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Elevated echo-Doppler estimates of pulmonary artery pressure predict heart failure and death in CAD patients.
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Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a decreased risk for MI and heart failure.
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Sudden arrhythmic death associated with genetically determined long QT syndrome is a significant cause of SIDS.
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Aggressive statin therapy is associated with slowed progression and even regression of atherosclerosis. A new study suggests that, when monitoring statin therapy, increases in HDL cholesterol may be as important as decreases in LDL cholesterol in preventing disease progression.
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Until now, there has been no proven therapy for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Pioglitazone, known to improve insulin resistance, was shown to result in metabolic and histologic improvement in this common and potentially highly morbid malady.
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When compared to physiotherapy and watchful waiting, corticosteroid injection in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis helps in the short term, but had the worst results at one year.
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The FDA has approved an estradiol gel for the management of hot flashes associated with menopause.
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Elevated levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) reflect cardiac ventricular wall stress, and correlate well with the presence and severity of heart failure.
