Archive for the ‘Cardiovascular / Cardiology’ Category
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Patients who received treatment from noncardiologists and physicians with 29 or more years of experience had significantly lower use of evidence-based drug therapies compared with cardiologists and physicians with fewer than 14 years of experience, found a retrospective, population-based cohort study of heart attack patients. The study http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg901.pdf, led by Dr.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
An updated set of quality of care indicators for heart attack patients, developed by a 12 member panel of experts from across Canada, reflects new evidence and practice guidelines for optimal heart attack care http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg909.pdf.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Researchers at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology have developed tiny polymer beads that can slowly release anti-inflammatory drugs and break down into non-toxic components. When injected into rats' hearts after a simulated heart attack, the drug-embedded "microparticles" reduce inflammation and scarring, the researchers found.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
A global study led by researchers in Canada found that compared to a prudent diet high in fruit and vegetables, a Western style diet that is high in meat, eggs, fried foods and salty snacks, raises the risk of having a heart attack by 30 per cent, regardless of which part of the world you live in.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Cardium Therapeutics (Amex: CXM) and its operating unit InnerCool Therapies, Inc., announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the RapidBlue(TM) System, an endovascular temperature modulation device. InnerCool's RapidBlue System is a thermal regulating system designed to manage and control patient body temperature.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
England's Department of Health is bringing in a new treatment for heart attacks that is expected to save hundreds of lives each year and involves opening the blocked artery with a small balloon and then inserting a stent to keep it propped open.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Fewer drug-coated stents are being inserted into the arteries of Australian heart disease patients following concerns about their long-term safety, even though new evidence shows that these stents are safe, according to research published in the latest issue of The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA).
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
A revolutionary heart operation technique using cutting edge technology will be performed on Monday 20 October and broadcast live to delegates at the Heart Rhythm Congress 2008 taking place in Birmingham.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) on Thursday sent letters to the Cardiovascular Research Foundation and Columbia University seeking financial disclosures and other information regarding their relationships with manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices, the New York Times reports.
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
The effectiveness of nitroglycerin is often diminished when used as a medication for chest pain and heart disease for prolonged periods. A critical finding that was revealed by scientists at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey may hold the answer to more effective treatments.
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