What do more than 2.6 million Americans have in common with All-Star San Francisco 49ers running back Michael Lewis?
Answer? They all have a cardiac condition known as atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF), the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia, which involves the upper two...
Did Brian Vickers’ occupation – NASCAR Sprint Cup car driver – increase his risk for the blood clots that ultimately ended his 2010 racing season?
Vickers, 26, and driver of the #83 Red Bull Toyota Camry, revealed he had surgery on July 12 to repair a small hole,...
If you are an African American, on Medicaid or don’t have health insurance, you are less likely than other patients to get a drug-eluting stent (DES). Stents – which come in bare-metal and DES varieties – are mesh tubes that help prop open arteries after they are...
Given his long and arduous history of heart disease, Dick Cheney is lucky to still be alive.
More specifically, according to the former vice president’s cardiologist, Cheney is fortunate his lifetime of heart issues have coincided with the advent of several breakthrough...
Is a unique clot-dissolving drug underutilized in some stroke victims, and if so, why?
According to a July 25, 2010, article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, “Drug that could stop stroke isn’t always used,” some stroke patients do not receive tissue plasminogen...