A Procedure to Unblock Coronary Arteries

Dr. Susan Sharma: This is insider medicine in 60, from New Hampshire, these are drug eluting stent, lower serious risk of additional procedures to un block coronary Arteries, the researchers from Dermot University evaluating over 65000 patients who receive get their drug eluting stent or bimetal stent, noted in 18% reduction in repeat procedures. The rate of two year mortality with 8% in both groups.

From Austria - according to reasearch in the Archives Internal Medicine low level of vitamin D associated with a higher risk of death in cardio vascular causes and a study of vitamin D level with the over 3200 patients researches found that of the 22% patients were died 62% died from cardio vascular causes. The researchers are concluded that sufficient levels of vitamin D are necessary for maintaining health and lower in mortality.

And finally from the Nether lands - these of radio frequency identification devices may cause medical equipment to mal function, and a study of assessing the potential for a life of magnetic interference from RFID, researchers have covered the devices were able to cause incident such as total switch off that's a mechanical ventilators and stop it of syringe pumps and mal function of external pacemakers the researches recommend on file electro magnetic interference test soon after international standards before RFID's implemented into in the ICU.

For insider medicine in 60, I'm Dr. Susan Sharma.



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