News tagged with cardiac biomarkers

Cardiologists uncover new heart attack warning sign

Cardiologists at the University of Connecticut Health Center have identified a protein fragment that when detected in the blood can be a predictor of heart attack.

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created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Heart attacks declined 24 percent in northern California since 2000

Heart attacks declined by 24 percent within a large, ethnically diverse, community-based population since 2000, and the relative incidence of serious heart attacks that do permanent damage declined by 62 percent, according ...

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created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diagnosing heart attacks may be a lick and a click away

A diagnostic tool developed by Rice University scientists to detect heart attacks using a person's saliva is being tested at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in collaboration with Baylor ...

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created May 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Rapid cardiac biomarker testing system developed by Singapore scientists

Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) have developed a rapid and sensitive integrated system to test simultaneously for specific cardiac biomarkers in finger prick amount of blood.

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elevated biomarkers lead to diminished quality of life in heart attack patients post-discharge

Many heart attack patients have high levels of cardiac biomarkers in the blood for several months after leaving the hospital, with more shortness of breath and chest pain, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novel biomarkers in heart failure

Several new biomarkers have been recently described in Heart Failure (HF) syndrome either in stable chronic patients as in the settings of acute decompensation. Biomarkers are used to diagnose disease risk, to predict outcome ...

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created May 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Older men more likely than women to die after pneumonia

Differing biological response to infection between men and women may explain higher death rates among older men who are hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The findings, published online in the Critical Ca ...

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created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0