In this study from the University of Liverpool, Duffy and associates sought to determine whether the addition of intravenous aminophylline produced clinically important improvements in the rates of symptomatic recovery or increases in pulmonary function, and whether it shortened hospital stay, in comparison with standard therapy without aminophylline, among patients with COPD who were admitted with an exacerbation.
HIV infection can be divided into three stages: the acute seroconversion reaction, latent phase, and active AIDS.
Aggressive LDL lowering with statins, so-called "very intensive statin therapy," leads to reversal of coronary atherosclerosis, according to a new study.
These findings support the aggressive development of alternative screening methods to enhance identification of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death.
These prospective data suggest that sudden cardiac death during exertion is an extremely rare event in women.
The observation that beta-blockers do not reduce cardiovascular events as compared to other agents with equal blood pressure lowering in clinical trials may be due to different effects on central aortic pressure.
