Topic: Stephen Ellis
A sophisticated measure of blood flow to determine where artery-opening stents should be implanted is more effective than the X-ray examinations now commonly used, an international study finds.. The technique, measuring what's known as "fractional flow reserve" (FFR), is designed for people ...
A sophisticated measure of blood flow to determine where artery-opening stents should be implanted is more effective than the X-ray examinations now commonly used, an international study finds.. The technique, measuring what's known as "fractional flow reserve" (FFR), is designed for people ...
5/21/2008 Print E-mail Emergency treatment with two different anti-clotting drugs doesn't help much when someone who suffers a heart attack can't get a quick artery-opening procedure, new research shows.. "Combination therapy, when given up front, did not offer any benefit in the ...
Prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to treat acute myocardial infarction, anticoagulation with bivalirudin alone gets better results than heparin plus glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, but there is no advantage to using a facilitated pharmacologic strategy for reperfusion before PCI, according to two ...
