Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 18th
CardioExchange is pleased to reprint this selection from Dr. Richard Lehman’s weekly journal review blog at BMJ.com. Selected summaries are relevant to our audience, but we encourage members to engage...
View ArticleSelections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: September 1st
CardioExchange is pleased to reprint this selection from Dr. Richard Lehman’s weekly journal review blog at BMJ.com. Selected summaries are relevant to our audience, but we encourage members to engage...
View ArticleFAME 2 at 2 Years: Better with Time?
Two years ago at the ESC meeting in Munich, initial findings from the FAME 2 randomized trial, which was stopped early for apparent benefit, were presented and simultaneously published in the New...
View ArticleIs It Safe to Offer PCI at VA Centers Without On-Site Cardiothoracic Surgery?
CardioExchange’s Harlan M. Krumholz interviews Thomas M. Maddox about his research group’s study of post-PCI outcomes at VA centers with or without on-site cardiothoracic surgery. The article is...
View ArticleSelections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: October 13th
CardioExchange is pleased to reprint this selection from Dr. Richard Lehman’s weekly journal review blog at BMJ.com. Selected summaries are relevant to our audience, but we encourage members to engage...
View ArticleCase: When an “Inappropriate” Stress Test Might Be Appropriate
A 58-year-old male gynecologist with well-treated hypertension and no symptoms wants to start exercising and asks his cardiologist to give him a stress test. He is a nonsmoker, has a normal BMI, and...
View ArticleMeasuring FFR During Cardiac Cath: Time to Go with the Flow?
Anecdotally, we’ve noticed that the use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) during cardiac catheterization seems to be increasing, in both community and academic centers. We pose these questions to our...
View ArticleBetter Than BEST? An Observational Comparison of PCI and CABG for Multivessel...
The CardioExchange Editors interview Sripal Bangalore, lead author of an observational study comparing CABG with everolimus-eluting stent PCI in patients with multivessel coronary disease. The study...
View ArticleFDA Grants Premarket Approval to AbioMed Heart Pump
The FDA said on Tuesday that it had approved Abiomed’s Impella 2.5 System. According to the company, it is is the first hemodynamic support device to gain FDA approval for use during high risk PCI...
View ArticleSelections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: April 9th
CardioExchange is pleased to reprint this selection from Dr. Richard Lehman’s weekly journal review blog at BMJ.com. Selected summaries are relevant to our audience, but we encourage members to engage...
View Article
