http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Using a combination of surgical procedures developed over the last 11 years, surgeons at Boston Children's Hospital have established a new approach for rebuilding the heart in children born with a severe heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). This "staged left ventricle recruitment" (SLVR) strategy uses the existing standard single-ventricle treatment for HLHS and additional procedures to spur the body's capacity for healing and growth and encourage the small left ventricle in these children to grow and function. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-rebuilding-heart-children-born.html Cardiology Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:30:59 EST news271423821 The Canadian Cardiovascular Society is the first in Canada to issue guidelines aimed at helping primary care and emergency physicians, as well as specialists, recognize and manage heart failure in children. The guidelines were released today at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-pediatric-heart-failure-guidelines-canada.html Cardiology Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:40:17 EST news270797901 (HealthDay)—A man with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who received a device to help his heart's left ventricle pump blood throughout his body could represent a breakthrough in the treatment of the disease, according to his doctors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-docs-heart-device-breakthrough-muscular.html Cardiology Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:10:01 EST news269714380 Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak are now being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection from the company. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-pharmacy-drugs-illness.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:47:33 EST news269538446 Twenty-three-year-old Paul Corby has a bad heart and a flawed mind. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-medical-debate-autism-block-heart.html Other Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:10:01 EST news264428242 (HealthDay) -- Post-heart transplant survival does not differ significantly between patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) and those with other types of heart disease, according to a study published in the Aug. 15 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-good-transplant-outcomes-hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy.html Other Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:00:01 EST news264428104 At age 32, Brandie Osborne has beaten the odds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-woman-heart-kidney-odds.html Other Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:10:03 EST news263796704 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 Heart transplant patients are notorious for developing an aggressive form of coronary artery disease that can often result in heart failure, death or the need for repeat transplantation. The condition can also have a negative impact on future cardiac procedures, such as stenting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-survival-heart-transplant-patients-arteries.html Cardiology Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:33:07 EST news259255974 Italian doctors in March implanted the smallest ever artificial heart into a 16-month-old baby before the infant received a permanent organ donation, said the hospital that performed the operation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-world-smallest-artificial-heart-implanted.html Cardiology Mon, 21 May 2012 14:26:28 EST news256829178 Statins prevent cancer and reduce death from all causes in heart transplant recipients. The findings were independent of cholesterol levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-statins-cancer-heart-transplant-recipients.html Cardiology Sun, 20 May 2012 04:50:29 EST news256708198 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. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-esc-heart-failure-guidelines-feature.html Cardiology Sat, 19 May 2012 17:42:22 EST news256668134 (HealthDay) -- A new treatment that involves spinning bone marrow stem cells to enhance their healing potential may help people with advanced heart failure feel and function better, a small study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-stem-cell-results-heart-failure.html Cardiology Fri, 11 May 2012 09:46:44 EST news255948394 Peripartum cardiomyopathy, a form of heart failure that by definition develops late in pregnancy or shortly after delivery, results in a frightening turn of events that can leave new mothers suffering from a lifelong chronic heart condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-scientists-uncover-important-clues-peripartum.html Cardiology Wed, 09 May 2012 13:00:31 EST news255778602 (AP) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant Saturday, after five heart attacks over the past 25 years and countless medical procedures to keep him going. Cheney, 71, waited nearly two years for his new heart, the gift of an unknown donor. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-aide-cheney-heart-transplant.html Cardiology Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:10:43 EST news251881833 Christopher Marshall lost his heart. Most of it, anyway. It was too damaged to keep him alive, so surgeons decided it had to come out. On Feb. 6, in a six-hour operation, surgeons did just that and then implanted an artificial heart in its place. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-experimental-power-artificial-heart-hospital.html Cardiology Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:10:34 EST news251655019 Some patients with advanced heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy, the deterioration of function of the heart muscle, are benefitting from a new recovery protocol at the University of Louisville and Jewish Hospital, a part of KentuckyOne Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-university-louisvillejewish-hospital-heart-transplant.html Cardiology Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:52:43 EST news250789952 Heart transplant patients who receive new organs before the age of 55 and get them at hospitals that perform at least nine heart transplants a year are significantly more likely than other people to survive at least 10 years after their operations, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-younger-patients-decade-longer-heart.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:50:54 EST news249576648 (AP) -- Greek disability groups expressed anger Monday at a government decision to expand a list of state-recognized disability categories to include pedophiles, exhibitionists and kleptomaniacs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-furor-greece-pedophilia-disability.html Health Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:35:31 EST news245349319 White heart transplant patients under the age of 18 are more than twice as likely to be alive a decade after surgery as their African-American counterparts, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-white-pediatric-heart-transplant-patients.html Cardiology Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:18:47 EST news240466720 Heart transplantation is a very safe and effective therapy, according to a new long-term study presented today at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-heart-transplant-surgery-safe-effective.html Cardiology Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:15:26 EST news238648518 (Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins researchers say they have developed a formula to predict which heart transplant patients are at greatest risk of death in the year following their surgeries, information that could help medical teams figure out who would benefit most from the small number of available organs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-heart-transplant-survival.html Cardiology Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:31:41 EST news234073788 A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that there is a significant risk of serious skin cancers, including cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, in heart transplant patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-heart-transplant-patients-skin-cancers.html Cardiology Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:44:09 EST news228660230 Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have identified the first genetic mutation ever associated with a mysterious and potentially devastating form of heart disease that affects women in the final weeks of pregnancy or the first few months after delivery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-genetic-mutation-linked-heart-failure.html Cardiology Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:27:29 EST news227885160 For patients with severe heart failure, an implanted mechanical pump known as a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) can be a life-sustaining treatment. Even though the technology involves risks, few patients and their families tend to talk explicitly about the "what ifs" before surgery takes place. In the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a team of Mayo Clinic researchers found that careful discussions at the bedside about patients' end-of-life preferences brought relief to families and eased subsequent medical care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-mayo-clinic-discussion-end-of-life-heart.html Health Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:11:22 EST news226149069 An analysis of data on heart and lung transplant recipients indicates that patients who had transplant surgery performed at nighttime did not have a significantly different rate of survival up to one year after organ transplantation, according to a study in the June 1 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-nighttime-transplant-surgery-poorer-survival.html Other Tue, 31 May 2011 16:26:31 EST news226077965 Older, sicker heart-transplant recipients are significantly more likely to be alive a year after their operations if they have their transplants at hospitals that do a large number of them annually new Johns Hopkins research suggests. These patients fare less well at low-volume centers, the research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-older-heart-transplant-patients-hospitals-yield.html Cardiology Mon, 09 May 2011 11:10:11 EST news224158190 (Medical Xpress) -- African-American heart transplant patients have had persistently higher mortality rates than white patients, but exactly why still remains a mystery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-racial-disparity-heart-transplant-mortality.html Cardiology Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:15:52 EST news222948939 A series of new guidelines for cardiac specialists has been developed to determine when heart failure patients should receive a mechanical heart-pumping device. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-patient-guidelines-heart-devices.html Medical research Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:59:31 EST news222234515 Non-cardiac surgery can be performed safely in patients with a heart device typically implanted into patients waiting for a transplant, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-non-cardiac-surgery-safe-patients-heart.html Medical research Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:56:34 EST news222094579