Medications for PE fall into two categories: blood thinners (anticoagulants) and clot-dissolvers (thrombolytics). These two classes of medications serve completely different purposes ...

Supplements can be beneficial for filling nutritional gaps, but some can pose health risks, particularly when taken in high ...

“There is something [going on] between cognitive decline and atrial fibrillation, even if you're young and without any risk ...

If patients can go more than 30 days without an episode of erratic heartbeats lasting longer than an hour, they can stop ...

Patients should be warned that reduced adherence or nonadherence to the treatment regimen could be fatal due to pulmonary embolism. It may be rational for the physicians to monitor these drugs ...

DOACs only and warfarin only are more likely to be prescribed to Medicare beneficiaries seeing clinicians in rural areas compared with urban areas.

The Indian Medical Association condemned the stabbing of Dr. Balaji Jagannathan, an oncologist, at a Chennai hospital by a ...

Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute self-limited febrile illness that primarily affects children <5 years old, is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries, with the potential of ...

The following is a summary of "Baseline characteristics, management patterns and outcome in patients with pulmonary embolism ...

Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) announced positive three-year primary endpoint results from the OPTION global clinical trial of the ...

Left atrial appendage occlusion vs continuation of oral anticoagulation therapy alone is linked to reduced ischemic stroke risk in select patients with nonvalvular AF.

This was partly offset by a 1% rise in the company’s revenue from $46 billion to $47 billion over the same period; and a 4.1% ...