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Assessment of valve-in-valve implantation key to success
Treatment of failed bioprostheses is a clinical challenge. Although re-operation is considered the standard of care, these patients are frequently elderly with other medical...
Researchers found fewer side-effects from taking statins
Drugs taken to lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes may have fewer side-effects than claimed, say researchers at the National Heart and...
Quick treatment of stroke victims increases ‘disability-free life’
New research published in the journal Stroke, from the American Heart Association, found that reducing treatment delays by just a few minutes could lead...
Some risks found in tooth extraction before heart surgery
Heart patients should perhaps wait to have infected teeth pulled until after cardiac surgery, a new study suggests. HealthDay News reports that in a...