American Heart Association
New platelet blocker reduces blood clots, artery-opening procedures
A new investigational platelet blocker reduces the rate of clotted arteries and the need for artery-opening revascularization procedures in the legs in people with peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to new research ...
Cardiology
Jun 21, 2012 |
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More hospitalizations, higher charges, for kids with high blood pressure
Hospitalizations for children with high blood pressure and related charges dramatically increased during 10 years ending in 2006, according to a study published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.
Cardiology
Jun 18, 2012 |
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Too much salt may damage blood vessels, lead to high blood pressure
Eating a high-salt diet for several years may damage blood vessels — increasing your risk of developing high blood pressure, according to research reported in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. People ...
Cardiology
Jun 18, 2012 |
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OK to limit pre-dental procedure antibiotics to high risk heart patients
The incidence of infective endocarditis among dental patients in Olmsted County, Minn. did not increase after new guidelines called for giving preventive antibiotics before dental procedures only to those at greatest risk ...
Cardiology
Jun 11, 2012 |
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Safeguards against misuse of genetic data urged
Rapid advancements in genetic disease research necessitate innovative safeguards for patients, according to new American Heart Association policy recommendations published in Circulation, an American Heart Association journa ...
Genetics
May 29, 2012 |
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Low vitamin D in diet increases stroke risk in Japanese-Americans
Japanese-American men who did not eat foods rich in vitamin D had a higher risk of stroke later in life, according to results of a 34-year study reported in Stroke, an American Heart Association journal.
Cardiology
May 24, 2012 |
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Systems treating severe heart attacks expanding nationwide
The number of systems of care that quickly transfer and treat heart attack patients has increased substantially across the nation, according to research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American ...
Cardiology
May 22, 2012 |
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Hunter-gatherers and horticulturalist lifestyle linked to lower blood pressure increases
Hunter-gatherers and forager-horticulturalists who live off the land and grow what they need to survive have lower age-related increases in blood pressure and less risks of atherosclerosis, according to two new studies in ...
Cardiology
May 21, 2012 |
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Sudden cardiac death higher in men with slower electrical impulses through heart
Men whose electrical impulses take a few milliseconds longer to travel through the lower chambers of the heart have an increased risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to research reported in Circulation, an Americ ...
Cardiology
May 21, 2012 |
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Physical fitness may reduce hypertension risk in people with family history
If your parents have a history of high blood pressure, you can significantly reduce your risk of developing the disease with moderate exercise and increased cardiovascular fitness, according to new research in the American ...
Cardiology
May 14, 2012 |
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Hospital readmission rates linked to availability of care, socioeconomics
Differences in regional hospital readmission rates for heart failure are more closely tied to the availability of care and socioeconomics than to hospital performance or patients' degree of illness, according to research ...
Cardiology
May 11, 2012 |
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Clot-busting drug safe for stroke patients taking blood thinner
Acute ischemic stroke patients taking the blood thinner warfarin can be treated safely with the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality ...
Cardiology
May 10, 2012 |
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Home telemonitoring by pharmacists helps control patients' blood pressure
Patients receiving telemonitoring along with high blood pressure management support from a pharmacist were more likely to lower their blood pressure than those not receiving extra support, according to research presented ...
Health
May 10, 2012 |
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Heart attack patients taken to PCI hospitals first treated faster
Heart attack patients in North Carolina who were rushed directly to hospitals equipped to do percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) received treatment significantly faster than patients first taken to hospitals unequipped ...
Cardiology
May 10, 2012 |
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Heart patients with a distressed personality reported worse health
People with a distressed (Type D) personality reported worse health than other patients after having devices implanted to ensure proper heart rhythm, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Ou ...
Cardiology
May 08, 2012 |
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