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Although Mitral Annular Calcium (MAC) is a risk for stroke, the mechanism is unclear. MAC is associated with complex proximal aorta (before the left subclavian) aorta atheromatous plaques and is seen in patients with risk factors for atherosclerosis.
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The biochemical analysis of pericardial fluid is often done routinely, but there is little data on its value. Thus, these investigators from Israel retrospectively analyzed all pericardiocentesis patients over a 9-year period by chart review and phone calls.
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GlaxoSmithKline's rosiglitazone (Avandia) will receive a black box warning by the FDA because of concerns over heart failure associated with use of the drug.
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Abdominal pain in female patients can pose a diagnostic challenge to emergency physicians. There are a number of emergent clinical conditions that must be recognized in a timely fashion to reduce morbidity and mortality in these patients.
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Although the addition of PCI to optimal medical therapy in patients with chronic stable CHD reduced the prevalence of angina, it did not reduce the long-term rates of death, nonfatal myocardial infarctions and hospitalizations for acute coronary syndromes.
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The FDA has approved the first of a new class of antibiotics for the topical treatment of impetigo. Retapamulin belongs to a class of agents called pleuromutilins.
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Unless prophylaxed, most post-stroke patients with hemiplegia develop deep venous thrombosis (DVT), and as many as 20% sustain pulmonary embolism (PE).
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A randomized controlled trial of 281 men with BPH showed that once daily Tadalafil (Cialis) 20 mg improved lower urinary tract symptoms compared with placebo.
