Studies highlight advances in diagnosis, medical therapy
...ral regurgitation and symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath with exercise. Of these, 49 (89 %) received a MitraClip and 42 (76 %) returned home from the hospital with only mild or moderate regurgitation. After one year, 75 percent of patients had avoided surgery and 80 percent of those who had echoc...Clevidipine during heart surgery improves blood pressure control
... between lung-related or heart-related dyspnea, or shortness of breath. These peptides are natural antagonists...th from heart complications is much different from shortness of breath caused by pulmonary complications, carrying separate risks and requiring different treatme...Caring for the sick now a public health priority for developing countries
...eople experiencing incapacitation and pain through shortness of breath, constipation, diarrhoea, nausea as well as distress, depression and anxiety. New research published in the Journal of Public Health Policy, prepared by research staff at The George Institute for International Health, the School of Publi...Most young women don't recognize heart attack warning signs
...percent experienced nausea 29 percent reported shortness of breath 21 percent said they had indigestion or heartburn 8 percent felt weakness or fatigue Only about half of the women went to an emergency room within the first hour of their symptoms. "When we asked the women why they delayed going t...Percutaneous aortic valve replacement safe, successful in high-risk patients
...lt is a back-up of fluid into the lungs and severe shortness of breath with even minimal activity. With the CoreValve system, aortic valve replacement is performed by threading a special delivery catheter through the femoral artery in the groin and into the aorta in a direction opposite, or retrograde, to th...Study offers clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'
...chest pain, in 70 percent of patients, followed by shortness of breath in 33 percent. All patients had ECG changes suggestive of an acute coronary syndrome, a term that encompasses both heart attack and unstable angina. Troponin-I, a blood test for heart damage, was positive in 95 percent of patients. Twenty p...SCAI Founders' Lecture highlights remarkable progress in catheter-based aortic valve replacement
...o the rest of the body. Patients typically develop shortness of breath, heart failure, chest pain, and sometimes lightheadedness and fainting. Surgery to replace the aortic valve is very effective, but it involves opening the chest and requires a lengthy recovery. At least one-third of elderly patients with ...Atypical pathogen treatment vital in hospitalized CAP patients
...ctors: improved clinical signs (improved cough and shortness of breath), lack of fever for at least eight hours, a decrease by at least 10 percent from the previous day in the number of leukocytes (white blood cells), and the ability to take oral nourishment. The authors point out that estimates show mortali...Researchers begin randomized double-blind trial of airway bypass treatment for emphysema
...urn, may relieve severe emphysema symptoms such as shortness of breath. Leading pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons at medical centers around the world are participating in the EASE Trial to study the safety and effectiveness of airway bypass in people struggling with severe homogenous (or diffuse) emphysem...Exercise test may help predict mortality risk in heart failure patients
... cases diagnosed each year. The primary symptom is shortness of breath. The goal of the study was to evaluate...to understand the cause of some of the symptoms of shortness of breath and exercise intolerance," said Moore. "The test has been previously reported as a good in...Novel candidate biomarker for heart failure also strongly predicts risk of death
...e the presence of heart failure among patient with shortness of breath and powerfully predict the risk that a p...s of heart failure in emergency room patients with shortness of breath. In addition NT-proBNP strongly predicted death among such patients. Recent smaller s......der, as well as any patient who experiences cough, shortness of breath with exertion, or wheezing, ask their doctor about having a spirometry test performed....