News tagged with heart damage
Statin cuts heart problems after artery surgery
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Score another victory for the cheap, cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs known as statins. People getting an artery unclogged or repaired were much less likely to die or have a heart attack afterward if they took preventive ...
Overweight male teens with normal blood pressures showing signs of heart damage
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Even while their blood pressures are still normal, overweight male teens may have elevated levels of a hormone known to increase pressures as well as early signs of heart damage, researchers say.
Implantable defibrillators lower risk of death in older heart patients
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can improve survival in patients with heart damage — even those in their 70s — according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
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Induced pluripotent stem cells repair heart, study shows
Jul 20, 2009 |
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In a proof-of-concept study, Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be used to treat heart disease. iPS cells are stem cells converted from adult cells. In this study, the ...
New drug may reduce heart attack damage
Jul 24, 2009 |
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A novel drug that targets a master disease-causing gene can dramatically reduce heart muscle damage after a heart attack and may lead to significantly improved patient outcomes, researchers at the University of New South ...
Molecule prompts damaged heart cells to repair themselves after a heart attack
Apr 10, 2009 |
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A protein that the heart produces during its early development reactivates the embryonic coronary developmental program and initiates migration of heart cells and blood vessel growth after a heart attack, ...
Towards a natural pacemaker
Apr 09, 2009 |
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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?
'Broken heart syndrome' no longer a myth
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dying of fright or of a broken heart has long been dismissed as myth, but it’s a real phenomenon that one Northeastern physical therapy professor and researcher has observed and studied.
Finding Better Ways to Diagnose Heart Attacks
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UA biochemistry researchers apply Nobel Prize technology to develop better diagnostics for heart attacks. Their work also could help predict individual risks of heart disease.
Healing heart attack victims, one cell at a time
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By using the amount of carbon 14 in the atmosphere from above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960, researchers have determined that cells in the human heart develop into adulthood.
A missing enzyme conveys major heart protection in pre-clinical work
Mar 30, 2009 |
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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, according to a study by researchers at Duke ...
Cardiac stem cell trial seeks to treat some heart attack patients
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Researchers at UCSF Medical Center have begun enrollment for an early-stage clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an adult stem cell therapy for patients who have just experienced their first acute myocardial ...
Your eyes may be a window to heart disease
Sep 28, 2009 |
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For centuries eyes have been seen as windows to the soul. But medical researchers now believe the eyes may also offer vital clues to your risk of heart disease and stroke.
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