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Friend or foe? How the body's clot-busting system speeds up atherosclerosis
Sometimes it's hard to tell friends from foes, biologically speaking. Naturally produced in the body, urokinase plasminogen activator and plasminogen interact to break up blood clots and recruit clean-up cells to clear away debris related to inflammation. In fact, urokinase manufactured as a drug effectively clears clogged arteries by generating... view more... (2008-10-31)

Depression and cardiovascular disease
Depression has long had a popular link to cardiovascular disease and death. However, only during the last 15 years scientific evidence supporting this common wisdom has been available (Glassman et al., 2007a). Since the early 1990s studies have reported prevalences of major depression between 17% and 27% in hospitalized patients with coronary... view more... (2007-10-16)

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)

Study warns of growing cardiovascular disease epidemic in China
As more people in China adopt Western diets and lifestyles, many are developing a cluster of cardiovascular disease risk factors.   view more (2006-04-14)

Learning the risks for stroke - and taking action
With this theme in mind, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) emphasises that most of the risks for stroke are also the major risks for coronary heart disease - and thus the object of the ESC's far-reaching prevention programme.   view more (2009-10-26)

Cerebral embolic protection and carotid stent systems
High-risk surgical patients in community hospital settings can safely benefit from the use of new embolus-removing and stent-inserting systems, according to a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology's Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit in New Orleans, La.   view more (2007-03-27)

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)

Study finds African Americans at greater risk after PCI
A study from one of the largest public health systems in the country has found that African American patients experienced significantly worse outcomes after angioplasty and stenting than patients of other races, though researchers are not sure why.   view more (2009-05-11)

Comprehensive cardiac CT scan may give clearer picture of significant heart disease
A team of researchers led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) radiologists has developed a computed-tomography-based protocol that identifies both narrowing of coronary arteries and areas of myocardial ischemia - restricted blood flow to heart muscle tissue - giving a better indication of clinically significant coronary artery disease.   view more (2009-09-16)

U of M study: Early treatment can reverse heart damage
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered that treating people who have early cardiovascular abnormalities, but show no symptoms of cardiovascular disease, can slow progression and even reverse damage to the heart and blood vessels.   view more (2007-08-28)

Use of pulmonary artery catheterization does not show benefit for severe heart failure patients
Hospitalized patients with severe congestive heart failure did not experience a benefit from use of pulmonary artery catheterization, but had more adverse events, according to a study in the October 5 issue of JAMA.   view more (2005-10-05)

The food-energy cellular connection revealed
Our body's activity levels fall and rise to the beat of our internal drums-the 24-hour cycles that govern fundamental physiological functions, from sleeping and feeding patterns to the energy available to our cells.   view more (2009-10-16)

Updated guideline: Carotid endarterectomy beneficial for stroke prevention in some patients
Carotid endarterectomy is the most frequently performed operation to prevent stroke. There is scientific evidence to support its use to prevent future stroke.   view more (2005-09-27)

Many patients still missing out on drugs to cut heart attacks and stroke
Many patients who need statins to cut their risk of heart attacks and stroke are missing out, particularly the elderly, finds research in Heart.   view more (2003-03-17)

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)

Unique vascular dysfunction in women's heart disease described in major journal supplement
Although ischemic heart disease - the reduction of blood flow that can lead to heart attacks - is often considered a "man's disease," it takes the lives of more women than men each year. In fact, in 2000, about 60,000 more women than men died from cardiovascular disease.   view more (2006-02-06)

New research suggests hearts are experts at self-preservation
Bristol researchers have identified a heart protection mechanism in mice that surgeons and cardiologists may be able to exploit to improve treatments for patients in future.   view more (2007-10-01)

Stanford analysis shows little difference in risk rates for angioplasty, bypass procedures
Patients with heart disease who undergo coronary angioplasty have an equivalent risk of death and heart attack as patients who undergo coronary bypass surgery, according to Stanford University School of Medicine researchers.   view more (2007-10-16)

Study reveals ethnic differences in treatment for heart disease
South Asian patients are less likely to receive treatment for coronary artery disease than white patients, finds a study in this week's BMJ.   view more (2002-02-27)

Irregular heartbeat linked to genetic mutation, Mayo Clinic study shows
Every day for 10 years, a seemingly heart-healthy 53-year-old woman experienced rapid and irregular heartbeats. She had no personal or family history of hypertension or hyperthyroidism.   view more (2007-02-26)
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