AHA 2017

Thursday 1st - Thursday 1st January 1970

Why was ORBITA MIA at the AHA?

By offering a last minute 2-for-1 deal shortly before its annual meeting in Anaheim the American Heart Association signalled its desperation. During the meeting, as the tumbleweed rolled down the lonely halls of the Anaheim Convention Center, the reason for...

By offering a last minute 2-for-1 deal shortly before its annual meeting in Anaheim the American Heart Association signalled its...

Interventional cardiology

No benefit from sodium bicarbonate, acetylcysteine after angiography: PRESERVE

The use of IV sodium bicarbonate or acetylcysteine in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing angiography does not improve outcomes, a trial presented at the AHA congress concludes. [embed]https://youtu.be/ng13IP0lzhI[/embed] The PRESERVE trial was conducted at 53 sites in Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and...

The use of IV sodium bicarbonate or acetylcysteine in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing angiography does not improve outcomes, a...