Cardiology

What The Study Did: In this secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial, researchers examined the association of age with the benefit of intensive treatment to lower lipid levels with a combination therapy of simvastatin and…
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Researchers engineer human tissue model of CPVT, the No. 1 cause of sudden cardiac death in youth, and reverse CPVT in mice with gene therapyCredit: Sung Jin Park and Donghui Zhang from the Kevin Kit Parker and William T. Pu Laboratories,…
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$4.5 million National Institutes of Health grant supports efforts to evaluate new surgical approaches to treat cardiovascular disease and recruit patients typically underrepresented in clinical trialsCredit: Ricardo Carrasco III, Keck…
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In a large retrospective study, investigators identify a significant treatment gap in managing patients with and at risk for clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, reports the Canadian Journal of CardiologyCredit: Canadian Journal…
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A new method of evaluating irregular heartbeats outperformed the approach that's currently used widely in stroke units to detect instances of atrial fibrillation. The technology, called electrocardiomatrix, goes further than standard…
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Projects seek solutions to health issues including heart disease, infections, cancer and diabetes EDMONTON, ALBERTA (Friday, July 12, 2019) - Between April 1 and June 30, 2019, the Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet) awarded $885K in…
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Paper suggests China may need to revise standard for nitrogen dioxide limits BUFFALO, N.Y. -- New research from the University at Buffalo provides pathophysiologic evidence of the effect of air pollution on cardiovascular disease in China.…
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Linwei Wang named an exceptional scientist for work with artificial intelligence and biomedicine RIT computing professor Linwei Wang, whose research is advancing non-invasive personalized healthcare for heart diseases, is receiving the…
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When multidisciplinary health care teams were engaged in caring for patients suffering from refractory cardiogenic shock, a severe condition that can occur after a heart attack, the likelihood of survival increased significantly, by…
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A nationwide flash-mob study for suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome A novel "flash mob" study finds that, in emergency care, acute coronary syndrome cannot be safely ruled out using the Marburg Heart Score or the family physicians' clinical…
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BOSTON - A new study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators released today in JAMA Network Open, a publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that labeling food choices in a hospital cafeteria…
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Diabetes Patients Experiencing Empathy From Primary Care Practitioners Have Lower Risk of Mortality A United Kingdom study designed to examine the association between primary care practitioner empathy and incidence of cardiovascular…
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Findings informative for clinical discussions around primary prevention of CVD and fall interventions in older adults BOSTON - Each year, one out of three U.S. adults aged 65 years or older falls - and the number of deaths from falls is…
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What The Study Did: Veterans Affairs data for 355,121 patients undergoing ambulatory, elective, noncardiac surgery were used to compare the risk of death and complications in patients with and without heart failure. Authors: Sherry M.…
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