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Christopher Kong, Glasgow Royal Infirmary British Society of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting. Birmingham, March 20-23, 2006 A combination of a drug and an photophoresis machine has been used in an att

Venkataraman Subramanian, St George’s Hospital, London British Society of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 20-23 March 2006, International Convention Centre, Birmingham UK. Abstract 305 For patie

Peter Wilmshurst, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Late Breaking Study, ACC Annual Sessions with the i2 Summit 2006 Meeting, March, Atlanta A new study looking at patent foramen ovale, or PFO, closure using

Vivek Rajagopal, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta. Abstract Number: 973-234 Patients admitted with ST-elevation a

Matthias Pfisterer, University Hospital Basel American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta. Abstract Number: 422-11. Lancet 2005:366:921 Clopidogrel therapy may

Anthony Bavry, The Cleveland ClinIc, OH American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta. Abstract Number: 821-5 All cause mortality can be reduced by 25 per cent if

John Batsis, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta. Abstract Number: 842-8 Bariatric surgery – surgical weight reduction

Antonio Abbate, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta. Abstract Number: 2912-74 Even though drug eluting stents have

Maria Rosa Costanzo, Edward Hospital For Heart Failure, Naperville, Il American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta. Abstract 418-7 The use of diuretics for trea

Germano Di Sciascio, Campus Biomedico University of Rome American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta The anti-inflammatory action of statins may be causing yet

Carlo Pappone, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta The use of circumferential pulmonary vein ablation was found

Steven Nissen, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta Among patients whose atheroma had been measured by a catheter ultra

Christian Spaulding, Rene Descartes University American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta Primary PCI is even more effective for treating myocardial infarction

John Hodgson, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta The TYPHOON study from Paris – as report

Peter Smith, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Late Breaking Clinical Trials, ACC Atlanta 2006, Sunday 12th March 2006 The drug pexelizumab, targeting inflammation, reduced the risk of death

Bruce Neal, The George Institute, University of Sydney Late Breaking Clinical Trials, ACC Atlanta 2006, Sunday 12th March 2006 Because high levels of salt consumption in rural areas of northern China

Deepak Bhatt, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta The idea of adding clopidogrel anti-platelet therapy to standard aspirin therap

Gregg Stone, Columbia University Medical Center, New York American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta A superiority for the anti-clotting drug bivalirudin for t

Michael Lincoff, Cleveland Clilnic, Cleveland Ohio American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta The full picture of how bivalirudin is emerging as a treatment wi

Maria Kyrgiou, Hammersmith Hospital, London Abstract: Lancet 2006; 367: 489-98 A meta-analysis published in the Lancet has found that excising pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix can lead to problems

Chris Polman, Free University of Amsterdam Abstract N Engl J Med 2006;345:899 Despite fears that natalizumab – which reduces progression in some categories of patients with multiple sclerosis &#

Frans Van de Werf, University of Leuven Abstract Lancet 367:569-578 Results from a new study just published in the Lancet look into the role of facilitated PCI in patients with ST-elevation acute myoc

Ian D Pavord, Glenfield Hospital, University of Leicester Abstract N Engl J Med 2006 ; 354:697 A key underlying factor in severe asthma may have been uncovered according to findings now published in t

Matthew J Thompson, University of Oxford Abstract Lancet 2006; 367:397-403 More lives of children with meningococcal disease could be saved if previously overlooked early signs could be recognised by

Anthony H. Gershlick, Leicester University Abstract: N Engl J Med 2005; 353:2758 If your patient with myocardial infarction has been treated with thrombolysis as primary therapy, and if reperfusion is