Heart:
Heart Failure, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Human Heart, Open Heart Surgery.
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Apr 14th, 2009
Since about half of all heart attacks occur without any warning, there is increasing interest in finding new ways to identify a person’s risk for heart attack.
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Apr 13th, 2009
Researchers have found a molecule that can repair damage to the heart cells, and grow new blood vessels after a heart attack. Thymosin beta-4 (TB4), introduced into the system within 24 hours after a heart attack, reprograms the body to make new cells at the site of a heart attack, also encouraging the formation of new blood vessels. The molecule also inhibits death of heart cells.
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Apr 9th, 2009
Artificial heart pacemakers have saved and extended the lives of thousands of people, but they have their shortcomings – such as a fixed pulse rate and a limited life. Could a permanent biological solution be possible?
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Apr 8th, 2009
The heart failure patients included in the study, "experienced significant improvement in many aspects of their day-to-day activities, such as working, walking, being able to dress, bathe, and getting out to visit family and friends."
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Apr 3rd, 2009
Quinn Bradless is a yound adult with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS) who has written a book and launched FriendsOfQuinn.com. It is his way of helping others understand the sense of isolation and depression he and others with learning disabilities often face.
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Apr 3rd, 2009
Understanding the strain that heart failure has on the healthcare system, the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) program is helping hospitals improve the care they provide to patients.
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Apr 3rd, 2009
People from the most deprived areas of England have a far higher risk of death after cardiac surgery than people from the least deprived areas
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Apr 1st, 2009
Patients with coronary artery disease who are at high risk for complications after a heart attack often need procedures to check their arteries for blockages. During those procedures, physicians use an anti-clotting agent called eptifibatide (marketed as Integrilin) to prevent potentially life-threatening complications.
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Apr 1st, 2009
A surgical procedure to resize an enlarged, weakened heart muscle during coronary bypass surgery for heart failure adds cost and risk but doesn't offer patients any additional benefit when compared with those who received bypass procedure alone.
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Apr 1st, 2009
Mice born without a certain enzyme can resist the normal effects of a heart attack and retain nearly normal function in the heart's ventricles and still-oxygenated heart tissue.
