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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A new discovery by University of Bristol scientists helps to explain how cells which surround blood vessels, called pericytes, stimulate new blood vessels to grow with the hormone 'leptin' playing a key role. Leptin is produced ...
Jul 25, 2017
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High body mass index (BMI) is associated with multiple cardiovascular diseases. However, emerging data suggest that there is an "obesity paradox," that being overweight may actually protect patients from cardiovascular mortality. ...
Jul 16, 2014
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In a collaboration between the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Carilion Clinic, researchers have learned that by preserving large superficial leg veins intended for coronary bypass grafting in a mixture of ...
Jan 16, 2024
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For millions of Americans who have heart surgery or experience cardiovascular complications, like heart attack or heart failure, they may be encouraged to participate in cardiac rehabilitation. The medically supervised program ...
Jul 19, 2023
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The physical needs of someone recovering from a heart attack, cardiac arrest or major heart surgery can be easy to understand. For many people, the mental and emotional healing may be less so.
May 24, 2023
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A study of more than 100,000 patients has revealed that, for patients with blockages in multiple arteries, those who opt for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are less likely to die from their condition, less likely ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Basic life support training in schools and communities is essential to improve survival from cardiac arrest, according to European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines published online today in the European Heart Journal. ...
Aug 26, 2022
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Individuals with obesity were at least two times more likely to develop certain types of cancer and 3.5 times more likely to die from from the disease than those who had weight-loss surgery, according to a new study presented ...
Jun 7, 2022
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A study published in The BMJ today finds "substantial differences" in care for heart attack patients across six high income countries (US, Canada, England, Netherlands, Israel, and Taiwan), despite there being established ...
May 4, 2022
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