http://rootsmusicbusiness.com Medical Articles, Blogs, Social Media, Tutorials and News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The jury still out over which is the better treatment option for diabetic patients-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) or Coronary Artery By pass Graft (CABG) results from the coronary artery revascularisation in Diabetes ( CARDIa ) trial indicate that more repeat revascularization procedures occur at 12 months in diabetic patients randomized to ... http://rootsmusicbusiness.com/pci-or-cabg-for-diabetic-patients/.html The european society of cardiology (ESC) meeting in Barcelona caused great uproar over drug-eluting stents (DESs) and the controversy persist till today. Professor carlo Di MArio, A professor of cardiology at the royal Brompton Hospital,London,said the following the ESC 2006 meeting,Data from randomized trials and regitries and restonosis,re-intervention,latestent trhombosis,myocardial infraction (MI) ... http://rootsmusicbusiness.com/the-des-controversy/.html Computed tomography angiography (CTA) should be abandoned as a screening tool for coronary artery disease (CAD) in asymptomatic patients, says a cardiologist. CTA may facilitate managament of symptomatic patients with low per-test likelihood of CAD,particularly by conclusively showing CAD absence, said professor Franck Arnold flachskampf of the University of erlangen, Germany.Testing ... http://rootsmusicbusiness.com/ct-angiography-not-nedded-for-cad-screening-in-asymtomatic-patients/.html The combination of inhaled steroids with long-acting beta-2-agonists (fluticasone + salmeterol;seretide)has been demonstrated to achieve a42 percent reduction in the rate of exacerbations requiring oralcorticosteroids, as compared to placebo (p<0.001) (figure 2). in addition, combination therapy reduces several's inflammatory cells and cytokines with a resultant decrease in the inflammation associated with ... http://rootsmusicbusiness.com/impact-of-anti-inflammatory-agents/.html Inflammation COPD is characterised by the presence of CD+8 T-cells and macrophages in bronchial biopsies and an abundance of neutrophils in sputum. these tissue findings are contrast to asthma,where eosinophils are the dominant cell types. interestingly,during exacerbations of mild COPD,a change in airway inflammation has been reported with increase in sputum ... http://rootsmusicbusiness.com/the-role-of-inflammation-in-copd/.html