Acetaminophen shows positive in vivo cardioprotective effects in heart attack, arrhythmia
...tatistically significant variability in myocardial infarction cannot be explain on the basis of ventricular mech...to date." The study, "Acetaminophen and myocardial infarction in dogs," was written by Gary F. Merrill, Tyler H. Rork, and Norell M. Spiler at the Department of C...Novel AT2R gene transfer prevents hypertension-related enlarged heart, cardiac fibrosis
...ve effects against heart failure and/or myocardial infarction (heart attack). To see if the lentiviral vector system "can be used to drive AT2R expression with specific promoters, such as oxygen-sensitive response elements to investigate the role of this receptor in ischemia-induced heart damage." To try an...Stem cell therapy for ailing hearts
... to restore function of the heart after myocardial infarction with stem cell transplantation holds great promise for treating heart failure," writes David Stern, MD, dean of the Medical College of Georgia, and colleagues in the Cell Transplantation editorial accompanying the USF study. "Additional preclinical a......em cells from bone heal a broken heart Myocardial infarction results in irreversible damage to the heart that c... adult human stem cell transplantation. Myocardial infarction and heart failure are associated with major morbidity and mortality and there are currently limited ...Single stem cells from bone heal a broken heart
Myocardial infarction results in irreversible damage to the heart that c... adult human stem cell transplantation. Myocardial infarction and heart failure are associated with major morbidity and mortality and there are currently limited ...JCI Table of Contents, March 1, 2005
...heart from becoming a broken one Acute myocardial infarction (MI) affects 1.5 million people each year and coul...of MMP-2 prevents cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction in mice AUTHOR CONTACT:Yasunori Okada Keio Univeristy, Tokyo, Japan Phone: 81-3-5363-3763; Fax...In asthma, it's not the drugs but the inflammation that increases cardiovascular risk, damage
...1 - April 5, 2005. "Airway inflammation increases infarction after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion in mice," 12...s have been shown to play a key role in myocardial infarction (MI, or heart attack), as well as in recovery from MI. Finding the asthma mechanisms that increase...14 highlighted physiology papers from IUPS 2005: From 'genomics to functions'
...tients with asthma. "Airway inflammation increases infarction after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion in mice," Physiology 389.21. "Neutrophil degranulation and ischemia-induced expression of neutrophil chemotactic molecules are enhanced in a murine model of asthma." Physiology 691.4. Surovi Hazarika, Michael R. ...Drug lowers inflammatory markers associated with risk for heart attack
... a study in the May 11 issue of JAMA . Myocardial infarction (MI heart attack) is one of the leading causes of death in the world, according to background information in the article. The researchers in this study previously reported the identification of a gene variant that predisposes patients to MI. The gen...The effects of prenatal cocaine exposure
...adult life. Acute ischaemic injury and myocardial infarction resulting from coronary artery disease is the major cause of death among people in the western world. Despite years of research, the causes for ischaemic heart disease are incompletely understood. The new studies from Professor Zhang's research group...Alcoholics have a greater chance of infection following cardiac surgery
...e glass of red wine per day, to prevent myocardial infarction but three bottles of beer per day has been proven to harm the body. In particular, it weakens the immune system, which every operative patient needs in order to fight postoperative infections." Sander also noted that the hospital costs of alcohol-r...Survival of heart patients on beta-blockers varies greatly with genetic variation
...ar says. "Data from patients with acute myocardial infarction have shown that beta-blockers are generally effective. They are known to decrease the size of the infarct and seem to prolong survival, on average." Recent research, however, reveals that variations in the beta-adrenergic receptor genes affect the be...Gene variants linked with increased risk of death among heart patients treated with beta-blockers
...ACS patients were diagnosed with either myocardial infarction (heart attack) or unstable angina (an accelerating pattern of chest pain that lasts longer and is less responsive to medication than stable angina). Among those enrolled in the study, 597 were discharged from the hospital with beta-blocker therapy. ...Bone marrow stem cells may heal hearts even years after heart attacks
... large amount of patients with previous myocardial infarction and non-treatable complaints," said Bodo E. Straue...in global left ventricular function by 15 percent, infarction wall movement velocity rose 57 percent, and there was a significant reduction of infarct size by 30 ...Gene variants predict heart muscle damage after cardiac surgery
...edict who will be likely to suffer from myocardial infarction (MI), or heart tissue death after cardiac surgery....ed with the incidence of post-operative myocardial infarction following cardiac surgery," said Duke cardiothoracic anesthesiolologist Mihai Podgoreanu, M.D., who ...Administering stem cells to patients with myocardial infarction leads to a reduction of the infarct
...y to conclude that every patient with a myocardial infarction should be treated with stem cells. Indeed, there is still a long road to travel in the development of a medication, and no risks must be taken along the way. One of the major scientific merits of this study is that it has investigated − in a ri...Coffee consumption linked to increased risk of heart attack for persons with certain gene variation
... between coffee consumption and risk of myocardial infarction (MI heart attack) have been inconclusive. Coffee is a major source of caffeine, which is the most widely consumed stimulant in the world and has been implicated in the development of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, according to backgro...JCI Table of Contents, April 13, 2006
...ovascular effect a higher incidence of myocardial infarction was subsequently detected, causing the highly pub...-2 inhibitors increase the incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke. In addition, they propose a new therapeutic approach that retains the beneficial anti-in...Novel non-invasive imaging technology may allow precise diagnosis of coronary artery disease
...ents with diabetes or with a history of myocardial infarction and patients who have had bypass graft surgery, he added. Technological issues that need to be addressed and evaluated include assessment of improved CT technology (64 slices vs. the current 16 slices) and SPECT technology (shorter acquisition time),...Erectile dysfunction: Incidence rate linked to type and severity of coronary artery disease
...e coronary syndrome (ACS), mainly acute myocardial infarction with one blood vessel affected for example, who h...mitted to the hospital because of acute myocardial infarction who were found to have ED (a few simple questions by the doctor are enough to make a correct diagnos...