Neuroscience
Researchers call for focus on higher stroke risk in women
While stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death for men, it's the third-leading cause of death for women in the United States.
Apr 9, 2024
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Cardiology
Cardiology team performs novel heart artery repair with newly approved device
UC Davis Health cardiology team members are among the first in the country to treat patients with tricuspid regurgitation, or a leaky heart valve, by using a groundbreaking catheter.
Apr 9, 2024
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Health
Experts give recommendations for longer and better lives for patients with atrial fibrillation
An international panel of experts published recommendations to improve management of atrial fibrillation (AF). The position paper summarizes the results of the 9th AFNET/EHRA consensus conference—a two-day expert meeting ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Medications
Study finds treating heart attack patients with beta-blockers may be unnecessary
Half of all patients discharged from hospital after a heart attack are treated with beta-blockers unnecessarily. This is according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Apr 8, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Heart disease and depression may be genetically linked by inflammation
Coronary artery disease and major depression may be genetically linked via inflammatory pathways to an increased risk for cardiomyopathy, a degenerative heart muscle disease, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Cardiology
Biomedical engineers use AI to build new tool for studying and diagnosing heart function
Understanding heart function and disease, as well as testing new drugs for heart conditions, has long been a complex and time-consuming task. A promising way to study disease and test new drugs is to use cellular and engineered ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Genetics
In the genetics of congenital heart disease, noncoding DNA fills in some blanks
Researchers have been chipping away at the genetic causes of congenital heart disease (CHD) for a couple of decades. About 45% of cases of CHD have an identifiable cause, including chromosomal abnormalities, genetic variants ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Medical research
Coronary sinus reducer relieves angina, but how it works remains unclear
People with chronic chest pain who received a coronary sinus reducer (CSR)—a stent thought to increase the amount of oxygen-rich blood flowing to the heart muscle—experienced significant reductions in the daily number ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Cardiology
Preventive percutaneous coronary intervention for high-risk coronary plaques found to reduce cardiac events
People with a buildup of fatty atherosclerotic plaque in the heart's arteries considered at risk of rupturing were far less likely to suffer a serious cardiac event if they underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Cardiology
Low cardiorespiratory fitness in youth associated with decreased work ability throughout adulthood, finds 45-year study
A study from the University of Jyväskylä confirms the concerns raised in the public domain about how young people's decreased fitness may affect their future work ability. The association of low youth cardiorespiratory ...
Apr 8, 2024
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