Cardiac MRI reveals energy drinks alter heart function
• Heart Disease news • Dec 01 13

Cardiac MRI reveals energy drinks alter heart function

Healthy adults who consumed energy drinks high in caffeine and taurine had significantly increased heart contraction rates one hour later, according to a study presented today at the annual…


 

Study links high sodium “fizzy” medicines to raised heart risks
• Heart Disease news • Nov 27 13

Study links high sodium

Millions of patients worldwide taking effervescent, dispersible and soluble medicines have an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes because of the high salt content of such…


 

Surrogates often make call to deactivate heart devices
• Heart Disease news • Nov 27 13

Surrogates often make call to deactivate heart devices

People who have implanted heart devices rarely have advance directives indicating whether they want them deactivated near the end of life, according to a new study. So the decision…


 

High salt levels in common medicines put patients at increased risk of cardiovascular events
• Heart Disease news • Nov 26 13

High salt levels in common medicines put patients at increased risk of cardiovascular events

Researchers at the University of Dundee and University College London found that taking the maximum daily dose of some medicines would exceed the…


 

UEF study determines reference values for children’s heart rate variability
• Heart Disease news • Nov 25 13

UEF study determines reference values for children's heart rate variability

Measurement of heart rate variability (HRV) is a useful method when assessing the role of the nervous system for heart function. Standard reference values for heart rate…


 

Heart experts debate who should take statins
• Heart Disease news • Nov 24 13

Heart experts debate who should take statins

People who are wondering whether they should take cholesterol-lowering medications may be scratching their heads today, more confused than ever.

Last week the American Heart Association and the American College…


 

Could you tell if you were having a heart attack?
• Heart Disease news • Nov 24 13

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By now, you’ve seen enough heart attack scenes that you could spot one from a mile away: There’s the gasping for air, the clasping of hands over…


 

Signs of ‘sudden’ cardiac death may come weeks before: study
• Heart Disease news • Nov 19 13

Signs of 'sudden' cardiac death may come weeks before

Signs of approaching “sudden” cardiac arrest, an electrical malfunction that stops the heart, usually appear at least a month ahead of time, according to a study of…


 

Long-lasting gene therapy benefits advanced heart failure patients
• Heart Disease news • Nov 19 13

Long-lasting gene therapy benefits advanced heart failure patients

Researchers from the Cardiovascular Research Center at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reported the long-term benefits of a single dose of their gene therapy AAV1/SERCA2a in advanced…


 

New Study Finds Similar Outcomes for Repair or Replacement of Damaged Heart Valves
• Heart Disease news • Nov 18 13

New Study Finds Similar Outcomes for Repair or Replacement of Damaged Heart Valves

New research presented today at the 2013 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the…


 

Effect of lowering of body temperature for adults with cardiac arrest prior to hospital arrival
• Heart Disease news • Nov 17 13

Effect of lowering of body temperature for adults with cardiac arrest prior to hospital arrival

Francis Kim, M.D., of Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, and colleagues evaluated whether early prehospital cooling (lowering body temperature) improved survival to hospital…


 

Rate of aortic valve replacement for elderly patients has increased; outcomes improved
• Heart Disease news • Nov 17 13

Rate of aortic valve replacement for elderly patients has increased; outcomes improved

Jose Augusto Barreto-Filho, M.D., Ph.D., of the Federal University of Sergipe and the Clinica e Hospital Sao Lucas, Sergipe, Brazil, and colleagues assessed procedure rates…


 

Study examines effectiveness, safety of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in US
• Heart Disease news • Nov 17 13

Study examines effectiveness, safety of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in US

Michael J. Mack, M.D., of the Baylor Health Care System, Plano, Texas, and colleagues describe the experience in the U.S. with transcatheter aortic valve replacement…


 

Physical fitness improves survival, prevents some heart attacks
• Heart Disease news • Nov 17 13

Physical fitness improves survival, prevents some heart attacks

A new study highlights the importance of exercise and physical fitness among people with stable coronary artery disease. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Henry…


 

CPR for 38 minutes or longer improves chance to survive cardiac arrest
• Heart Disease news • Nov 16 13

CPR for 38 minutes or longer improves chance to survive cArdiac arrest

Performing CPR for 38 minutes or longer can improve a patient’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest, according to a study presented at the American Heart…


 

U.S. heart guidelines threaten hot new cholesterol drugs
• Heart Disease news • Nov 13 13

U.S. heart guidelines threaten hot new cholesterol drugs

New U.S. guidelines on heart health that favor potent statins may threaten future use, or even approval, of a hot new class of experimental cholesterol drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors…


 

Overweight, obese are risks for heart disease regardless of metabolic syndrome
• Heart Disease news • Nov 11 13

OverweiGht, obese are risks for heaRt disease regardless of metabolic syndrome

Being overweight or obese are risk factors for myocardial infarction (heart attack) and ischemic heart disease (IHD) regardless of whether individuals also have the cluster of…


 

Could deceased heart attack victims expand donor pool?
• Heart Disease news • Nov 11 13

Could deceased heart atTack victims expand donor pool?

Researchers from the U.K. suggest that using organs from donors after circulatory death (DCD) who also suffered a previous cardiac arrest out of the hospital environment could expand the…


 

Some ‘healthy’ vegetable oils may actually increase risk of heart disease
• Heart Disease news • Nov 11 13

Some 'healthy' vegetable oils may actually increase risk of heart disease

Some vegetable oils that claim to be healthy may actually increase the risk of heart disease, and Health Canada should reconsider cholesterol-lowering claims on food labelling,…


 

Sicker heart attack patients fare worse in July
• Heart Disease news • Nov 07 13

Sicker heart aTtack patients fare worse in July

Rumor has it the worst time and place to be sick is in a teaching hospital in July, when new doctors-in-training enter the wards and others are promoted.…


 

‘Tearless’ onions could help in the fight against cardiovascular disease, weight gain
• Heart Disease news • Nov 06 13

'Tearless' onions could help in the fight against cardiovascular disease, weight gain

Onions, a key ingredient in recipes around the globe, come in a tearless version that scientists are now reporting could pack health benefits like its…


 

Research reveals possible cause of diabetic cardiomyopathy
• Heart Disease news • Nov 06 13

Research reveals possible cause of diabetic cardiomyopathy

Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered one of the pathogenic components of diabetes in the heart, as published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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Breakthrough by Temple researchers could lead to new treatment for heart attack
• Heart Disease news • Nov 05 13

Breakthrough by Temple researchers could lead to new treatment for heart atTack

The stop and start of blood flow to the heart during and after a heart attack causes severe damage to heart cells, reducing their capacity…


 

Patients with heart failure need specialist care
• Heart Disease news • Nov 01 13

Patients with heart failure need specialist care

New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that patients with heart failure have high mortality and often are undertreated. According to a study, published in the scientific periodical JACC,…


 

‘Intensive’ exercise may benefit heart failure patients
• Heart Disease news • Oct 31 13

Intensive exercise may benefit heart failure patients

Some doctors caution people with heart failure against pushing themselves too hard physically. But a new analysis of past studies suggests heart patients may actually benefit more from relatively intensive…


 
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