Drugs, Surgery Equally Good for Elderly Chest Pain
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People aged 75 and older can withstand the rigors of surgery to treat chest pain, and feel better sooner than if they are treated with gentler drug regimens, Swiss researchers reported on Monday.
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My office telephone has been ringing with patients who have heard about former President Bill Clinton's surgery this month and wonder if they might need cardiac bypass themselves. What I tell them is that careful screening for heart disease is essential, but the bypass operation, which involves sawing open the chest, is a 40-year-old procedure that is usually unnecessary.
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A drug combination that produced such positive results in clinical trials that they were stopped before their scheduled completion date reduces death from coronary heart disease by up to 43 percent, a new study reports.
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Confused by the news that the pain reliever Celebrex might increase the risk of heart attack, 67-year-old Sharon Panick went to her doctor this week to learn whether
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A government finding that Aleve, the widely used pain reliever, appears to increase the risk for heart problems underscores how little is known about possible side effects of some common older medicines.
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Drinking caffeinated beverages  on a regular basis may provide significant protection against  death from heart disease in the elderly who have normal levels  of blood pressure, according to data from a large U.S. health  and nutrition study.
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'He is stable now. He experienced chest pain due to exertion and high blood pressure but that has now been brought under control through medicines,' a doctor said.q
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For years, doctors have thought that patients over the age of 75 with chest pain should be treated gingerly, and given medication rather than surgery.
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NEW YORK  - After a heart attack, treatment  with angioplasty or bypass surgery during the initial hospital  stay appears to improve survival compared with a more delayed,  conservative approach, new research shows.
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Most of Dr. Marshall Goldin's medical school classmates have retired or died, but at age 67, the heart surgeon believes he still has good working years ahead.
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NEW YORK  - Older patients with heart  failure have a two-fold higher rate of mortality and  re-admission after undergoing non-cardiac surgery than other  patients in their age group, a Duke University research team  reports.
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NEW YORK  - The wrist is a better access  spot than the groin for performing angioplasty in very elderly  patients with heart disease, new research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Elderly individuals who maintain higher levels of physical activity have better survival rates after a heart attack and subsequent angiography to clear the coronary arteries, researchers in Italy and the U.S. suggest.
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The move follows recent studies suggesting that the medications might cause heart attacks.
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The findings may be relevant to many people who take aspirin to prevent heart problems as well as a COX-2 inhibitor drug like Vioxx for arthritis.
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A tipple or two can aid recovery from heart surgery,  research suggests.
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Over the last decade, the use of angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting to treat elderly heart patients has increased, and outcomes of these procedures have improved.