Researchers have identified that enlargement of the left atrium of the heart is linked to abnormal activity of molecules that are associated with adverse changes in the heart's size, shape, structure, and function—conditions ...
May 11, 2018
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Doctors know patients with atrial fibrillation are at a higher risk of having a stroke, and now a new study finds that integrating two separate clinical risk score models helps clinicians more accurately assess the stroke ...
May 11, 2018
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Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have completed a study identifying how community hospitals with fewer than 200 beds can develop antibiotic stewardship programs that ...
Apr 30, 2018
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Two types of blood pressure medications—alpha blockers and alpha 2 agonist—show increased variability in blood pressure measurements between doctor visits, which is associated with an increased risk of death, according ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have found that incorporating underused, but available, imaging technologies more precisely predicts who's at risk for heart attacks and similar ...
Mar 12, 2018
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The stress of open-heart surgery significantly reduces patients' vitamin D levels, but aggressive supplementation with vitamin D3, just before and after surgery, can completely eliminate the observed drop in vitamin D, researchers ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Patients who undergo a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR—a minimally-invasive surgical procedure that repairs a damaged heart valve—experienced a significant increase in their quality of life, according ...
Mar 11, 2018
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Protein pathways that are closely linked to changes in both triglyceride and hemoglobin A1c levels in diabetic patients have been identified in new research by the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake ...
Mar 11, 2018
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Patients who receive cardiac positron emission testing (PET) imaging instead of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan experienced a significant increase in the detection of severe obstructive coronary artery ...
Mar 10, 2018
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A voluntary program being spearheaded by Intermountain Healthcare that allows family members of hospitalized patients to participate in their care enhanced healing and reduced readmission rates, according to a new study published ...
Feb 12, 2018
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