2011

June

• Experimental Heart Pump Saves Alabama Girl

• New Procedure Treats Atrial Fibrillation

• Black heart attack patients wait longer for advanced treatment, University of Michigan study shows

• Using magnets to help prevent heart attacks

• New sound synchronization technology holds the key to earlier diagnosis of heart disease

May

• New Drugs Target Delay of Huntington’s Symptoms

• No heart benefit seen in adding niacin to statin

• Dairy consumption does not elevate heart attack risk, study suggests

• Pneumonia Patients At Risk for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

• Simple new bedside screening effectively identifies patients with acute aortic dissection

• Pneumonia patients at risk for in-hospital cardiac arrest

• Lack of exercise linked to higher heart disease risk in healthy children as young as 9

• Doctors rush to heart procedure before proven drugs

• Heart failure patients’ osteoporosis often undiagnosed, untreated

• 6 percent of Spanish workers have high cardiovascular risk

• New guidelines for cardiovascular genetic testing

• More Knowledge Not Always Helpful for Women Dealing with Heart Disease

• More knowledge not always helpful for women dealing with heart disease

• Exercise Protects the Heart Via Nitric Oxide

• Damaged Hearts Pump Better When Fueled With Fats

• Tailored medicine could prevent more heart attacks

• Mayo Clinic CPR efforts successful on man with no pulse for 96 minutes

• Animal studies reveal new route to treating heart disease

• Dirty mouths lead to broken hearts

• Chemical found in crude oil linked to congenital heart disease

April

• Nationwide Children’s Hospital Study Identifies Second Gene Associated with Specific Congenital Heart Defects

• Black cardiac arrest patients more likely to be admitted to hospitals with lowest survival rates

• Increase in Evidence-Based Treatments Followed by Decreased Risk of Death in Heart Attack Patients

• How common is cardiac arrest in college athletes?

• Aspirin cuts heart attacks, not deaths or strokes

• Heart risk factors high in young Indian adults

• Study adds weight to link between calcium supplements and heart problems

• Study of Nonsurgical Heart Valve Replacement

• Heart needs work after heart attack: U of A study challenges the notion that the heart must rest

• Short-term, high-fat diet may initiate protection during heart attack

• Study links heart disease risk factors to some cognitive decline

• Working long hours? Watch out for your heart

• Working long hours? Watch out for your heart

• Are ICDs up to par with patients living longer?

• Exercise preserves, builds heart muscle

• Post-Katrina heart attack rate three-times higher: study

• Abbott absorbable stent shows good results

March

• Cost of heart drugs makes patients skip pills, putting themselves at risk

• Scientists find cause of fatal inflammation of the heart muscle

• Congestive Heart Failure Can Strike Anyone

• Preventing Congestive Heart Failure

• Study shows living at high altitude reduces risk of dying from heart disease

• Outcomes improved by longer delays between heart attacks and elective surgeries

• Do all student athletes need heart screenings?

• Heart disease screens don’t change treatment

• Heart attack treatment as good during off-hours?

• A Dose of Safflower Oil Each Day Might Help Keep Heart Disease at Bay

• Study Shows Polypill to be Safe and Accepted by Physicians and Patients in Developing Countries

• Hopkins Nursing Lab Admits Harvey the Cardiac Simulator

• Study Examines Outcomes of High-Dose Antiplatelet Drug After Stent Placement

• Inflammation behind heart valve disease

• The Five Hospital Factors that Affect Heart Attack Survival

• Study suggests alternative to invasive heart test

• Erectile dysfunction drug improves exercise tolerance in young people with congenital heart disease

• Pinpointing Air Pollution’s Effects on the Heart

• Effects of alcohol on risk factors for cardiovascular disease

• Studies find gene links to world’s biggest killer

• Drug Could Help Preserve Brain Function After Cardiac Arrest

• Women get short shrift in many heart device studies, despite requirement

• FDA finds no heart attack risk with HIV drug

• Simple blood test at discharge could help reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients

February

• Adult care for congenital heart disease patients should begin in adolescence

• Newborn heart muscle can grow back by itself, UT Southwestern researchers have found

• Protein could be new target to reduce damage after heart attack

• Middle-Aged Hearts Are in Poor Shape

• Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than cocaine

• Scientists identify new marker for heart disease

• Aspirin, Cost-Effective Heart Disease Prevention

• Many stick with fast food after heart attack: study

• Stent blood clot risk may be higher in the morning

• Gender Does Not Increase Risk of Death from Heart Attack

• Cancer-related pathways reveal potential treatment target for congenital heart disease

• ‘Healthy’ patients at high risk of cardiac death identified

• Updated heart disease prevention guidelines for women focus more on ‘real-world’ recommendations

• Heart Patients Should be Referred to Cardiac Rehabilitation Before Leaving Hospital

• Cancer breakthrough to prevent heart failure and increase survival rates

• Short time on antipsychotics may up heart disease

• Drug-eluting stents are preferred therapy for revascularization of chronic total occlusions

• Therapy to prevent heart failure more effective in women than men

• Findings of global study on obesity, heart risks

• New Pulmonary Valve Delays Need for Open-Heart Surgery

• Rapid Response Team Prepares for Snow Shoveling Heart Attacks

• Vegans’ elevated heart risk requires omega-3s and B12

January

• When 2 rights make a wrong: Combating childhood heart disease

• Phone counseling can help lower heart disease risk

• Super Bowl losses can increase cardiac death

• Deaths reduced with cardiac resynchronization therapy

• Scientists climb Mt. Everest to explain how hearts adapt and recover from low oxygen

• Recalled ICD leads fail in women, youths most often

• Nitrous Oxide Anesthesia May Increase Heart Attack Risk

• Altered gene protects some African-Americans from coronary artery disease

• U.S. panel backs Abbott carotid stent for more patients

• Defibrillators useful in public, less so at home

• Occurrence of stroke after coronary artery bypass graft surgery appears to be decreasing

• Untimely jolts not uncommon with heart device