A UCSF study holds clues to why an emerging clinical trials option for heart attack patients has not been as successful as anticipated. Treatment of human hearts with bone marrow cells has led to limited to no success in ...
Sep 20, 2011
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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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Among patients at high or very high risk for a heart attack or stroke, the addition of the investigational drug lerodalcibep to standard cholesterol-lowering medication for one year reduced LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, levels ...
Apr 8, 2024
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For heart attack patients, treating only the coronary artery that caused the infarction works just as well as preventive balloon dilation of the other coronary arteries, according to a new large study by researchers at Karolinska ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Withdrawing aspirin one month after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in high-risk heart patients and keeping them on ticagrelor alone safely improves outcomes and reduces major bleeding by more than half when compared ...
Apr 7, 2024
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University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have found important answers about strokes, heart attacks, and cardiovascular diseases by probing the biological glue our bodies create to protect us from those deadly ...
Mar 11, 2024
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An injectable hydrogel can mitigate damage to the right ventricle of the heart with chronic pressure overload, according to a new study published in JACC: Basic to Translational Science.
Mar 6, 2024
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Having fewer nurses on shift in emergency departments is linked to worse outcomes for patients, including heart attacks in the department, according to a new research paper.
Feb 22, 2024
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A new study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes from the Family Heart Foundation—a patient-centered research and advocacy nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of families impacted ...
Feb 20, 2024
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Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born.
Jan 22, 2024
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