Inauguration of Cardiology ICU and other building in Thiruvananthapuram Medical College - Guru TV By: Guru Live … Continue reading →

EKG http://www.drbenzur.com ECG Electrocardiogram Cardiology Los Angeles Uri M. Ben-Zur, M.D., F.A.C.C. I Interventional Cardiology I Invasive Electrophysiology I Cardiac Pacing I Los Angeles I 818.986.0911 With the coining of the... By: Uri Ben-Zur … Continue reading →

Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire has received the American College of Cardiologys NCDR ACTION RegistryGWTG Silver Performance Achievement Award for heart care in 2014. The Eau Claire hospital is one of only 139 nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations. To receive the ACTION RegistryGWTG Silver Performance Achievement Award, hospitals consistently must follow treatment guidelines for four consecutive quarters and meet a performance standard of 90 percent for specific performance measures. Full participation in the registry engages hospitals in a robust quality improvement process using data to drive improvements in adherence to guideline recommendations and overall quality of care provided to heart attack patients. Were very proud of our cardiovascular and Emergency Department teams who work extremely hard to follow these heart attack protocols that improve the lives of some of our most seriously ill patients, says D. Fearghas OCochlain, M.D., interventional cardiologist at Mayo … Continue reading →

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 3-Dec-2014 Contact: Jacqueline Partarrieu press@escardio.org 33-492-947-756 European Society of Cardiology @escardio Vienna, Austria - 3 December 2014: The Mediterranean diet is linked to improved cardiovascular performance in patients with erectile dysfunction, according to research presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2014 by Dr Athanasios Angelis from Greece. Patients with erectile dysfunction who had poor adherence to the Mediterranean diet had more vascular and cardiac damage. EuroEcho-Imaging is the annual meeting of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), a branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and is held 3-6 December in Vienna, Austria. Dr Angelis said: "Erectile dysfunction is not a symptom of ageing, it is a bad sign from the body that something is wrong with the vasculature. In 80% of cases erectile dysfunction is caused by vascular problems and is a warning that patients are at increased risk of a heart attack or stroke." He added: "The Mediterranean diet is associated with lower cardiovascular events and could be a way to help erectile dysfunction patients lower their risk. We wanted to investigate whether patients with erectile dysfunction who follow this diet have less vascular and cardiac damage." The study included 75 men with erectile dysfunction, aged … Continue reading →