Data back medical therapy for stable angina.
Optimal medical treatment--with or without percutaneous coronary intervention--improved quality of life significantly in most patients with stable angina, according to an analysis of the quality of life of patients in the COURAGE trial. But PCI may be worthwhile in patients with treatment-refractory symptoms who are initially treated with medical...

iCardio Services Offers HeartSmartIMTplus Risk Screening to Its Cardiovascular Imaging Services.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-2 October 2008-iCardio Services Offers HeartSmartIMTplus Risk Screening to Its Cardiovascular Imaging Services(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dr. Joshua Penn, M.D. FACC, managing partner of iCardio Services headquartered in Los Angeles, has added HeartSmartIMTplus risk assessment method to his company's list of diagnostic imaging...

LifeWatch Services Brings Out Next-Gen LifeStar ACT III Platinum.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-2 October 2008-LifeWatch Services Brings Out Next-Gen LifeStar ACT III Platinum(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Card Guard, the parent company of LifeWatch, announced that LifeWatch has launched its next-generation LifeStar ACT III Platinum (ACT III) monitor in the United States. In a...

Obesity linked to higher morbidity after coronary bypass.
TORONTO -- Obesity was linked to an increased risk for postsurgical complications in a study of more than 11,000 patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery. But in this series, obesity did not result in a significantly increased risk for postsurgical mortality, Dr. Mahboob Alam said at the...

Congenital heart disease prognosis still a mystery: 'no single hemodynamic or electrophysiologic risk factor appears to be sufficiently predictive.'.
TORONTO -- Experts are looking for the best way to assess the risk for sudden death in adults with congenital heart disease. Adults with congenital heart disease face a threat from sudden cardiac death that is far higher than that of the general population, with a mortality...

Atrial volume, ventricular shape predict mortality.
TORONTO -- Increased left-atrial volume and abnormal left-ventricular geometry were each independent predictors of death among elderly patients with preserved systolic heart function in a study with more than 11,000 subjects. The findings suggest a potential role for left-atrial volume index and assessment of left-ventricular geometry when...

NewCardio Taps Ihor Gussak as Chief Medical Officer.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-8 August 2008-NewCardio Taps Ihor Gussak as Chief Medical Officer(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com NewCardio, a cardiac diagnostic and services company, announced that Ihor Gussak, M.D., Ph.D., FACC, world-recognized expert in electrocardiology and cardiac safety, has joined the Company as its new Chief Medical...

Deborah Heart and Lung Center Gets Heart Association Recognition.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-21 August 2008-Deborah Heart and Lung Center Gets Heart Association Recognition(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Deborah Heart and Lung Center has received two 2008 recognition awards from the American Heart Association: a Gold Performance Achievement Award for treating coronary artery disease and a Silver...

MedSynergies Surgical Division Tapped to Provide Practice Management and Revenue Cycle Solutions.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-21 August 2008-MedSynergies Surgical Division Tapped to Provide Practice Management and Revenue Cycle Solutions(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com MedSynergies Surgical Division, formerly Practice Performance , was selected by North Texas-based practices Texas Orthopaedic Associates, Peak Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Center and Summit Therapeutic...

McKenzie-Willamette brings in heart surgeon.
SPRINGFIELD - McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center has recruited a heart surgeon from Arkansas to run its cardiac surgery program. Dr. Jimmy Day practiced for the past 11 years in Little Rock, performing cardiovascular and thoracic surgeries at each of the city's four hospitals. Day, 51, fills...