Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSI) announced April 18 it had initiated a voluntary recall of its 7-10014 Saline Infusion Pump. CSI initiated a customer communication of the recall by letter and informed customers that they may continue to use the affected Saline Infusion Pumps until they receive a replacement.

Eating potassium-rich foods like sweet potatoes, avocados, spinach, beans, bananas and even coffee could be key to lowering blood pressure, according to Alicia McDonough, Ph.D., professor of cell and neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).

A collaboration between stroke neurologists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and bioengineers at the University of Massachusetts has led to the creation of a realistic, 3-D-printed phantom of a stenotic intracranial artery. The phantom is being used to standardize protocols for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), also known as vessel-wall MRI, at a network of U.S. and Chinese institutions, according to an article published online by the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery.

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Some doctors have higher or lower than expected death rates from coronary angioplasty procedures, also known as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, doctors should not be judged solely on the rate of patients who die from the procedure, as the rate is highly variable over time, according to a recent study in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Grey hair has been linked with an increased risk of heart disease in men, in research presented recently at EuroPrevent 2017, April 6-8 in Malaga, Spain. EuroPrevent is an annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).