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Coronary rehabilitation programs in Europe are underused

Large proportions of European coronary patients are not benefitting from cardiac rehabilitation services, according to results of the third EUROASPIRE survey published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.(1) Yet de ...

Cardiology created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survival rates lower for heart transplant patients whose arteries reclose after stenting

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 ...

Cardiology created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breathing treatment improves cardiac function and nerve health

Many chronic heart failure patients struggle with not just strenuous activity but even the essentials such as moderate exercise and normal breathing. Research revealed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 2012 Annual Meeting ...

Cardiology created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New stroke treatment could prevent and reduce brain damage

Researchers at the University of Missouri have demonstrated the effectiveness of a potential new therapy for stroke patients in an article published in the journal Molecular Neurodegeneration. Created to target a specific enzyme known to a ...

Neuroscience created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aspirin before heart surgery reduces the risk of post-operative acute kidney failure

Aspirin taken for five days before a heart operation can halve the numbers of patients developing post-operative acute kidney failure, according to research presented at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Paris today ...

Cardiology created Jun 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High air pollution increases risk of repeated heart attacks by over 40 percent

Air pollution, a serious danger to the environment, is also a major health risk, associated with respiratory infections, lung cancer and heart disease. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher has concluded that not only does ...

Cardiology created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genetic variant increases risk of heart rhythm dysfunction, sudden death

Cardiovascular researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have identified a genetic variant in a cardiac protein that can be linked to heart rhythm dysfunction.

Cardiology created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists turn patients' skin cells into heart muscle cells to repair their damaged hearts

For the first time scientists have succeeded in taking skin cells from heart failure patients and reprogramming them to transform into healthy, new heart muscle cells that are capable of integrating with existing heart tissue.

Cardiology created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Antidepressant use associated with increased mortality among critically ill patients?

Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, have found that critically ill patients were more likely to die if they were taking the most commonly ...

Medications created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Heart damage after chemo linked to stress in cardiac cells

Blocking a protein in the heart that is produced under stressful conditions could be a strategy to prevent cardiac damage that results from chemotherapy, a new study suggests.

Cardiology created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Increased sudden cardiac death rate among HIV patients

(HealthDay) -- Patients with HIV/AIDS have a significantly increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to a study published in the May 22 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Cardiology created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds common antibiotic azithromycin carries heart risk

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a rare, but important risk posed by the antibiotic azithromycin, commonly called a "Z-pack." The study found a 2.5-fold higher risk of death from cardiovascular death in the first five ...

Medications created May 16, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Are people with HIV/AIDS more prone to sudden cardiac death?

What is the connection, if any, between sudden cardiac death and people with HIV/AIDS? And can that knowledge help prolong their lives?

Cardiology created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study examines exercise testing in asymptomatic patients after coronary revascularization

Asymptomatic patients who undergo treadmill exercise echocardiography (ExE) after coronary revascularization may be identified as being at high risk but those patients do not appear to have more favorable outcomes with repeated ...

Cardiology created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black cardiac arrest victims less apt to receive CPR and shocks to the heart from bystanders

Black cardiac arrest victims who are stricken outside hospitals are less likely to receive bystander CPR and defibrillation on the scene than white patients, according to research that will be presented by a research team ...

Cardiology created May 12, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0