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

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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

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Deep machine-learning speeds assessment of fruit fly heart aging and disease, a model for human disease

by Jeff Hansen,University of Alabama at BirminghamProposed deep learning pipeline. Credit:Communications Biology(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06371-7Drosophila—commonly known as fr

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Deep machine-learning speeds assessment of fruit fly heart aging and disease, a model for human disease

by Jeff Hansen,University of Alabama at BirminghamProposed deep learning pipeline. Credit:Communications Biology(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06371-7Drosophila—commonly known as fr

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Heart pump improves survival after severe heart attacks

byAmerican College of CardiologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainImplantation of the Impella CP micro-axial flow pump in the hours after a heart attack significantly increased the rate of survi

Updated on: April 28,2024 0

Heart pump improves survival after severe heart attacks

byAmerican College of CardiologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainImplantation of the Impella CP micro-axial flow pump in the hours after a heart attack significantly increased the rate of survi

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'Google Earth for the human heart' set to accelerate cardiovascular medicine

byUniversity College LondonRenderingof the healthy heart, showing external vasculature and muscle fibers.Credit:Siemens Healthineers 2024; Data UCL led ESRF Beamtime 1290. University

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'Google Earth for the human heart' set to accelerate cardiovascular medicine

byUniversity College LondonRenderingof the healthy heart, showing external vasculature and muscle fibers.Credit:Siemens Healthineers 2024; Data UCL led ESRF Beamtime 1290. University

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Biomimetic transcatheter aortic heart valve offers new option for aortic stenosis patients

bySociety for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsHuman heart. Credit: copyright American Heart AssociationRecent findings from a study on a transcatheter heart valve (THV) system, which

Updated on: May 07,2024 0

Biomimetic transcatheter aortic heart valve offers new option for aortic stenosis patients

bySociety for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsHuman heart. Credit: copyright American Heart AssociationRecent findings from a study on a transcatheter heart valve (THV) system, which

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Industry gifts may influence which cardiac device is used in common lifesaving procedure

byUniversity of PittsburghCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPhysicians who received payments from the manufacturer of a specific set of cardiac devices are more likely to use those devices, often

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Industry gifts may influence which cardiac device is used in common lifesaving procedure

byUniversity of PittsburghCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPhysicians who received payments from the manufacturer of a specific set of cardiac devices are more likely to use those devices, often

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Research suggests coffee may protect against cognitive decline in people with atrial fibrillation

byAmerican Heart AssociationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainDrinking multiple cups of coffee a day may help prevent cognitive decline in people with atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF), according

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Research suggests coffee may protect against cognitive decline in people with atrial fibrillation

byAmerican Heart AssociationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainDrinking multiple cups of coffee a day may help prevent cognitive decline in people with atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF), according

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Trials and tribulations of cell therapy for heart failure, an update on ongoing trials

by Jeff Hansen,University of Alabama at BirminghamJianyi "Jay" Zhang. Credit: UABPathways to new treatments for heart failure take time—as long as four decades for two now accepted the

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Trials and tribulations of cell therapy for heart failure, an update on ongoing trials

by Jeff Hansen,University of Alabama at BirminghamJianyi "Jay" Zhang. Credit: UABPathways to new treatments for heart failure take time—as long as four decades for two now accepted the

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Catheter-directed mechanical thrombectomy system demonstrates safety and effectiveness in pulmonary embolism patients

bySociety for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNew data from the Acute Pulmonary Embolism Extraction Trial with the AlphaVac System (APEX-AX) demonstr

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Catheter-directed mechanical thrombectomy system demonstrates safety and effectiveness in pulmonary embolism patients

bySociety for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNew data from the Acute Pulmonary Embolism Extraction Trial with the AlphaVac System (APEX-AX) demonstr

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AI proves better than humans at analyzing long-term ECG recordings in large international study

byLund UniversitySankey diagram showing arrhythmic event durations for critical arrhythmias as detected by each of the two methods. Cardiologist panel annotations are used to classify DeepRhythm

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AI proves better than humans at analyzing long-term ECG recordings in large international study

byLund UniversitySankey diagram showing arrhythmic event durations for critical arrhythmias as detected by each of the two methods. Cardiologist panel annotations are used to classify DeepRhythm

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Childhood sedentariness found to accelerate premature vascular damage

byUniversity of Eastern FinlandIn 1339 children followed up from age 11 to 24 years, increased sedentariness from childhood through young adulthood accelerated premature vascular damage. Light p

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Childhood sedentariness found to accelerate premature vascular damage

byUniversity of Eastern FinlandIn 1339 children followed up from age 11 to 24 years, increased sedentariness from childhood through young adulthood accelerated premature vascular damage. Light p

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Coronary artery disease common in patients with cirrhosis

by Lori SolomonCoronary artery disease (CAD) is common in patients with cirrhosis, but cirrhosis itself is not significantly associated with an increased CAD risk, according to a reviewpublished

Updated on: January 13,2025 0

Coronary artery disease common in patients with cirrhosis

by Lori SolomonCoronary artery disease (CAD) is common in patients with cirrhosis, but cirrhosis itself is not significantly associated with an increased CAD risk, according to a reviewpublished

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