Sep. 8, 2016 Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are a leading cause of birth defect-related deaths, but many of the critical genes involved are unknown, and those that are known often contribute only small increases ...
read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Researchers have recognized that the occurrence of POAF under traditional surgical protocols was not preventing or reducing the number of POAF patients. A team investigated whether the protocols ...
read more
Sep. 6, 2016 European standards to prevent repeat heart attacks have now been released. The consensus document outlines the steps patients and healthcare professionals can take to prevent recurrent heart ...
read more
Sep. 5, 2016 A potent chemotherapy drug can be life saving for children with cancer, but a new review highlights how it can have long-lasting negative effects on the heart. A recent review also indicates that ...
read more
Sep. 1, 2016 A group of physicians and researchers suggests that data on mortality and hospital readmission used by the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid suggest a potentially problematic ...
read more
Sep. 1, 2016 By analyzing medical records gathered over three decades on more than 11,000 Americans participating in a federally funded study, researchers say they have more evidence that driving diastolic blood ...
read more
Sep. 1, 2016 Heart abnormalities linked to immersion pulmonary edema were present in a greater-than-expected proportion of triathletes who died during the competition’s swim portion, according to a ...
read more
Sep. 1, 2016 A gas that was formerly known for its noxious qualities could help people with diabetes recover from heart and blood vessel complications, concludes new ...
read more
Sep. 1, 2016 A new invention has made it possible for doctors to vastly improve their bypass surgery techniques without relying on animals. The polyvinyl 'tissue' makes it possible for surgeons and ...
read more
Aug. 31, 2016 When guided by internet programs or mobile devices, people can become more physically active, eat better, lose a little weight and reduce tobacco and alcohol use. Most studies using these ...
read more
Aug. 31, 2016 A team of scientists has identified powerful predictors of congestive heart failure, a major cause of hospitalization and death in the United States. A mutated gene, SLCO1B1, was found to be ...
read more
Aug. 31, 2016 New research shows how deficits in a specific pathway of genes can lead to the development of atrial fibrillation, a common irregular heartbeat, which poses a significant health ...
read more
Aug. 31, 2016 New research investigates what happens to men's and women's sexual function and relationships after a heart attack in an effort to help clinicians develop better care guidelines for ...
read more
Aug. 30, 2016 Caution has been urged in the use of blood pressure lowering treatment for heart disease patients after a study in more than 22,000 patients with coronary artery disease found that too low blood ...
read more
Aug. 30, 2016 Reserachers assessed the efficacy and safety of prolonged (24 months) vs short (6 months or less) dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with peripheral arterial disease undergoing percutaneous ...
read more
Aug. 30, 2016 Among nearly 400,000 patients hospitalized with a certain type of heart attack in England and Wales between 2003 and 2013, improvement in survival was significantly associated with use of an invasive ...
read more
Aug. 29, 2016 Food fortified with folic acid helped lower overall rates of congenital heart defects in Canada. The effect was evident in some types of congenital heart defects but not ...
read more
Aug. 29, 2016 Long-term exposure to the combination of even modestly lower LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) has the potential to "dramatically reduce" a person's lifetime ...
read more
Aug. 29, 2016 Reserachers examined whether among patients with suspected coronary heart disease (CHD), cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)-guided care is superior to National Institute for Health and Care ...
read more
Aug. 29, 2016 Placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in patients with non-ischemic systolic heart failure did not improve overall survival compared to usual clinical care -- although a ...
read more