http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Cardiologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a noninvasive imaging technique that may help determine whether children who have had heart transplants are showing early signs of rejection. The technique could reduce the need for these patients to undergo invasive imaging tests every one to two years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-noninvasive-imaging-technique-kids-heart.html Cardiology Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:43:13 EST news261333784 A new, noninvasive diagnostic test for coronary artery disease is associated with a higher rate of subsequent invasive cardiac procedures and higher health-care spending. That's according to an observational study of Medicare recipients conducted by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-coronary-artery-disease-linked-higher.html Cardiology Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:13:04 EST news240574373 Because of improved management at the acute stage, the risk of dying in hospital after a heart attack has decreased by about 50% in the past 10 years. Likewise, the prescription of recommended medications when patients leave hospital, has resulted in improved survival and fewer recurrent heart attacks. One of the challenges is now to try and further decrease long-term mortality in patients who leave the hospital on "optimal" medical therapy (i.e. who are prescribed all the recommended medications). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-patients-optimal-medical-therapy-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:34:51 EST news233912071 Women are at higher risk than men of developing kidney damage after undergoing a coronary angiogram, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-women-higher-men-kidney-heart.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:07:41 EST news223182409