MRI safely performed in patients with pacemakers and ICDs
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - MRI examinations can be performed safely in patients with non-MR ...
Tag: Cardiology
RIT, URMC receive grant to study benefits of AI-enabled toilet seat technology
Project expected to enhance patient care toward decreased hospitalizations from heart failureCredit: A. Sue Weisler/RIT Toilet seats with high-tech sensors ...
Gladstone investigators receive 4D Nucleome award from the NIH
Benoit Bruneau and Katie Pollard study DNA folding to identify the genetic causes of congenital heart diseaseCredit: Photo: Gladstone Institutes ...
Reviving cells after a heart attack
Researchers unravel the healing mechanisms of extracellular vesicles and demonstrate their healing power on a heart-on-a-chipCredit: (Image courtesy of the ...
Obesity implies risk of COVID-19 regardless of age, sex, ethnicity and health condition
Conclusion presented by Brazilian researchers in Obesity Research & Clinical Practice is based on analysis of nine clinical studies involving ...
Temple researchers take aim at role of cardiac protein in sepsis, ID’ing new therapies
Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - Each year, some 270,000 Americans die from sepsis, in which the release ...
Researchers discover a cell type responsible for cardiac repair after infarction
The researcher of the University of Malaga Adrián Ruiz-Villalba leads an international study that has revealed the molecular mechanisms involved ...
Computational approach to optimise culture conditions required for cell therapy
Collaboration by researchers in Singapore and Australia lead to first-of-its-kind computational biology algorithm that could enable more effective cellular therapies ...
Total deaths recorded during the pandemic far exceed those attributed to COVID-19
States that reopened sooner, such as Texas, Arizona and Florida, experienced summer surges, report says.Credit: Courtesy of JAMA Network RICHMOND, ...
Metoprolol: an old drug with unique cardioprotective properties
CNIC scientists have defined the unique ability if metoprolol to protect the heart during a heart attack.Credit: CNIC/EHJ A drug ...
‘Danger molecule’ associated with being obese, female and black in younger adults
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University A "danger molecule" is higher in the blood of younger black adults than ...
Human heart in space: What can we learn from mathematical modeling
The research carried out by the Politecnico di Torino shows that space flight ages astronauts' heartCredit: Politecnico di Torino Human ...
Scientists developed key principles for creating an artificial vessel
Researchers implanted a polymer scaffold as a vascular prosthesis into the rat abdominal aorta and monitored the process of its ...
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces new Allen Distinguished Investigators
Collaborative projects funded by the awards will address important questions about neurodegenerative disease, nucleus biology, and protein turnoverCredit: Dollie LaJoie, ...
New approach helps EMTs better assess chest pain en route to hospital
Credit: Wake Forest Baptist WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Oct. 7, 2020 - Is this person with chest pain having a heart ...
Amniotic fluid may yield new, better treatment for ischemic stroke
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - A study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine points the way to a ...
Vigorous exercise, spongy heart
CNIC scientists have shown that vigorous physical exercise is linked to "noncompaction" of the heart, causing it to acquire a ...
Underreported and overlooked: Study shows severity of childhood obesity in Guam
University of Guam research fills gap in Pacific Islander health collection dataCredit: University of Guam More than 27 percent of ...
Cardiac arrest, poor survival rates common in sickest patients with COVID-19
Credit: Stephanie King/ Michigan Medicine Even when a sudden cardiac arrest happens inside a top hospital, where a code blue ...
Exosome treatment improves recovery from heart attacks in a preclinical study
The exosomes were secreted by cardiac cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells. These non-living exosomes may be an ...