A multi-institution research effort led by Harvard Medical School, Boston, has looked into the safety and efficacy of excluding aspirin from the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure receiving a fully magnetically ...
Physicians who received payments from the manufacturer of a specific set of cardiac devices are more likely to use those devices, often during a common procedure to unblock coronary arteries, according to a research letter ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Every year, around 50,000 people in the United States experience cardiogenic shock—a life-threatening condition, usually caused by a severe heart attack, in which the heart can't pump enough blood for the body's needs.
Feb 14, 2024
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A new Yale study shows that some patients being treated for severe heart failure with a battery-operated pump saw significant improvement after additionally using neurohormonal blockade (NHB) drug therapy.
Nov 19, 2019
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Researchers have discovered a previously unrecognized healing capacity of the heart. In a mouse model, they were able to reverse severe heart failure by silencing the activity of Hippo, a signaling pathway that can prevent ...
Oct 4, 2017
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A new, implantable device to control heart failure is showing promising results in the first trial to determine safety and effectiveness in patients, according to lead researcher Dr. William Abraham of The Ohio State University ...
Oct 6, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Large sections of the genome that were once referred to as "junk" DNA have been linked to human heart failure, according to research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Apr 25, 2014
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Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a new way to predict which heart failure patients are likely to see their condition get worse and which ones have a better prognosis. Their study is one of the first to show that ...
Dec 11, 2013
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Ochsner Children's Hospital, ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for pediatric cardiology and congenital heart surgery, is raising awareness of the need for more pediatric-specific heart devices.
Feb 21, 2024
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A new study presented today at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference 2023 sought to evaluate the presence of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in access to mechanical circulatory support ...
Oct 25, 2023
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