Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of adult death worldwide. In many cases, quantifying left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)—or how much blood the left ventricle pumps out with each contraction—is critical ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Research from a collaborative team of biomedical engineers, physicians and scientists could enable significant advances for the 40,000 pediatric congenital heart disease patients (CHD) born each year.
Mar 10, 2022
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Elderly patients suffering the most common type of heart attack may benefit from more invasive treatment, new research has shown.
Aug 27, 2020
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A protein linked to heart attacks can identify which patients with an irregular heart beat have an increased risk of death, new research shows.
Apr 17, 2020
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Middle-aged adults are exercising more and living longer, but new research from the University of British Columbia suggests that even the fittest among them are not immune to cardiovascular disease—and they often don't ...
Aug 31, 2018
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Researchers at the University of Oxford, working with colleagues in Erlangen, Germany and at the Cleveland Clinic, USA, have developed a new technology based on analysis of computed tomography (CT) coronary angiograms that ...
Aug 29, 2018
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Male-pattern baldness and premature greying are associated with a more than fivefold risk of heart disease before the age of 40 years, according to research presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society ...
Nov 30, 2017
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Heart patients could have quick, non-invasive, magnetic resonance (MR) scans to determine if they need to have a procedure to widen a blocked or narrowed coronary artery instead of more invasive tests, new research from King's ...
Mar 20, 2017
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New research shows patients with a history of chest discomfort due to coronary artery disease—a build up of plaque in the heart's arteries—who are subsequently diagnosed with depression are much more likely to suffer ...
Mar 23, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Nonclinical factors account for considerable variation in the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) with coronary angiogram, according to a study published online Sept. 2 in Circulation: Cardiovascular ...
Sep 11, 2014
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