Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
22nd Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise
New Insights into Reperfusion Therapy for Myocardial Infarction
Lake Louise, Alberta / March 26-30, 2006
Lake Louise - The recent findings of the ASSENT-4 PCI (Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Treatment Strategy with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) trial suggest that primary PCI is preferred over fibrinolytic-facilitated PCI....
22nd Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise
Contemporary Issues in Heart Failure: The 2006 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Consensus Recommendations
Lake Louise, Alberta / March 26-30, 2006
Lake Louise - The Canadian Cardiovascular Society announced their new 2006 Heart Failure Consensus Recommendations here at the Lake Louise conference. The consensus guidelines are meant to provide practical, clinically relevant guidance for...
22nd Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise
Proposing Lower LDL Targets in the Upcoming 2006 Lipid Guidelines
Lake Louise, Alberta / March 26-30, 2006
Lake Louise - A greater proportion of elderly individuals, along with the increasing prevalence of obesity and diabetes, have led researchers to conclude that preventive measures are needed to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in...
55th Annual Scientific Sessions of The American College of Cardiology (ACC)
Advances in Cardiovascular Risk Management: Addressing Multiple Risk Factors
Atlanta, Georgia / March 11-14, 2006
Editorial Overview: Jean-Claude Tardif, MD, FRCPC Director, Montreal Heart Institute Research Centre Associate Professor of Medicine Université de Montréal Montreal, Quebec
55th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology
The Coming of Age of HDL-C: An Emerging Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk
Atlanta, Georgia / March 11-14, 2006
Atlanta - Known to be an independent, inverse predictor of cardiovascular (CV) risk, HDL-C remains predictive of major CV events at both high and low concentrations of LDL-C, according to new evidence presented here. These findings suggest...
55th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology
Confirming Change in the Natural History of Atherosclerosis with Intravascular Ultrasound
Atlanta, Georgia / March 11-14, 2006
Atlanta - Concepts about the natural history of cardiovascular disease have been profoundly altered. Using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), a tool that can quantify the burden of disease, it has demonstrated that aggressive lipid lowering...
55th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology
Corroborative Evidence for Combination Strategies in Heart Failure
Atlanta, Georgia / March 11-14, 2006
Atlanta - The evidence that an angiotensin-II receptor blocker (ARB) provides added benefit to an ACE inhibitor in heart failure has become sufficiently compelling to produce a regulatory change in labelling. This change recognizes that the...
31st International Stroke Conference
Targeting Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Potential for Effective Treatment Advances
Kissimmee, Florida / February 16-18, 2006
Kissimmee - New data suggest that there is an opportunity to reduce the morbidity and mortality imposed by intracerebral hemorrhage through early use of hemostatic therapies. A pooled analysis demonstrated that intracerebral hematomas...
31st International Stroke Conference
Pursuing Neuroprotection in Acute Stroke
Kissimmee, Florida / February 16-18, 2006
Florida - New outcome measures for the evaluation of neuroprotective therapies for acute stroke have the potential to better capture the clinical utility of these agents. On the basis that neuroprotective agents are more likely to limit...