by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 2, 2020 | Heart Health
A final report on the official outcomes of the ISCHEMIA Studies has been published (New Engl J of Med, Mar 30, 2020). In these studies, 5179 patients with moderate to severely blocked arteries were randomly assigned to receive:• medical therapy alone, or• stenting or...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 27, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Regis Philbin held the Guinness Book of World Records title for the most time spent in front of a television camera — tallied at 16,343 hours when he retired at age 80 in 2011. He hosted “Live! with Kathie Lee” (which later became “Live! with...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 24, 2019 | Heart Health
The $100 million ISCHEMIA Trial, the largest and best-controlled study on the subject to date, was presented at the American Heart Association’s annual scientific conference on November 16, 2019 in Philadelphia. It followed 5,179 high-risk patients and showed that...
