Aspirin reduces cardiovascular risks in men and women -- but differently
...tive, inexpensive and widely available," said Duke cardiology fellow Jeffrey Berger, M.D, first author of a paper published Jan. 18, 2006, in the Journal of the American Medical Association. He performed much of the research while at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, under senior author cardiologist David B...New UK guidelines significantly widen criteria for heart disease and stroke prevention
...he guidelines comments: "The promise of preventive cardiology is to reduce the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. With professional lifestyle intervention and appropriate use of proven drug treatments, it is now possible to have a major impact on the commonest cause of death in the country. For people at ...Hopkins study describes potentially fatal heart condition among young athletes
...s study lead author Darshan Dalal, M.D., M.P.H., a cardiology research fellow at Hopkins. Diagnosis of ARVD is based on a four-point scale, and up to 10 cardiac tests are required to confirm a diagnosis. Electrocardiograms, or EKGs, and echocardiograms are performed to verify the origins of arrhythmia, and M...Updated infection-control guidelines focus on patients, personnel in the cardiovascular cath lab
...ted in part by the recognition that interventional cardiology procedures have become increasingly complex in rec...hambers and a panel of experts from interventional cardiology and infection control did just that, culling the most pertinent information from the Centers for Dis...Children with heart defects found to benefit from exercise
...ehabilitation is not a component of most pediatric cardiology programs." The study enrolled 19 children, aged 8 to 17, who had congenital heart disease severe enough to consider restricting their activity and showed reduced cardiac function on exercise testing. None had findings on exercise testing that might r...ESC issues policy statement on reperfusion therapy
...rica, and representatives of national societies of cardiology and ESC working groups. From this policy conferenc...nion leaders came up with several messages for the cardiology community: 1. The main objective to achieve at least 75% of reperfusion therapy within the shortest...Connective tissue cells from lungs fused with heart muscle to form biological pacemaker
...Eduardo Marbn, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chief of cardiology at Hopkins and its Heart Institute. "Such a 'biop...and out, says Hee Cheol Cho, Ph.D., a postdoctoral cardiology research fellow at Hopkins, is that the fibroblasts are found throughout the body, even in skin. "Th...Drinking decaffeinated coffee may be harmful to heart health
...and chairman of molecular, genetic, and preventive cardiology at the Fuqua Heart Center and the Piedmont-Mercer Center for Health and Learning in Atlanta, Ga. In this study researchers gave participants a nationally popular home-brewed caffeinated coffee and decaffeinated coffee brand, and coffee makers. Resea...Aspirin can cut death rates in postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease
...py," said Jeffery S. Berger, M.D., lead author and cardiology fellow at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. "Women with cardiovascular disease should be on aspirin unless there is a medical contraindication such as hypersensitivity or gastrointestinal intolerance." Data from nearly 9,000 women with ...Wide racial disparities found in heart device implantation
...e innovative and life-saving therapies," said DCRI cardiology fellow Kevin Thomas, M.D., who reported the results of his analysis Nov. 15, 2005, at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association in Dallas. "These findings are in line with other studies that have found racial disparities when i...Aggressive lowering of LDL level shows limited benefit for patients with previous heart attack
...tatin. The randomized trial was conducted at 190 cardiology care and specialist practice centers in northern Europe between March 1999 and March 2005, with a median (mid-point) follow-up of 4.8 years. The study included 8,888 patients aged 80 years or younger with a history of acute myocardial infarction (M...Postmenopausal women with heart disease should take aspirin
...ot taking aspirin is very discouraging," said Duke cardiology fellow Jeffrey Berger, M.D., who presented the results of his analysis on Nov. 14, 2005, at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association in Dallas. "Aspirin is a drug that has been used for many years it is effective, inexpensive...Aspirin reduces stroke risk in women, not men
...ion method in otherwise healthy people," said Duke cardiology fellow Jeffrey Berger, M.D., who presented the results of his analysis Nov. 14, 2005, at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association in Dallas. "Until the advent of the Women's Health Study (WHS), clinical trials included primari...Hopkins study may change rules for treating heart failure
...or and cardiologist Barry Borlaug, M.D. Borlaug, a cardiology research fellow at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart Institute, is scheduled to present the study results at the American Heart Association's annual Scientific Sessions on Nov. 15 in Dallas, Texas. In the study, the Hopkin...Heart care lacking for those with clogged leg blood vessels
...ients. The data are being presented at AHA by U-M cardiology fellow Noah Jones, M.D. They come from patients treated with PVI between 2002 and 2005 at U-M and four other hospitals. Of the 553 patients, 405 had a history of heart attack, chest pain, angioplasty or stenting on their heart arteries, or heart bypa...Stress echo tests shown to predict cardiac death, illness in higher-risk women
...olan, M.D., associate professor in the division of cardiology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Dola...Arthur Labovitz, M.D., director of the division of cardiology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine....Cells derived from heart stem cells can repair heart attack damage
... author of both studies and professor and chief of cardiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine...Barile, M.D., lead investigator of the study and a cardiology research fellow at Hopkins. "Human cardiosphere-derived cells migrated into the heart attack zone, p...Major advances in techniques, devices, medications spur update of PCI guidelines
... O'Neill, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, corporate chairman of cardiology for the William Beaumont Hospital System in Royal Oak, MI. "It's imperative that physicians and hospital administrators carefully review the guidelines, because they may be used to grade performance."...African-Americans have worse quality of life after heart attack or unstable angina
... contribution of clinical trials and registries in cardiology but often fail to recognize that there are sex and race differences in cardiovascular care. In order to optimize treatment for all Americans, we need more sex- and race-specific data, as these two articles offer," Dr. Redberg said. "Both studies shou...APIA announces the distinguished Dr. Barry Uretsky as opening speaker
...nationally renowned for his work on interventional cardiology techniques and his research on cardioprotection me...advocate of quality in all areas of interventional cardiology from minimising risk to patients and developing educational programs, to facilitating tighter netwo...