News tagged with myocardium
Rhythm is it: Ion channels ensure the heart keeps time
The heartbeat is the result of rhythmic contractions of the heart muscle, which are in turn regulated by electrical signals called action potentials. Action potentials result from the controlled flow of ions into heart muscle ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Intra-aortic balloon pumps do not reduce infarct size in patients with STEMI without cardiac shock
Intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation prior to PCI in patients with ST segment elevation MI does not reduce infarct size as measured by MRI, according to results from the Counterpulsation Reduces Infarct Size Acute Myocardial ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Do medications which reduce angina influence long-term mortality after a heart attack?
Although medication which decreases the risk of angina attacks (chest pain caused by blockage of the arteries that supply the heart), are frequently prescribed in patients who have sustained a myocardial infarction, the possible ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Molecular imaging detects ischemic heart disease in diabetics
Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting may lead to much-needed cardiovascular disease screening for diabetic patients at risk of ischemic heart disease, a disorder marked by significantly reduced blood flow in the ...
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Certain biomarkers appear to increase risk of death for elderly patients with heart failure symptoms
Elderly patients with symptoms of heart failure and increased concentrations in the blood of the biomarker copeptin, or a combination of elevated concentrations of copeptin and the biomarker NT-proBNP, had an associated increased ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
May 24, 2011 |
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Inhibition of GRK2 is protective against acute cardiac stress injuries
Inhibition of a protein known to contribute to heart failure also appears to be protective of the heart in more acute cardiac stress injury, namely ischemia reperfusion, according to two studies conducted at the Center for ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Cell transplantation and cardiac repair
The frontiers of cell transplantation for cardiac repair are discussed in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (Vol. 18 No.3), now available on-line.
Jul 01, 2009 |
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