Yeanny Mulia, M.D.

Last Updated: 2009-03-11 17:07:02 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In endomyocardial biopsy samples, reduced levels of plakoglobin are associated with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), but not with other forms of heart-muscle disease, and may for the basis of a new diagnostic test.
“The diagnosis of ARVC can be challenging because the clinical presentation [...]

Tags: arrythmia, ARVC, cardiomyopathy, plakoglobin, sudden death

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures “Strikingly Better” With Radial Access
Last Updated: 2009-03-10 8:00:50 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the real-world setting of contemporary clinical cardiology practices, adverse events following percutaneous cardiovascular procedures are substantially reduced by using radial artery access compared with using femoral access, investigators report in the March issue of Heart.
According to [...]

Tags: heart attack, PCI, radial access