Research finds preventive angioplasty does not improve prognosis

byKarolinska InstitutetCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor heart attack patients, treating only the coronary artery that caused the infarction works just as well as preventive balloon dilation

Updated on: April 28,2024

Research finds preventive angioplasty does not improve prognosis

byKarolinska InstitutetCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor heart attack patients, treating only the coronary artery that caused the infarction works just as well as preventive balloon dilation

Updated on:April 28,2024

A new tool to reclassify heart risk and reduce heart attacks

by Tracey Ellis, Baker Heart and Diabetes InstituteCentral Illustration. The Lipidomic-Enhanced Risk Score Improves Intermediate-Risk Reclassification. Credit:Journal of the American College of

Updated on: July 31,2024

A new tool to reclassify heart risk and reduce heart attacks

by Tracey Ellis, Baker Heart and Diabetes InstituteCentral Illustration. The Lipidomic-Enhanced Risk Score Improves Intermediate-Risk Reclassification. Credit:Journal of the American College of

Updated on:July 31,2024

Pandemic associated with increase in babies born with heart defects

byCity St George's, University of LondonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16% after the first year of the pande

Updated on: November 26,2024

Pandemic associated with increase in babies born with heart defects

byCity St George's, University of LondonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16% after the first year of the pande

Updated on:November 26,2024

New catheter technology promises safer and more efficient treatment of blood vessels

by Fien Bosman,Delft University of TechnologyCredit: Delft University of TechnologyEach year, more than 200 million catheters are used worldwide to treat vascular diseases, including heart disea

Updated on: November 21,2024

New catheter technology promises safer and more efficient treatment of blood vessels

by Fien Bosman,Delft University of TechnologyCredit: Delft University of TechnologyEach year, more than 200 million catheters are used worldwide to treat vascular diseases, including heart disea

Updated on:November 21,2024

Low cardiorespiratory fitness in youth associated with decreased work ability throughout adulthood, finds 45-year study

byUniversity of JyväskyläPath Diagram. The diagram shows statistically significant (P < .05) standardized regression coefficients (straight arrow), correlations (curved arrow), and SEs (in pa

Updated on: April 28,2024

Low cardiorespiratory fitness in youth associated with decreased work ability throughout adulthood, finds 45-year study

byUniversity of JyväskyläPath Diagram. The diagram shows statistically significant (P < .05) standardized regression coefficients (straight arrow), correlations (curved arrow), and SEs (in pa

Updated on:April 28,2024

New look at stroke response: Mobile physicians

byUniversity of MissouriCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMany patients living in rural areas don't have easy access to specialized or emergency care. When they face conditions like strokes,

Updated on: September 23,2024

New look at stroke response: Mobile physicians

byUniversity of MissouriCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMany patients living in rural areas don't have easy access to specialized or emergency care. When they face conditions like strokes,

Updated on:September 23,2024

Blood tests could identify people with AFib at risk for 'breakthrough' stroke

by Laura Williamson,American Heart AssociationCredit: Circulating Biomarkers and Anticoagulation Breakthrough Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation: The REGARDS Study. https://www.abstractsonline.c

Updated on: March 28,2024

Blood tests could identify people with AFib at risk for 'breakthrough' stroke

by Laura Williamson,American Heart AssociationCredit: Circulating Biomarkers and Anticoagulation Breakthrough Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation: The REGARDS Study. https://www.abstractsonline.c

Updated on:March 28,2024

Leveraging AI to analyze retinal images for cardiovascular risk assessment

byUniversity of PennsylvaniaComparison of Grad-CAM output on different classes. Credit:Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.apjo.2024.100095A recentposit

Updated on: October 12,2024

Leveraging AI to analyze retinal images for cardiovascular risk assessment

byUniversity of PennsylvaniaComparison of Grad-CAM output on different classes. Credit:Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.apjo.2024.100095A recentposit

Updated on:October 12,2024

Using mammograms to detect heart disease

byUniversity of California - San DiegoCredit:JACC: Advances(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101283In a newstudypublished Sept. 27 inJACC: Advances, researchers wi

Updated on: October 12,2024

Using mammograms to detect heart disease

byUniversity of California - San DiegoCredit:JACC: Advances(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101283In a newstudypublished Sept. 27 inJACC: Advances, researchers wi

Updated on:October 12,2024

Weight gain in young and middle-aged adults is linked to poor heart health in older age

byEuropean Society of CardiologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainBy the time they are in their 60s, fewer people who gain excess weight from their 20s onwards have healthy hearts, according to r

Updated on: July 17,2024

Weight gain in young and middle-aged adults is linked to poor heart health in older age

byEuropean Society of CardiologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainBy the time they are in their 60s, fewer people who gain excess weight from their 20s onwards have healthy hearts, according to r

Updated on:July 17,2024

New anti-obesity drug shows promise in preventing heart failure related to type 2 diabetes

by Gillian Rutherford,University of AlbertaGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114573A University of Alberta pharmacology researcher has discove

Updated on: November 07,2024

New anti-obesity drug shows promise in preventing heart failure related to type 2 diabetes

by Gillian Rutherford,University of AlbertaGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114573A University of Alberta pharmacology researcher has discove

Updated on:November 07,2024

Reconditioned pacemakers worked as well as new ones

byAmerican Heart AssociationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA randomized trial that compared previously used and new pacemakers in patients found the reconditioned devices were as safe and effe

Updated on: November 27,2024

Reconditioned pacemakers worked as well as new ones

byAmerican Heart AssociationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA randomized trial that compared previously used and new pacemakers in patients found the reconditioned devices were as safe and effe

Updated on:November 27,2024