 2 1/2 year old who had open heart surgery shortly after birth to correct a congenital heart defect, wears the red survivors cap and participates in the 2007 American Heart Association's... (AP Photo)

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