News tagged with acute myocardial ischemia

Sensor Detects Onset of Acute Myocardial Ischemia

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have fabricated and tested a unique biosensor that measures concentrations of potassium and hydrogen ions in the human heart with high specificity. The ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Activation of PPAR α/γ mediates remote IPC against myocardial infarction

Although vast improvements have been made in the clinical care of patients suffering from an acute myocardial infarction, heart attacks still remain the No.1 cause of death in the western world. A promising approach in overcoming ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Studies show everolimus-eluting stent implantation reduces restenosis and repeat revasculariztion

Two new studies have determined that everolimus-eluting stent (EES) implantation reduced the incidence of restenosis and repeat revascularization in patients with calcified culprit lesions, and had fewer clinical events. ...

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created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inhibition of GRK2 is protective against acute cardiac stress injuries

Inhibition of a protein known to contribute to heart failure also appears to be protective of the heart in more acute cardiac stress injury, namely ischemia reperfusion, according to two studies conducted at the Center for ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell transplantation and cardiac repair

The frontiers of cell transplantation for cardiac repair are discussed in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (Vol. 18 No.3), now available on-line.

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug-eluting stents more effective than bare-metal stents in heart attack patients

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, together with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), announced that its landmark study comparing the safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents ...

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created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Efficacy of stents is improved when their placement is determined by arterial blood flow measurement

Reperfusion therapy in the form of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is now the recommended first treatment for victims of acute myocardial infarction. New European guidelines issued in November 2008 emphasised speed ...

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created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Findings released from 1 of the largest percutaneous coronary intervention trials ever

A study led by Gregg W. Stone, M.D., professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian and chairman of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, has shown that heart attack patients who were administered ...

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created May 23, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


List of search results for acute myocardial ischemia