10/02/2010 | A score has been developed from data on more than 23,000 Australian patients to accurately predict the risk of 30-day mortality after cardiac surgery.
27/01/2010 | The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand has responded to criticism from members that it did not do enough to lobby the government against a 20% MBS cut to coronary angiographic procedures.
16/12/2009 | Clinical trials allowing animal-to-human transplantation are one step closer to getting the green light, the National Health and Medical Research Council says.
02/12/2009 | The treatment of carotid atherosclerosis with carotid artery stenting remains controversial, and should only be undertaken in a minority of patients, new Australian guidelines say.
02/12/2009 | Prasugrel (Effient), an adenosine diphosphate receptor antagonist of the thienopyridine class, was listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme yesterday for patients undergoing PCI.
24/11/2009 | The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association have issued a 'focussed update' of their guidelines on the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and on the use of percutaneous coronary intervention.
18/11/2009 | Two clinical trials have failed to identify any major benefits from adding cangrelor, a rapid-acting antiplatelet agent, to clopidogrel in patients having PCI.
16/09/2009 | The development of iatrogenic coronary fistula following acute coronary perforation during PCI should be managed conservatively, and without the reversal of heparin, Australian cardiologists say.
25/08/2009 | Analysis of an Australasian database has found that survival after coronary artery bypass grafting is not reduced by earlier percutaneous interventions.
17/08/2009 | Patients undergoing vascular surgery are at an increased risk for complications if they have a common carotid artery intima media thickness of 1.25 mm or greater, researchers report.