News tagged with cardiovascular abnormalities


Sudden death in young athletes: Important causes not identified by the screening process

Even though young athletes are required to receive health screens to be cleared to play sports, those tests failed to detect important cardiovascular abnormalities in cleared players, and many were allowed to play despite ...

Cardiology created Mar 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bariatric surgery in extremely obese adolescents may also help treat previously undiagnosed cardiovascular abnormalities

(Medical Xpress)—This time of year many people make resolutions to live a healthier lifestyle, exercise more, lose weight and eat better. For the adolescents who are extremely obese in this country, diet ...

Surgery created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Recreational cocaine use linked to conditions that cause heart attack

People who regularly use cocaine socially have stiffer arteries, higher blood pressure and thicker heart wall muscle than non-users, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions ...

Cardiology created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ECG is a cost effective method for diagnosing cardiac abnormalities in young athletes

Cardiovascular screening with ECG in young athletes is a cost effective way of diagnosing cardiac abnormalities, at just 138 Swiss Francs (about €115) per athlete. The findings were presented today, August 26, at the ESC ...

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Close relative's early death may raise your heart risk: study

(HealthDay) -- People with a parent or sibling who died young from heart disease have a much higher risk of developing early heart disease themselves, a new Danish study indicates.

Cardiology created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists show lab-made heart cells ideal for disease research, drug testing

Heart-like cells made in the laboratory from the skin of patients with a common cardiac condition contract less strongly than similarly created cells from unaffected family members, according to researchers at the Stanford ...

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

Long-term cardiac effects for childhood cancer survivors

(HealthDay) -- Regardless of exposure to cardiotoxic cancer therapies, survivors of childhood cancers display cardiovascular abnormalities and have markers of increased systemic inflammation and atherosclerotic ...

Cancer created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cardiac MRI shown to improve diagnosis in patients with life-threatening arrhythmias

New research from Western University, Canada, has demonstrated the benefits of performing Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) in cases where patients have been resuscitated after Sudden Cardiac Death or enter hospital ...

Cardiology created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vitamin D treatment not found to reduce cardiovascular abnormalities in kidney disease patients

Almost a year's treatment with a vitamin D compound did not alleviate key structural and functional cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with kidney disease and cardiac enlargement. In a paper in the February 15 Journal of ...

Cardiology created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Human 'shock absorbers' discovered

(Medical Xpress) -- An international team of scientists, led by the University of Sydney, has found the molecular structure in the body which functions as our 'shock absorber'.

Medical research created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Statins may increase risk of interstitial lung abnormalities in smokers

Use of statins may influence susceptibility to or the progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in smokers, according to a new study.

Medical research created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Predicting women's long-term health based on pregnancy outcomes

George R. Saade, M.D., president of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, gave a compelling presentation to SMFM ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0