Both operations can help obese patients lose weight, researchers noted, but gastric bypass surgery "may be associated with greater cardiovascular benefits."
Patients often develop AFib during cardiac surgery, leading to longer hospital stays, additional healthcare costs and a higher risk of mortality. Cooling the oblique sinus of the patient's heart as soon as AFib starts to develop may represent a new way to stop the problem in its tracks.
A new meta-analysis of 28 different studies confirmed that robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy with IVC thrombectomy is a safe treatment option for kidney cancer.
The new analysis, presented at ESC Congress 2022, found that a medical marijuana prescription for chronic pain may increase a person's overall arrhythmia risk.
A new study in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging focuses on a potential new side effect of COVID-19, highlighting the continued importance of monitoring these patients going forward.
William C. Roberts, MD, has long been one of cardiology’s leading voices, contributing to more than 1,600 academic articles and working in a variety of roles for the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health.
An international team of researchers, led by specialists from Cleveland Clinic, found that DAPT was consistently linked to a greater risk of major or life-threatening bleeding events.
"Domestic radiopharmaceutical suppliers, who receive isotopes from abroad, would be impacted by price changes and uncertainty caused by additional tariffs,” SNMMI President Cathy Cutler, PhD, wrote in a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce this week.
If President Trump initiates a 25% tariff against pharmaceuticals imported from Ireland, it might impact the price for X-ray iodine contrast agents in the U.S. depending what rules are put in place.
![When kidney cancer invades a patient’s inferior vena cava (IVC), robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy with IVC thrombectomy is a safe and effective alternative to open surgery, according to a new meta-analysis published in the Journal of Urology.[1]](/sites/default/files/styles/240x220/public/2022-08/screen_shot_2022-08-22_at_11.09.53_am.png.webp?itok=hS7Q-65H)
