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Doctors know best when it comes to treating chronic coronary artery disease
Medication, angioplasty or surgery? For some heart disease patients, there's no clear-cut choice. The key to getting the best care is to follow your individual doctor's advice, new research shows.   view more (2006-08-30)

The Lancet publishes first clinical trial data of a fully bioabsorbable drug eluting stent
Data published today in The Lancet from ABSORB, the world's first clinical trial of a fully bioabsorbable drug eluting stent for the treatment of coronary artery disease, demonstrated no stent thrombosis, no clinically driven target lesion revascularizations (re-treatment of a diseased lesion), and a low (3.3 percent) rate of major adverse cardiac... view more... (2008-03-14)

Caffeine limits blood flow to heart muscle during exercise
In healthy volunteers, the equivalent of two cups of coffee reduced the body's ability to boost blood flow to the heart muscle in response to exercise, and the effect was stronger when the participants were in a chamber simulating high altitude.   view more (2006-01-16)

Coronary angiography may improve outcomes for cardiac arrest patients
People who suffer cardiac arrests and then receive coronary angiography are twice as likely to survive without significant brain damage compared with those who don't have the procedure, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers.   view more (2009-04-01)

Breast screening shows that HRT can halve artery hardening
Hormone replacement therapy can halve breast artery hardening (calcification), and it’s an effect that can be picked up during a breast screen, reveals a study in the Journal of Medical Screening.   view more (2002-04-02)

Early growth influences risk of heart disease in later life
A study in this week's BMJ reports a strong association between infant and childhood growth and the development of coronary heart disease in later life. These findings suggest that improvements in early growth could lead to substantial reductions in the incidence of the disease. The research team examined the infant and childhood growth of 357 men... view more... (2001-04-18)

Tiny Clue Reveals New Path Toward Heart Disease
Geneticists have discovered a new gene that may put individuals at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease.   view more (2007-03-23)

Why do more men die from heart disease than women?
In most industrialised countries more men die from coronary heart disease than women but what causes these sex differences? The most widely accepted explanation is that the hormone oestrogen protects women, yet a study in this week's BMJ suggests that sex differences are largely the result of environmental factors. If so, it may be possible to... view more... (2001-09-05)

New genomic markers associated with risk of heart disease and early heart attack
Five short reports published simultaneously by the journal Nature Genetics have for the first time identified clusters of genetic markers associated with heart attack and coronary heart disease.   view more (2009-02-19)

Hypoxia training suppresses harmful cardiac nitric oxide production during heart attack
Researchers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas have demonstrated that, contrary to prevailing dogma, hypoxia can be remarkably beneficial to the heart. These discoveries, to be reported in the June 2008 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, may lead to a new paradigm to protect hearts of patients at... view more... (2008-05-27)

Surgery league tables could threaten access to care
Plans to publish details of the performance of individual surgeons could lead to a reluctance to treat riskier patients, according to a letter in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2002-04-16)

New research explores limits of non-invasive coronary imaging tests
If multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) shows that a patient has plaque build-up in the artery walls, does it also mean that there is actual reduced blood flow in the artery\\\   view more (2006-12-12)

Traditional Risk Assessment Tools Do Not Accurately Predict Coronary Heart Disease
The Framingham and National Cholesterol Education Program tools, NCEP, do not accurately predict coronary heart disease, according to a study performed at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT.   view more (2009-01-07)

Drug used in coronary artery bypass graft surgery may increase risk of death
Aprotinin, a drug used for limiting blood loss in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, is associated with an increased risk of death during five years following the surgery.   view more (2007-02-07)

Higher rates of infection may explain why women have higher risk of death after bypass surgery
Higher rates of infection among women undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery may explain why women have higher risk of death than men following the procedure   view more (2006-02-28)

New Heart Op` Could Lead To Fewer Complications And Reduced Costs, Says Top Surgeon
A pioneering surgical procedure could significantly cut complication rates following heart bypass operations as well as saving NHS resources, according to new research published today (Friday 5 April) in scientific journal, The Lancet.* The research, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Garfield Weston Trust [1], is the world`s... view more... (2002-04-04)

TREATING DEPRESSION IMPORTANT FOR REDUCING DEATH AFTER BYPASS SURGERY (p 604)
Issue 23 August 2003 Embargoed 0001 h (London time) 22 August 2003. Authors of a US study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how a substantial proportion of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery are clinically depressed-and that treating depression after surgery could substantially reduce the risk of death among these... view more... (2003-08-20)

Postmenopausal hormone therapy and coronary disease -- the truth of the matter
With each new publication of coronary artery disease (CAD) data from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, the inevitable reaction is "Why on earth did the WHI investigators claim in 2002-2004 that postmenopausal hormone therapy has deleterious effects on the risk for CAD, when, from the beginning, they were aware of the importance of... view more... (2007-06-21)

Wide racial disparities found in coronary artery disease deaths
African-American patients with coronary artery disease die at a significantly higher rate than white patients with the same degree of disease.   view more (2006-11-13)

Radiation Dose Can Be Reduced For "Triple Rule-Out" Coronary CT Angiography
Physicians can dramatically reduce the radiation dose delivered to patients undergoing coronary CT angiography in a "triple rule-out" protocol by simply using tube current modulation, according to a study performed at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.   view more (2009-04-06)
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