Blacks Less Likely to Get Expensive, Newer Heart Treatments
By Armen Hareyan G+ Jun 10 2005 - 7:23am
Blacks who suffer the most common type of cardiac ischemia are less likely to receive expensive or newer heart treatments.
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Hemoglobin-Based Agent Reduces Need for Transfusion During Heart Surgery
By Armen Hareyan G+ Jun 7 2005 - 9:59pm
An agent, made of purified human hemoglobing, may be safe to replace blood lost during heart surgery.
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Zapping The Heart Back Into Rhythm
By Armen Hareyan G+ Jun 6 2005 - 7:19am
Called catheter ablation, the approach has cured more than 1,000 UM patients who have the most common form of irregular heart rhythm.
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Increase in Heart Surgery Mortality from SSRIs or Depression?
By Armen Hareyan G+ May 26 2005 - 9:25am
Patients who were using a class of anti depression drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) prior to undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery have significantly higher death and rehospitalization rates.
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Half of Heart Patients Unable to Recall Details of Informed Consent, Yet Most Satisfied
By Armen Hareyan G+ May 21 2005 - 9:38pm
The key to patients' perception of being informed and satisfaction with their health care is the personal interaction between the patient and the physician.
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Heart Specialist Care More Often Evidence-Based and Leads to Lower Mortality Than Generalists'
By Armen Hareyan G+ May 20 2005 - 8:53am
Cardiologists appear to reduce by almost 30 percent the chances of heart disease patients from dying in the hospital.
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Columbia Research Suggests Need To Rethink Causes of Heart Failure
By Armen Hareyan G+ May 19 2005 - 8:54am
Research Shows More Than Half of Patients May Be Affected By Factors External to Heart.
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CT Images Reveal Serious Problems Outside The Heart
By Armen Hareyan G+ May 17 2005 - 8:29am
Heart scan surprises: CT images reveal serious problems outside the heart in 44 percent of heart patients scanned, U-M researchers find.
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Positive Outlook Linked to Longer Life in Heart Patients
By Armen Hareyan G+ May 16 2005 - 3:31pm
Here is some health advice to take to heart: if you want to live longer, stay happy.
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Cocaine Users at Much Higher Risk of Coronary Aneurysm
By Armen Hareyan G+ May 12 2005 - 7:52am
These findings may also help explain why cocaine users have a higher risk of heart attack.
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Gene Variants Predict Bleeding After Heart Surgery
By Armen Hareyan G+ May 5 2005 - 5:15am
Genetic screening may become an important part of pre operative evaluation of Heart Surgery patients.
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Hospitals Performing More Heart Valve Surgeries
By Armen Hareyan G+ May 4 2005 - 8:13pm
Hospitals that perform more heart valve replacement surgeries are far more likely to insert the type of aortic valve considered safest for most older patients.
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Finding of Heart Drug Interaction Suggests Path to More Effective Treatment
By Armen Hareyan G+ Apr 21 2005 - 11:42am
Key cellular receptors that regulate the heart's response to stress interact much more closely than previously suspected.
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Trends in Obesity: Risk Factors and Mortality
By Armen Hareyan G+ Apr 19 2005 - 10:12am
Obesity places a person at increased risk for heart attack, stroke and congestive heart failure, as well as orthopedic problems.
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Protein Implicated In Decline Of Aging Hearts
By Armen Hareyan G+ Apr 18 2005 - 1:39pm
Researchers have linked elevated levels of a specific heart protein in elderly hearts to a decrease in the pumping ability of the heart.
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Heart Valve Ring Reverses Damage From Congestive Heart Failure, Easing Symptoms
By Armen Hareyan G+ Apr 14 2005 - 11:47pm
Should we operate on heart failure patients, to try to improve their hearts' pumping ability?
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Heart Failure Consumes Significant Health Care Resources
By Armen Hareyan G+ Apr 8 2005 - 2:54pm
Researchers have found that elderly patients with the debilitating heart disorder have health care expenditures up to three times higher than similar patients without heart failure.
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Genes Control Severity of Heart Failure, Study Finds
By Armen Hareyan G+ Apr 8 2005 - 2:35pm
The findings could point researchers to genes that determine the severity of heart failure in patients.
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Exercise, Stress Management Show Physiological Benefits for Heart Patients
By Armen Hareyan G+ Apr 6 2005 - 2:52pm
Exercise and stress management can not only reduce the levels of depression and distress in heart patients, but can also improve physiological markers of cardiovascular health.
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Beta Blockers Cost Effective to Society for Heart Failure Treatment
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 28 2005 - 7:05am
Beta blocker therapy for the treatment of heart failure can provide significant cost savings for the health care system. The study developed a model of heart failure progression over five years.
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Community Hospitals Do Not Transfer High-Risk Heart Patients For Aggressive Therapy
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 20 2005 - 8:05pm
The research highlights a crucial weakness in the delivery of cardiac care that should be addressed to improve the outcomes of patients with heart attacks.
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Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Use Significantly Lowers Heart Failure Mortality
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 20 2005 - 7:36pm
With the population growing older, chronic heart failure will become a much more significant problem. The use of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) can provide a significant reduction in mortality in heart failure patients.
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Minorities, Poor, Uneducated Bear The Burden of Cardiovascular Health Disparities
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 17 2005 - 3:33pm
Hospitalization rates were higher in men for total heart disease and acute heart attacks but higher in women for congestive heart failure and stroke.
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Cardiovascular Health Disparities Must Be Eradicated
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 16 2005 - 7:17pm
Research, advocacy and education must "close the gaps" in cardiovascular health disparities among races, an American Heart Association writing group reports.
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Aggressive Heart Therapies Still Underused, Despite Blood Chemical Status
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 14 2005 - 9:47pm
Physicians are underutilizing aggressive therapies such as anti clotting drugs and invasive procedures in heart patients, despite the presence of biochemical markers in the blood indicating heart muscle death.
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New Light Shed On Atrial Fibrillation After Bypass Surgery
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 12 2005 - 1:09pm
An analysis of 4,657 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery has shown that discontinuing certain heart medications such as beta blockers and ACE inhibitors can lead to abnormal accelerations in heart pumping known as atrial fibrillation.
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Heart Wall Abnormalities Predict Adverse Cardiac Events
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 10 2005 - 4:19pm
Coronary artery bypass patients are twice as likely to suffer a later major cardiac event if they experience abnormalities in the motion of the walls of the main pumping chamber of their heart during surgery.
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Aspirin, Beta Blocker Usage Up, But Not Enough
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 9 2005 - 7:47pm
While many clinical trials have consistently proven the ability of aspirin and beta blockers in forestalling future heart attacks, the new Duke analysis is the first to link consistent use of these drugs with improved outcomes.
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Modern Implantable Heart Devices Safe for Use in MRI Scans
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 8 2005 - 4:38pm
scientists have found that modern implanted heart devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators, are safe for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines.
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Implanted Devices Detect High-Risk Heart Failure Patients
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 8 2005 - 7:55am
Implanted devices intended to optimize the cardiac function of patients with heart failure have provided new insights into which patients might be at higher risk of dying suddenly from their disease.
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