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Heart Disease Blog
http://healthforheart.blogspot.com
A blog on heart disease. New developments in the fields of Cardiology and Internal Medicine are reviewed here.
- Added on: Mar 20th, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
New blog policy
From now onwards, we will be posting table of contents from major cardiology journals as soon as they are published. This way you can keep track of interesting developments in the field of Cardiology....
2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) released
The 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) were released by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and the European Society of Card...
Is Angioplasty a form of Surgery?
Recently, 93 year old Former US President Ford underwent angioplasty with stenting to two of his coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart. Most of the media carried reported that Ford had a surgery. Can one really call angioplasty as surgery...
FDA calls for strong warning labels on ADHD Drugs about cardiovascular side effects
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that drugs used for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) must carry warning labels that state that these drugs may cause suppression of growth, psychosis, aggression and serious cardiovascular side e...
New ACC AHA ESC guidelines for Atrial fibrillation released
According to the revised ACC AHA ESC guidelines for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation released today, risk factors for stroke should be used to determine whether anticoagulation therapy is given to people with atrial fibrillation. A...
Drug Eluting Stents and Stent Thrombosis
Blockages in coronary arteries (coronary stenoses) reduce blood flow to the heart and may result in symptoms of anginal chest pain, heart attack (myocardial infarction), heart failure and even sudden death. Many patients with these conditions require...
