ATLANTA (Reuters) - New research shows more patients who got drug-coated stents right after suffering a severe heart attack later died from heart-related problems than those who received older, cheaper bare-metal models. Seven years after the first drug-coated stent was approved in the United States, heart doctors gathering in Atlanta for the American College of Cardiology meeting debated the issue, saying ...

A prominent cardiologist accused leading heart organizations of being too cozy with industry and allowing those ties to influence its policies and education programs for doctors. Cleveland Clinic cardiology chief Dr. Steven Nissen criticized the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology in a speech at the ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - When it comes to matters of the heart, women should be treated more like men. Among patients admitted to the hospital for a heart attack, women were far less likely than men to get angiography in which blood vessels are injected with dye so that blockages are visible on an X-ray, or angioplasty to clear blockages, a study ...

A simple genetic test can help pinpoint the precise dose of a potentially life-saving medication taken by millions to ward off blood clotting after heart surgery, a study published Tuesday found. The clinical study led by two leading medical researchers -- Medco Research Institute specializing in pharmacy care, and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota -- found that hospital stays can be ...