Cardiology
Not just for glasses: Eye exams could save your life
Eyes may be your window to good health.
Oct 18, 2022
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Cardiology
Advances in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension
Treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)—a type of high blood pressure that affects arteries in the lungs and in the heart—have improved significantly over the past 15 to 20 years and researchers at the University ...
Oct 17, 2022
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New way to prevent heart complications in children with Kawasaki disease
Researchers have identified a new way to treat young children with Kawasaki disease (KD) to prevent life-threatening coronary artery damage and heart attacks.
Oct 17, 2022
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Cardiology
Immune marker suPAR high in patients with heart failure, predicts risk and death
For years, cardiologists have zeroed in on a hormone called BNP as a gold standard to determine if patients with heart failure are at risk of severe illness or death. It's released by the heart in response to when the cardiac ...
Oct 14, 2022
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Symptoms, quality of life important to guide treatment for peripheral artery disease (PAD)
For the approximately 8.5 million people in the U.S. living with peripheral artery disease (PAD—pronounced P-A-D), which is narrowed or clogged arteries in the legs, treatment decisions and criteria for success should be ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Medications
Telmisartan does not improve six-minute walk distance in peripheral artery disease
For patients with lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD), telmisartan does not improve six-minute walk distance compared with placebo at six-month follow-up, according to a study published in the Oct. 4 issue of ...
Oct 7, 2022
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Cardiology
Long-term outcomes of PCI, CABG compared for multivessel CAD
For patients with multivessel coronary artery disease, the rates of major adverse cardiac events and safety events do not differ for those receiving percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with everolimus-eluting stent or ...
Oct 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Heart risk factors, not heart disease itself, may increase odds of COVID-19 death
Seeking to clarify connections between pre-existing heart disease and COVID-19, a study of critically ill patients has found their risk of dying from COVID-19 may stem not directly from heart disease, but from the factors ...
Oct 4, 2022
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Cardiology
New heart attack insight could lead to better survival rates after surgery
New research shows how doctors can improve the timing of surgery for some heart attack patients by analyzing the levels of a particular protein.
Oct 3, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New study shows people with glaucoma are at significant risk of Alzheimer's disease
A large, nationwide study from Taiwan shows that people with a specific type of glaucoma, called normal-tension glaucoma, are at high risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. The researchers say people with this type of glaucoma ...
Sep 30, 2022
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