interventional cardiologist Archives

Using chest compressions first just as successful as immediate defibrillation after cardiac arrest

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Chest compressions before defibrillation in patients with sudden cardiac arrest is equally successful as immediate treatment with an electrical defibrillator, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Health System….

Drug trial results refine treatment during angioplasty operations

A landmark international study, coordinated by McMaster University, has found that lower doses of a blood thinner called unfractionated heparin (UFH) during angioplasty did not reduce bleeding or vascular complications compared to standard dose UFH …