News tagged with angiotensin converting enzyme
Does gene show link between migraine and stroke or heart attacks?
New research looks at whether a gene variant may affect the link between migraine and stroke or heart attacks. The study is published in the February 17, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academ ...
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Feb 16, 2009 |
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ACC/AHA issue first clinical guidance for controlling high blood pressure in the elderly
Hypertension is very common among older adults. 64 percent of older men and 78 percent of older women have high blood pressure, placing them at heightened risk for heart disease including heart failure, stroke, coronary artery ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Researchers gain new clues about how to prevent aortic aneurysm in patients with Marfan syndrome
Five years ago, patients with Marfan syndrome received new hope when laboratory studies suggested that losartan, an FDA-approved drug used to treat high blood pressure, might prevent the potentially deadly enlargement of ...
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Apr 14, 2011 |
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Key guideline-recommended therapies improve survival for heart failure patients
A UCLA-led study has found that adherence to national guideline–recommended therapies for heart failure in an outpatient practice setting significantly lowered the mortality rate of heart failure patients.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Case study reports singing lowers patient's blood pressure prior to surgery
Doctors report that singing reduced the blood pressure of a 76-year-old woman who had experienced severe preoperative hypertension prior to total knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis (OA). While the patient was unresponsive ...
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Mar 30, 2011 |
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Combination ACE inhibitor therapy increases risk of kidney failure and death
Elderly patients prescribed combination angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) had a higher risk of kidney failure and death, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...
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Mar 21, 2011 |
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International Women's Day provides a 'red alert' for women's hearts
On International Women's Day (8th March), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is calling for action to reduce the gender disparities that are currently resulting in women receiving second rate cardiovascular (CV) care. ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Controlling the rising costs of cardiovascular care
Canada's health care system could have saved $77 million in 2006 if it had adopted a more restrictive policy on the cardiovascular drugs angiotensin receptor blockers without a negative impact on cardiovascular health, according ...
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Post-heart attack, patients with lower kidney function not taking prescribed meds
Among older adults with a recent heart attack (myocardial infarction), those with lower levels of kidney function are less likely to take their medications as prescribed, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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A pounding heart may be dangerous for some kidney patients
Among older adults with a recent heart attack (myocardial infarction), those with lower levels of kidney function are less likely to take their medications as prescribed, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue ...
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Jan 13, 2011 |
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Some heart attack rates declining and survival improving
Coronary syndromes vary in severity, ranging from unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the most severe diagnosis. Little data exist ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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