News tagged with valvular disease
UK ill prepared for 'epidemic' of degenerative valvular heart disease
The UK is poorly prepared for the forthcoming epidemic of degenerative valvular heart disease, prompted by a rapidly ageing population, say leading experts in the journal Heart.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Heart failure: Women different than men
Striking differences in the risk factors for developing heart failure (HF) and patient prognosis exist between men and women. Men and women may also respond differently to treatment, raising concerns about whether current ...
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Jul 27, 2009 |
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Researchers link gene mutations to Ebstein's anomaly
Ebstein's anomaly is a rare congenital valvular heart disease. Now, in patients with this disease, researchers of the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the University of Newcastle, UK and the Max Delbrück ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Gene alteration in mice mimics heart-building effect of exercise
By tweaking a single gene, scientists have mimicked in sedentary mice the heart-strengthening effects of two weeks of endurance training, according to a report from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...
Dec 23, 2010 |
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Researchers establish new rule to predict risk of stroke, death from surgery that prevents it
It's a medical Catch-22: carotid artery surgery can itself cause stroke, but so can asymptomatic carotid disease if left untreated.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Researchers identify rising incidence of valvular heart diseases in New York state
The incidence of hospitalization and treatment for heart valve diseases in New York State has constantly and progressively risen since the early 1980s, according to research presented at the recent meeting of the American ...
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Dec 02, 2010 |
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Elderly patients in need of heart valve replacements have alternative to surgery
Doctors at the University Heart Center in Hamburg, Germany successfully used transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation in elderly patients with degenerated bioprostheses in aortic and mitral position. This minimally invasive ...
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Valve-in-valve implants via catheter effective in high-risk patients
Replacing failing artificial animal-based heart valves by implanting mechanical valves inside them is an effective option for high-risk patients, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart As ...
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Heart failure hospitalization rates rise among nation's seniors
Heart failure is reaching epidemic levels among seniors in the United States, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008.
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Nov 09, 2008 |
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Study reveals continued damage from banned obesity drug
Fenfluramine, the appetite suppressant drug banned in the US in 1997 due to fears over its links to heart conditions, has been shown to have serious long-term effects. In a report published today in the open access journal ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 06, 2008 |
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