http://medicalxpress.com/cardiology-news/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news on cardiology Heart failure accelerates the aging process and brings on early andropausal syndrome (AS), according to research presented today at the Heart Failure Congress 2013. AS, also referred to as male 'menopause', was four times more common in men with heart failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-failure-male-menopause.html Cardiology Sat, 25 May 2013 06:56:07 EST news288683760 Mortality and length of stay are highest in heart failure patients admitted in January, on Friday, and overnight, according to research presented today at the Heart Failure Congress 2013. The analysis of nearly 1 million heart failure admissions over 14 years was presented by Dr David P. Kao (Denver, Colorado). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-death-highest-heart-failure-patients.html Cardiology Sat, 25 May 2013 06:55:12 EST news288683706 Coenzyme Q10 decreases all cause mortality by half, according to the results of a multicentre randomised double blind trial presented today at Heart Failure 2013 congress. It is the first drug to improve heart failure mortality in over a decade and should be added to standard treatment, according to lead author Professor Svend Aage Mortensen (Copenhagen, Denmark). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-drug-heart-failure-mortality-decade.html Cardiology Sat, 25 May 2013 06:50:22 EST news288683408 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is effective and safe in Asian patients, according to early experience based on first results from a multicentre Asian registry reported at EuroPCR 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-registry-tavi-efficacy-safety-asian.html Cardiology Fri, 24 May 2013 11:40:13 EST news288614408 Routinely measuring fractional flow reserve (FFR) using pressure wire assessment during coronary angiography for diagnosis of chest pain leads to significant changes in the management of one in four patients, according to results from a study reported at EuroPCR 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-diagnostic-coronary-angiography-functional-reserve.html Cardiology Fri, 24 May 2013 08:50:01 EST news288603592 A new investigational device - the Helio System (TF-FA) - being developed for use with the Sapien XT Transcatheter Heart Valve was successfully deployed in all four patients in a small, first-in-human feasibility study of its use in high-risk aortic insufficiency reported at EuroPCR 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-feasibility-trial-deployment-device-tavi.html Cardiology Fri, 24 May 2013 08:32:11 EST news288603124 Cardiac research from the University of Alberta had serious impact as a source for the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association's new guidelines on how to treat patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-cardiac-source-guidelines-people-coronary.html Cardiology Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:01 EST news288599762 (HealthDay)—In patients who have previously been considered difficult to image, dual-source cardiac (DSC) computed tomography (CT) can identify clinically significant coronary artery disease, according to a review published in the May issue of Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-dual-source-cardiac-ct-ids-cad.html Cardiology Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:01 EST news288544285 UCLA researchers examining outcomes for advanced heart-failure patients over the past two decades have found that, coinciding with the increased availability and use of new therapies, overall mortality has decreased and sudden cardiac death, caused by the rapid onset of severe abnormal heart rhythms, has declined. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-death-decline-advanced-heart-failure.html Cardiology Thu, 23 May 2013 15:36:08 EST news288542160 22 May 2013, Paris, France: The Lotus Valve, a second-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) device, was successfully implanted in all of the first 60 patients in results from REPRISE II reported at EuroPCR 2013, which showed good device performance and low mortality at 30 days. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-second-generation-tavi-devicelotus-valveshows-good.html Cardiology Thu, 23 May 2013 11:04:25 EST news288525804 Costs to treat stroke are projected to more than double and the number of people having strokes may increase 20 percent by 2030, according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-america.html Cardiology Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:01 EST news288435573 Blood thinners are the preferred treatment option to prevent heart attacks, blood clots and stroke, but they are not without risk, and not just because of their side effects. These high-risk drugs, known as anticoagulants, account for nearly 7 percent of medication errors in hospitalized patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-blood-thinner-medication-errors.html Cardiology Wed, 22 May 2013 09:22:34 EST news288433347 Results from a large observational study reported at EuroPCR 2013 today question whether bivalirudin is superior to heparin in the absence of GPIIb/IIIa blockade, showing similar 30-day mortality in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-registry-superiority-bivalirudin-heparin.html Cardiology Wed, 22 May 2013 09:20:00 EST news288433194 The DESolve bioresorbable coronary scaffold system achieves good efficacy and safety with low rates of late lumen loss and major coronary adverse events at six months, show first results from the pivotal DESolve Nx trial reported at EuroPCR 2013 today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-late-lumen-loss-bioresorbable-desolve.html Cardiology Wed, 22 May 2013 09:18:15 EST news288433088 The Orsiro stent, which is a novel stent platform eluting sirolimus from a biodegradable polymer, demonstrated non-inferiority to the Xience Prime everolimus-eluting stent for the primary angiographic endpoint of in-stent late lumen loss at nine months in the results of an imaging substudy reported at EuroPCR 2013 today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-biodegradable-stent-non-inferior-drug-eluting.html Cardiology Tue, 21 May 2013 17:26:46 EST news288376000 One-year results from SOURCE XT – one of the largest, post-approval transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) registries to-date – reported today at EuroPCR 2013 show good clinical outcomes in routine clinical practice, with high rates of device success for all access approaches, valve sizes and delivery systems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-post-approval-tavi-registry-high-device.html Cardiology Tue, 21 May 2013 17:16:00 EST news288375191 A drug commonly used to treat depression and anxiety may improve a stress-related heart condition in people with stable coronary heart disease, according to researchers at Duke Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-antidepressant-stress-induced-heart-condition.html Cardiology Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:02 EST news288368735 (Medical Xpress)—In a recent subgroup analysis of the largest blood pressure treatment trial in history, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers found that women and men react the same to non-diuretic-based antihypertensive therapies like an ACE inhibitor (lisinopril) or calcium channel blocker (amlodipine), as well as a diuretic therapy (chlorthalidone) given to treat hypertension and reduce its cardiovascular complications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-superior-hypertension-treatment-efficacy-sexes.html Cardiology Tue, 21 May 2013 08:05:58 EST news288342349 Over the past few decades, scientists have developed many devices that can reopen clogged arteries, including angioplasty balloons and metallic stents. While generally effective, each of these treatments has drawbacks, including the risk of side effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-clogged-arteries.html Cardiology Tue, 21 May 2013 07:26:39 EST news288339960 (Medical Xpress)—Cardiologists have identified a trio of biomarkers that may predict which patients with heart disease have a high risk of heart attack or death in the next two years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-biomarker-trio-near-term-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 21 May 2013 06:30:03 EST news288335084 Hospitals with the highest rates of cardiac arrests tend to have the poorest survival rates for those cases, new University of Michigan Health System research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-hospitals-cardiac-incidence-survival.html Cardiology Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:05 EST news288284061 A clinical trial of 75 patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) suggests that aggressive fluid and sodium restriction has no effect on weight loss or clinical stability at three days but was associated with an increase in perceived thirst, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-effect-fluid-sodium-restrictions-weight.html Cardiology Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:01 EST news288284337 National guidelines recommend that at-risk women be screened for elevated cholesterol levels to reduce their chances of developing cardiovascular disease. But who is 'at risk?' The results of a study by investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to estimate the proportion of women young and old who have cholesterol levels that meet the definition of being at-risk are reported in an article in Journal of Women's Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-women-screened-high-cholesterol.html Cardiology Mon, 20 May 2013 12:36:48 EST news288272197 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have mapped the significance of heredity for common forms of atherosclerotic disease. No studies have previously examined whether different forms of the disease share heredity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-atherosclerotic-disease-heredity-nationwide.html Cardiology Mon, 20 May 2013 11:12:51 EST news288267162 (Medical Xpress)—Life-saving CPR has been a foundation of emergency medicine for more than a half century. But researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix are continuing to refine the procedure, with a new study concluding that improving the quality and effectiveness of CPR can have a dramatic impact on survival from a cardiac arrest. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-cpr-quality.html Cardiology Mon, 20 May 2013 09:30:02 EST news288260359 Finnish researchers have shown that genetic marker information can improve risk evaluation of coronary heart disease. The study comprised over 24,000 Finnish subjects and was led by Professor Samuli Ripatti. The results revealed that a panel of 28 genetic markers improved detection of individuals with high risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) (10-year risk ≥20%) over traditional risk factors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-genetic-screening-reveal-hidden-high.html Cardiology Mon, 20 May 2013 07:12:24 EST news288252731 (HealthDay)—Blood levels of free fatty acids are associated with insulin resistance during young adulthood and cardiovascular risk factors in later adulthood, according to a study published online May 13 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-free-fatty-acids-linked-cardiac.html Cardiology Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:01 EST news288009521 An experimental, inexpensive iPhone application transmitted diagnostic heart images faster and more reliably than emailing photo images, according to a research study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-app.html Cardiology Fri, 17 May 2013 11:20:01 EST news288008121 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest victims in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Now, a novel study of this technique in the U.S. has been completed by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, indicating a potential role for this intervention to save patients who are unable to be resuscitated through conventional measures. The new findings will be presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-role-ecmo-patients-cardiac-profound.html Cardiology Fri, 17 May 2013 09:50:01 EST news288002074 Age has little to do with how patients should be treated after suffering a stroke, according to new research from the University of Georgia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-patients-similarly-after-stroke-age-difference.html Cardiology Fri, 17 May 2013 08:36:36 EST news287998384