Limited-preparation, low-dose CT colonography is a useful minimally invasive option to evaluate the colon of elderly patients who are medically unfit or unsuitable for colonoscopy, according to a study published in the May issue of the American Journal of  Roentgenology.

During a court ruling in the patent infringement case involving St. Jude Medical, a judge from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has dismissed the trial and approved a confidential settlement between the company and cardiologist Raul Chirife, MD.

Once you have a pacemaker, the odds are great that you will always need one. The odds are greater still that, if you're a woman, you will have specific concerns that perhaps only other women can help you with.

For patients with diabetes, the risk of atrial fibrillation may be 40 percent greater, and even higher for patients who have been diagnosed with diabetes for long periods of time and who have uncontrolled glycemic levels, according to a study published in the April 22 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of arrhythmia, and there are a plethora of new devices and drugs to treat this burgeoning condition, along with its associated stroke risk. Yet, how these therapies will manifest within clinical practice has yet to be seen.

Though clinical indications and insurance coverage of ICDs are expanding, researchers have only recently begun exploring the correlation between hospital and operator characteristics with procedural success.

Reverberations still are being felt from the enormous amount of scientific and educational material presented and discussed at ACC.10 in Atlanta in March. And this month, were readying for two more meetings: the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS).

Older patients may be more likely to die in the hospital following the implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) or pacemakers, according to a study in the April 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. More than one-fifth of cardiac devices appear to be implanted in individuals aged 80 and older, despite the fact that most clinical trials have not included adults in this age group.