News tagged with cardiac events
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Severe psoriasis linked to major adverse cardiovascular events
Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease, and if severe, has been demonstrated to be a risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease. However, the degree to which psoriasis is associated with major adverse cardiac events ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Chest pain med is effective for refractory angina, but adherence problematic
Ranolazine (Ranexa, Gilead) is an effective anti-anginal therapy in patients with refractory angina; however, at one year only 59 percent of patients remained on the drug, according to a scientific poster that will be presented ...
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Apr 04, 2011 |
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Despite uncertain benefit, fibrates commonly used in US, Canada
Although recent evidence suggests that the clinical benefit may be uncertain for fibrates, a class of drugs used for the treatment of high lipid levels, use of these drugs is common in the U.S. and Canada, with usage increasing ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Scientists identify new marker for heart disease
A new study from the Libin Cardiovascular Institute at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine is shedding light on an underlying cause of heart disease.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Integrative Medicine: Cognitive behavioral therapy
We know that the state of the mind has a lot to do with how healthy the body is. An interesting study published this month in the Annals of Internal Medicine demonstrates the mind-body connection yet again - this time ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Coronary imaging enhances ability to identify plaques likely to cause future heart disease
Results from the PROSPECT clinical trial shed new light on the types of vulnerable plaque that are most likely to cause sudden, unexpected adverse cardiac events, and on the ability to identify them through imaging techniques ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 20, 2011 |
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First in man SESAME stent trial demonstrates 100 percent acute success rate
A new study revealed that the novel self-expanding super-elastic all-metal endoprosthesis stent (SESAME StentTM) used in patients undergoing angioplasty of degenerated saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions has 100% acute success, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Computer-automated monitoring system may help identify medical devices with potential safety risks
Implementation in Massachusetts of a computer-automated safety surveillance system of clinical outcomes registries for cardiovascular devices resulted in the identification of a drug-releasing stent that had significantly ...
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests
(AP) -- Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. Duke University researchers found a link between how a key stock index performed and how many heart attacks ...
Mar 13, 2010 |
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Home is best for cardiac rehabilitation
Researchers from the NHS in Cornwall, the Peninsula Medical School, the Agency for Health Technology Assessment in Warsaw and the University of Birmingham have analysed 12 studies relating to cardiac rehabilitation and found ...
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers
Physicians should "throttle back" from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients before non-cardiac surgeries, according to a report by the University of Michigan released online this week.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Severe asymptomatic heart disease may accompany narrowing in leg arteries
Results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) reveal that one in five patients with narrowing or blockage in arteries that supply ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 01, 2009 |
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ACC/AHA revised guidelines for the perioperative use of beta blockers to minimize cardiac risk
Cardiac complications around the time of noncardiac surgery are relatively common and can be serious. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) today release a Focused Update to the ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Heart patients running the red light on traffic restrictions
More than half of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) don't get any counselling on their ability to drive after angioplasty - and this could be putting lives in danger, Dr. Ravi Bajaj told the 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Patient hopelessness linked to poor cardiac rehab, researchers find
(PhysOrg.com) -- Feelings of hopelessness lead to decreased participation in rehabilitation for patients recovering from cardiac events such as a heart attack, according to a team of researchers led by a Michigan State University ...
Oct 22, 2009 |
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