http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from European Society of Cardiology A new stress test protocol that investigates reducing the use of perfusion imaging in low risk patients undergoing SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging for possible angina symptoms was found to be diagnostically safe, revealed a US retrospective analysis. The study, reported as an abstract¹ at the International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT (ICNC11) May 5 to May 8 in Berlin, Germany, predicted that using exercise ECG stress testing alone in patients with high exercise capacity would have had no adverse effects on their prognosis at five years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-protocol-limits-spect-mpi.html Cardiology Sun, 05 May 2013 06:50:01 EST news286952015 Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) with radiolabeled somatostatin analogs, an established treatment for cancer patients, could offer a novel therapeutic approach to decrease levels of inflammation in the atherosclerotic plaques of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), reported an abstract¹ study at the International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT, May 5 to 8 in Berlin, Germany. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-cancer-treatment-inflammation-cvd.html Cardiology Sun, 05 May 2013 05:59:42 EST news286952357 A practical guide on the use of the new oral anticoagulants (NOACs) has been produced by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). A guide was needed to summarise existing information on different drugs, to answer clinical questions that fall outside what drug companies can legally answer, and to make distinctions between the different drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-esc-oral-anticoagulant-drugs.html Cardiology Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:19:17 EST news286201151 Up to 10 per cent of patients with high blood pressure are resistant to treatment, which puts them at increased risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attacks. Clinical trials show that catheter-based renal denervation reduces blood pressure in patients who do not respond to conventional drug therapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-esc-patients-centres-renal-denervation.html Cardiology Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:30:25 EST news286133398 The association between road traffic and heart disease has been suggested in several studies. In 2012 a large prospective cohort study from Denmark showed that traffic noise was significantly associated with risk of heart attack - for every 10 decibel increase in noise exposure (either at the time of the attack or over the five years preceding it) there was a 12% increased risk.(1) http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-long-term-exposure-fine-particles-traffic.html Health Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:00:02 EST news285437239 People deemed to be "mentally vulnerable" are at a significantly increased risk of both fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease, according to results of a large population study from Denmark. The details of the study were presented today at the EuroPRevent 2013 congress in Rome. (1) http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mental-vulnerability-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:00:02 EST news285437272 Two studies presented at this year's EuroPRevent 2013 congress suggest that demanding physical work has a detrimental effect on an individual's risk of coronary heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-demanding-physical-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:00:01 EST news285437313 Sophia Antipolis, 10 April 2013. Despite their greater life expectancy, the adults of today are less "metabolically" healthy than their counterparts of previous generations. That's the conclusion of a large cohort study from the Netherlands which compared generational shifts in a range of well established metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Assessing the trends, the investigators concluded that "the more recently born generations are doing worse", and warn "that the prevalence of metabolic risk factors and the lifelong exposure to them have increased and probably will continue to increase". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-adult-today-healthy-counterparts-previous.html Cardiology Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:47:08 EST news284784420 Four out of five cardiac arrests happen at home, and unless the public are trained in resuscitation many people die before emergency services get to them. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-stayin-alivedelivering-resuscitation-messages.html Other Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:16:01 EST news283140845 Preventive cardiology is now on the political as well as clinical agenda. In 2011 a UN heads-of-state meeting agreed to reduce mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 25% by 2025. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-heart-disease-requires-universal-approach.html Cardiology Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:21:23 EST news282918075 People who suffer from insomnia appear to have an increased risk of developing heart failure, according to the largest study to investigate the link. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-insomnia-linked-heart-failure.html Cardiology Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:00:01 EST news281724216 Budgets are becoming tighter and health systems are under pressure to address the increasing burden of chronic diseases. Tackling chronic diseases requires up to date information on disease prevalence and risk factors but Europe currently lacks data on cardiovascular disease (CVD) that is standardized and can be compared. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cvd-standardized-europe.html Cardiology Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:48:13 EST news281620086 The largest randomised study of the vitamin niacin in patients with occlusive arterial disease (narrowing of the arteries) has shown a significant increase in adverse side-effects when it is combined with statin treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-hps2-thrive-trial-side-effects-quarter-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:00:04 EST news281124976 Over eating, sedentary lifestyles, cultural attitudes, and lack of prevention programmes are to blame for the rising epidemic of obesity in the Asia Pacific region. Overweight and obesity has quadrupled in China and societies still label people of healthy weight as poor. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-epidemic-obesity-asia-pacific-region.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:30:01 EST news280605510 Air pollution contributes to an increased number of deaths among patients who have been admitted to hospital with heart attacks, according to a study published online today (Wednesday) in the European Heart Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-exposure-air-pollution-deaths-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:10:02 EST news280515648