News tagged with cardiac patients


Genetic factors may predict depression in heart disease patients

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with heart disease are twice as likely to suffer from depression as the general population, an association the medical community has largely been unable to explain. Now, a new study by researchers at The Miriam ...





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Cardiac CT is more cost effective when managing low-risk patients with chest pain

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The use of cardiac CT for low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency department, instead of the traditional standard of care (SOC) workup, may reduce a patient’s length of stay and hospital charges, according to a study ...


Safety study of capsule endoscopy in patients with implantable cardiac devices finds no interference

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study of patients with implantable cardiac devices such as pacemakers, implantable defibrillators or left ventricular assist devices found that performing capsule endoscopy in these patients is safe and that the devices ...


Study finds it's safe to treat HER2-positive breast cancer with trastuzumab and adjuvant radiation

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, following primary surgery for their cancer, is Trastuzumab (Herceptin)--typically used in combination with chemotherapy. However, a new study by researchers ...


Patient hopelessness linked to poor cardiac rehab, researchers find

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Feelings of hopelessness lead to decreased participation in rehabilitation for patients recovering from cardiac events such as a heart attack, according to a team of researchers led by a Michigan State University ...


Cardiac rehabilitation saves lives

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide and a major driver of medical and economic costs, especially among older adults. It has long been established that cardiac rehabilitation improves survival, ...


Black patients experience worse cardiac care, lower survival rates

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black patients have lower rates of successful resuscitation and are less likely to survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest compared to white patients, according to a study in the Sept. 16 issue of the Journal of the American Me ...


New therapy found to prevent heart failure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A landmark study has successfully demonstrated a 29 percent reduction in heart failure or death in patients with heart disease who received an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy device with defibrillator (CRT-D) ...


New hope for heart failure patients: Cardiac resynchronization

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A therapy called cardiac resynchronization can significantly delay the progression of heart failure, according to a major international study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.


FDA researchers identify new MRI safety risk for patients with pacemakers

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FDA researchers have found that certain cardiac pacemakers may inadequately stimulate a patient's heart while undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan due to the magnetic pulses mixing with the electronic pulses ...


Telemonitoring: A bridge to personalized medicine

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An increasing number of heart failure patients are treated with a number of complex devices, i.e. cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Recently completed and ongoing clinical trials such as MADIT-CRT and EchoCRT provide ...



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