American Heart Association says Taking Meds after Heart Procedures may boost trouble-free Survival Rate
October 25, 2016
American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report
Dallas, TX – Medications matter, but if you are a heart patient who doesn’t take them as prescribed you may have a lower trouble-free survival rate and heart bypass surgery may be more beneficial than percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI or stenting), according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.
Coronary artery bypass surgery redirects blood flow to the heart around clogged heart arteries.
Heart bypass patients appeared to be more resistant than PCI patients to the negative effects of not taking prescribed medication. (American Heart Association)
Sleep disorders may predict heart events after angioplasty
June 17, 2016
American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report
Dallas, TX – People who have had percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), also known as angioplasty, for acute coronary syndrome could be at higher risk of death, heart failure, heart attack and stroke if they have sleep-disordered breathing, such as sleep apnea, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Acute coronary syndrome, is an umbrella term for conditions in which the blood supplied to the heart is suddenly blocked.
Sleeping woman. (American Heart Association)
American Heart Association reports unclogging Heart Arteries through wrist becoming more common
June 14, 2013
Dallas, TX – The way to a man’s heart may be his wrist.
More U.S. doctors are unclogging heart arteries (in men and women) by entering through the radial artery in the wrist, which is linked to less bleeding complications than the traditional route through the groin, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. [Read more]
