European Heart Journal

Results from world's first registry of pregnancy and heart disease

Results from the world's first registry of pregnancy and heart disease have shown that most women with heart disease can go through pregnancy and delivery safely, so long as they are adequately evaluated, counselled and receive ...

Cardiology created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Heart catheter procedures facilitated by MRIs

(Medical Xpress)—Heart catheter procedures guided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are as safe as X-ray-guided procedures and take no more time, according to a pilot study conducted at the National Institutes of Health. ...

Cardiology created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

EACPR and AHA statement empowers health care professional to use Clinical Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

The European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the American Heart Association (AHA) have today issued a joint scientific statement that sets out to produce easy-to-follow guidance on Clinical Cardiopulmonary Exerci ...

Cardiology created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Fitness and fatness': Not all obese people have the same prognosis

People can be obese but metabolically healthy and fit, with no greater risk of developing or dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer than normal weight people, according to the largest study ever to have investigated ...

Cardiology created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spouses of people suffering a heart attack need care for increased risk of depression and suicide

Spouses of people who suffer a sudden heart attack (an acute myocardial infarction) have an increased risk of depression, anxiety, or suicide after the event, even if their partner survives, according to new research published ...

Cardiology created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How do studies get selected for publication?

The factors predicting the eventual impact of scientific research (i.e. high citation rates) were successfully identified in abstracts selected for presentation at the annual ESC Congress. Interestingly, predictors of publication ...

Cardiology created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists turn patients' skin cells into heart muscle cells to repair their damaged hearts

For the first time scientists have succeeded in taking skin cells from heart failure patients and reprogramming them to transform into healthy, new heart muscle cells that are capable of integrating with existing heart tissue.

Cardiology created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

ESC Heart Failure Guidelines feature new recommendations on devices, drugs and diagnosis

New recommendations on devices, drugs and diagnosis in heart failure were launched at the Heart Failure Congress 2012, 19-22 May, in Belgrade, Serbia, and published in the European Heart Journal. ...

Cardiology created May 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New guidelines deliver concise messages for implementing cardiovascular prevention

The latest cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines have been overhauled to produce a user friendly document with concise messages that awards greater weight than ever before to evidence from clinical trials and ...

Cardiology created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hypertension study proves treatment with RAAS inhibitors saves lives

Treatment with an ACE inhibitor for lowering high blood pressure showed a significant mortality reduction in patients with a high prevalence of hypertension, according to a report published in the European Heart Journal, the fl ...

Cardiology created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Moderate alcohol consumption before and after heart attack associated with lower mortality

The Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS) is a prospective cohort study of 51,529 US male health professionals. During the follow up of these men between 1986 to 2006, published in the European Heart Journal, 1,818 ...

Cardiology created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ESC: In the current context, industry support for continuing medical education remains essential

In a groundbreaking White Paper published today in the European Heart Journal, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has set out its perspective on the relationship between the healthcare industry and professional medica ...

Cardiology created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EHJ paper underlines need for improved links between cardiologists and psychiatrists

People taking anti-psychotic drugs and anti-depressant drugs have a much higher risk of dying during an acute coronary event of a fatal arrhythmia than the rest of the population, finds a Finnish study published in the European He ...

Cardiology created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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