News tagged with stress cardiomyopathy
'Broken heart syndrome' no longer a myth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dying of fright or of a broken heart has long been dismissed as myth, but it’s a real phenomenon that one Northeastern physical therapy professor and researcher has observed and studied.
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Jul 13, 2009 |
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Anger management: The key to staying heart healthy?
New research published in the March 3, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds that anger-induced electrical changes in the heart can predict future arrhythmias in patients with implantable cardio ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Do all student athletes need heart screenings?
Seemingly every year there are reports of a young, apparently healthy athlete dying on the court or playing field.
Mar 23, 2011 |
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A different path to fat-related heart disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. But heart disease is more than just one disease; there are many different 'flavors' that can result from a heart attack, high blood ...
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Jan 18, 2011 |
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Aged, damaged hearts yield stem cells that could treat heart failure
Cardiac stem cells — even in elderly and sick patients — could generate new heart muscle and vessel tissue and be used to treat heart failure, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's ...
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Nov 17, 2010 |
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Study shows key enzyme in fetal heart development also involved in adult heart disease
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified for the first time an enzyme that plays vital roles in both fetal heart development and in causing cardiac hypertrophy — an enlargement of the heart ...
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Jun 30, 2010 |
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An explanation for the so-called 'broken-heart syndrome'
It seems an infarction, but it's not. It's called Tako-Tsubo syndrome, or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, and it's a rare disease which at first used to be confused with the far more common (and dangerous) cardiac infarction. ...
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Apr 08, 2010 |
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Mapping heart disease: Researchers uncover genes that may dramatically affect heart health
Though heart disease is a major cause of disability and death, very little is understood about its genetic underpinnings. Recently, an international team of investigators at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the ...
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Growth factor hit by cancer drugs also protects heart
A growth factor that is a common target of cancer drugs also plays an important role in the heart's response to stress, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report online this week in the Journal of ...
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Jan 11, 2010 |
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New genetic cause of cardiac failure discovered
Over the course of a lifetime, the heart pumps some 250 million liters of blood through the body. In the order to do this, the muscle fibers of the heart have to be extremely durable. The research group headed by Dr. Wolfgang ...
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Preventing The Sudden Death of Young Athletes From Hidden Heart Disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Few things stun a community more than when a seemingly healthy high school or collegiate athlete suddenly dies during practice or in competition from a hidden heart disorder.
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Aug 10, 2009 |
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Mending a broken heart: Study offers closer look at 'broken heart syndrome'
"Broken heart syndrome" is still a mystery to many in the medical community, but new data from researchers at The Miriam Hospital may shed some light on the clinical characteristics and outcomes of this relatively rare, life-threatening ...
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Mar 26, 2009 |
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