Debate focuses on door-to-balloon time in heart attack treatment
(May 11, 2007ORLANDO, FL) -- In the treatment of heart attack, the 90-minute goal for inflation of an ang... Arbor. Many studies have shown that the size of a heart attack and the risk of death are directly related to the amount of time the heart is ischemic, or st...Bare-metal stents are better for some heart patients
...ting stents are effective in keeping open diseased heart arteries, they should not be used for patients who...rdiac surgery a short time after an interventional heart procedure. A presentation at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions in Orlando...Experts debate role of stenting, bypass surgery in left main coronary artery disease
... studies that are underpowered for either death or heart attack does not warrant use of PCI, especially in ...ric side effects are common following the use of a heart pump to circulate blood during surgery, for example. Equally important, a large percentage of bypass...SCAI'S Hildner Lecture traces progress through 30 years of interventional cardiology
...er new treatment options to patients with valvular heart disease, replacing diseased aortic valves and repa... walls that divide the right and left sides of the heart with catheter-mounted "patches." They are investigating new ways to identify and treat inflamed plaq...SCAI Founders' Lecture highlights remarkable progress in catheter-based aortic valve replacement
...r pioneered the development of the Cribier-Edwards heart valve, a replacement aortic valve composed of biol...ng force for catheter-based therapies for valvular heart disease since the mid-1980s. He has brought us to where we are today, with continually evolving tech...SCAI's 'Therapies in Evolution' showcases exciting future of interventional cardiology
...ly involves opening the chest and cutting into the heart or aortaa surgical procedure some patients are not...apen valve leaflets at birth or enlargement of the heart during heart failure, which stretches the valve opening and prevents the leaflets from fitting toget...Study offers clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'
(May 10, 2007ORLANDO, FL)The causes of "broken heart syndrome" remain a mystery, but doctors will soon ...kotsubo cardiomyopathy, informally known as broken heart syndrome because it is often preceded by an emotional or physical shock of some kind and almost alwa...Novel catheter technique successfully patches holes in the heart
...novel catheter technique for patching holes in the heart may make it possible for many patients to avoid su...atients with acute VSDs may be critically ill with heart failure and perhaps be in cardiogenic shock," said Matthew W. Martinez, M.D., a cardiology fellow at...ENDEAVOR III Trial reports key findings on new-generation stent
... with the two stents: The combined rates of death, heart attack, and repeat procedures were 8.2 percent in both groups of patients. At the Orlando SCAI meeting, Martin Leon, M.D., FSCAI, a professor of medicine and associate director of the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy at Columbia Universi...Panel offers expert analysis on causes, prevention of stent thrombosis
...mesh tubes that prop open narrowed arteries in the heart while slowly releasing a medication to prevent the...stents. When this occurs, the patient may suffer a heart attack or even die. The annual meeting symposium will address several key topics related to stent...Percutaneous aortic valve replacement safe, successful in high-risk patients
...he size of the aortic valve and in the severity of heart failure. To evaluate the CoreValve system, Anit...e narrowing, or stenosis, of the aortic valve, the heart has difficulty pumping blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body. The result is a back-u...Most young women don't recognize heart attack warning signs
..., May 10 Most women 55 years and younger who have heart attacks don't recognize warning signs, researchers... represent less than 5 percent of all hospitalized heart disease patients, but because so many heart attacks occur in the United State each year, even this s...Employee health program improves blood pressure, diabetes control
... the need for a program that focused on preventing heart and blood vessel disease, said Sharon A. Clark, D.H.Sc., lead author of the study and JEA's health promotion specialist. "With an aging workforce, we were concerned with making a change to the modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease for o...Patients with 'bleeding' strokes less likely to get prevention treatment
...obesity and cigarette smoking are risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Smoking, in particular, is a ...ving a low cholesterol level is protective against heart attacks and ischemic strokes. "For people with high cholesterol who are at risk for heart attacks a...JCI table of contents: May 10, 2007
...e.php?id=30575 CARDIOLOGY Protecting the heart against mechanical stress Enlargement or overgrowth of heart cells known as cardiomyocytes cardiac hypertrophy is a common event in many heart diseases, and oc...Scientists from the CIMA investigate a molecule for diagnosing hypertensive cardiopathy
...venting or controlling the damaging effects on the heart suffered by patients with this disease. In Spain, ... the harmful impact of diabetes and obesity on the heart and the arteries. In this sense, they presented pharmaceutical advances that can lead to a revolutio...Chunky adolescents' cardiovascular health is headed in wrong direction
...olic blood pressure (the top number taken when the heart is contracting) as he looked across the three cate...increase in the size of the pumping chamber of the heart an indicator its working harder from the thinnest to heaviest adolescents. "Youth at risk of ove...... ESC Honorary Lecture: The future of Biomarkers in heart failure - E. Braunwald (US) Sunday 10 June: ...iomarkers are better than clinicians in diagnosing heart failure: Pro. S.D.Anker (Berlin,DE) Con. I.S.Anand (Edina, US) Room 3 at 16.00 The adult hum...Procedural changes may reduce cardiac arrests outside pediatric ICUs
...never warning signs indicated a patient's lungs or heart might stop working. Previously, staff summoned th... different in children than in adults. In adults, heart stoppages mostly result from a heart attack or electric malfunction of the heart. Children rarely h......sk of developing cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke, according to an analysis condu...of chronic diseases we have in the West, including heart disease, are due, in part, to a diet full of processed foods," Mellen said. "Subsequent studies hav...