Tag: Cardiology

(Boston)--Patients who have experienced a stroke as a result of blockages of the arteries in the brain have better outcomes ...

Gerontologists find functional status after TAVR, SAVR linked to pre-op fragility

Researchers assess patients' functional status 12 months after procedure Affecting an estimated one in eight people older than 75, aortic ...

Engineers harvest heart's energy to power life-saving devices

Harnessing the heartbeat to charge batteriesCredit: Patricio R. Sarzosa, Thayer School of Engineering HANOVER, N.H. - Feb. 4, 2019 - ...

Higher lifetime risk of sudden cardiac death among African Americans may be associated with income and education disparities

Circulation journal report DALLAS, Feb. 4, 2019 -- African Americans - especially African American women - have a significantly higher ...

Ohio State-led study links protein, clusterin, to cardiac and metabolic diseases

COLUMBUS, Ohio - During a study spanning nearly a decade, researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Houston ...

Blood test for specific metabolites could reveal blocked arteries

February 1, 2019

Researchers hope to develop test that could detect early changes in blood flow to heart DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke ...

Do all chemotherapies have equal long-term heart risk?

Study of 28,000 childhood cancer survivors finds important differencesCredit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO -- In long-term survivors of ...

Hurricane Katrina's aftermath included spike in heart disease hospitalizations

Increase in hospitalization rates lasted more than a month; higher among older black population compared to older white populationCredit: Elena ...

Blood runs deep: Lab blood vessel model sheds light on angiogenesis

Credit: 2019 Yukiko Matsunaga, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - To provide sufficient oxygen to ...

Nearly half of all adult Americans have cardiovascular disease

Circulation Journal Report -- Annual Statistical Update DALLAS, Jan. 31, 2019 -- Nearly half (48 percent, 121.5 million in 2016) ...

Americans concerned about weight, but don't understand link to heart conditions, health

Cleveland Clinic survey finds most Americans don't know their BMI, or that excess weight tips the scales for common heart ...

Research reveals new molecular player in heart enlargement due to cardiac disease

January 30, 2019

UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Jiandong Liu, Ph.D., found that an RNA-binding protein called Lin28 is crucial for ...

Extremely high blood pressure in African-Americans is 5 times the national average

January 30, 2019

A Rutgers study suggests targeted interventions can reduce the risk of drastic increases in blood pressure in African-Americans Extremely high ...

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