Wrist Best Spot for Angioplasty in Elderly
686867
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.
319692
NEW YORK  - With some minor adjustments,  cruise ships can provide elderly people with every amenity they  get from assisted living facilities -- and a lot more fun --  suggest two doctors at Northwestern University in Chicago,  Illinois.
668810
NEW YORK  - When people with diabetes  undergo coronary artery stenting to open clogs, women are more  at risk for major adverse events than men, doctors in Germany  report.
258450
A device projecting an enhanced image of underlying veins onto skin could avoid botched injection attempts.
172306
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients at risk for undergoing surgery now have a successful option to open clogged arteries. A study reported in this weekâs The New England Journal of Medicine finds a less-invasive
36973
A pin suspension system used to keep an artificial lower-leg in place can disrupt circulation within the remaining limb, leading to skin sores, investigators report. They suggest prostheses that use suction attachment are a better choice.
8315
Bypass surgery remains the best option for heart patients with more than one clogged artery, according to the first big study to compare bypasses with drug-coated stents. In the study, heart attack and death rates were lower among people who had surgery than those given artery-opening balloon angioplasty and stents. It is latest setback for drug-coated stents, which have revolutionized heart care and have been implanted in about six million people worldwide. The study is in Thursdayâs New England Journal of Medicine.
713165
NEW YORK  - In patients who are in their eighties, procedures such as angioplasty and stenting to unblock clogged coronary arteries -- known collectively as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) -- have an "acceptable outcome."
593634
NEW YORK  - Initial results with a  bio-absorbable metal stent show that the novel device works as  intended -- to prop open blocked leg arteries before being  fully absorbed into the artery wall, so that complications  common with standard stents don't occur.
102926
NEW YORK  - About one in four adults in the  US who are 40 years of age or older will experience an abnormal  heart rhythm, also referred to as atrial fibrillation (AF),  before they die, according to a report in the rapid access  issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart  Association. The authors note that this is the first time that  the lifetime risk of this condition has been determined.
78072
A new study finds that elderly people who undergo surgery or angioplasty to treat chest pain fare just as well in the long-term as those treated with medication.
302020
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Between 1996 and 2000, the annual number of Medicare patients who had renal artery interventional procedures, where angioplasty or a stent clears arteries connected to the kidneys, more than doubled.
386947
Brussels, Belgium (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters&#39; latest wrist injury will likely end her season, but it&#39;s not expected to require surgery.
467393
A technique to remove dangerous swellings from the body's biggest artery could save thousands of lives, a study suggests.
258123
NEW YORK  - Spinal and non-spinal fractures  are reduced by almost a third in women age 80 or older who take  a drug called strontium ranelate, European investigators  announced at the annual meeting of the American College of  Rheumatology that is underway in San Antonio, Texas.
769273
Nov. 8, 2004 -- Stents cut a patient&#39;s risk of having a repeat balloon angioplasty to clear a clogged artery. But patients who get stents don&#39;t survive any longer than those who don&#39;t get them.
214589
Some cardiologists suggest drug-coated stents carry a higher risk of potentially fatal blood clots than older, bare-metal stents.