Posts Tagged ‘MI’
The DES controversy
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) and mortalilty with bare metal stents (BMSs) were intensely scrutinized.
The Data indicated ther were some important differences between the stents types,with diverse mechanical and Pharmacological properties giving rise to different clinical outcomes. Read the rest of this entry »
Depressions affects post MI prognosis
Incident somatic depression (new-onset depressive symptoms in patients not initially depressed) is associated with poor prognosis in cardiac patients, according to two studies conducted in Netherlands.The multicenter studies found that the subtypes of depressions occurring after myocardial infraction (MI) differ in cardiotoxicity and response to treatment
The first study distinguished incident and recurrent depressive episodes, Only incident post-MI depressive episodes were associated with new cardiovascular events. Read the rest of this entry »