Lots
of heart disease patients have calcium deposits in their arteries.
One study
of heart disease patients found that a daily dose of pomegranate juice over three months showed improvements in blood flow to the heart.
Good news: A recent research letter in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that only 0.7 %
of heart disease patients who'd suffered a heart attack reported having had sex within an hour before the attack, showing it's highly unlikely that sex is a trigger.
In the current work, researchers applied a new approach called genome - wide association, which utilizes a set of markers spanning the entire genome, to compare the DNA
of heart disease patients with that of healthy people (ScienceNOW, 26 April).
Not exact matches
In a surprising twist, Merck's anacetrapib, a
heart disease drug, produced strong results in a large clinical trial
of 30,000
patients, according to the company.
But they've been hampered by somewhat skeptical physicians who still aren't sure that the drugs are worth their price (their topline costs are around $ 14,000 per treatment course); part
of the problem is that it's unclear whether or not those dramatic cholesterol reductions actually translate into broader health outcomes like a reduced risk
of stroke or
heart attack in
heart disease patients.
The U.S. health care system faces ever - growing costs, and a good portion
of that is devoted to caring for
patients with chronic health conditions like diabetes, obesity, and
heart disease.
A handful
of Biotech companies, including SynCardia, Carmat and AbioCor are in various stages
of developing a truly permanent mechanical
heart that could replace a
patient's
diseased heart and carry them through the rest
of their lifetime, the Verge reports.
The Xarelto partnership is seeking additional approved uses, with trials underway in
patients with acute coronary syndrome, and for reduction
of major adverse cardiovascular events in
patients with
heart failure or peripheral artery
disease.
Quality
of life is certainly an important metric, but it's easier to manage diabetes or
heart disease in a living
patient compared to the alternative.
«I've begun hearing about doctors around the country who are medicating their
patients with nature in order to prevent or treat health problems ranging from
heart disease to attention deficit disorder,» says Daphne Miller, MD, family physician and associate clinical professor at the University
of California, San Francisco.
One large trial in
patients with
heart disease showe d that supplementing with 1 gram
of omega - 3 per day reduced their risk
of death by 20 %.
This study provides detailed anaesthetic and peripartum management
of women with congenital
heart disease, a
patient population in whom evidence - based practice and data are largely lacking.
These factors are commonly used to assess
heart disease risk because they provide early warning
of potential problems in
patients who do not yet have
heart disease.
When polled about the emotional effects
of having a
disease,
patients with psoriasis rank higher than those with cancer and
heart disease.
Sir Roger Boyle, who retired as the Government's National Director
of Heart Disease at the weekend, accuses the Health Secretary
of squandering past gains in treatment because
of his obsession with opening up the NHS to private contractors, at the expense
of patients.
The current NCEP guidelines, published in 2001 and revised in 2004, recommend statins for
heart disease patients with LDL («bad») cholesterol levels greater than 70 milligrams per deciliter
of blood and for people who have a moderately elevated risk
of heart disease as well as LDL levels above 100 mg / dL.
«Could there be a reason why
heart disease patients or diabetics or even just obesity maybe would get exposed to higher levels
of BPA than the rest
of us?»
The next step
of the research, conducted in collaboration with David Lynch, MD, PhD, a professor
of Neurology at Children's Hospital
of Philadelphia (CHOP), showed that statins may be able to help Friedreich's ataxia
patients increase their naturally low ApoA - I levels and so increase their HDL levels, which might help prevent
heart disease.
I chose cardiology, and specifically
heart failure, because I wanted to work in a subspecialty where I could care for a group
of patients over time, in my case
patients with chronic
heart disease.
Through shortened
patient examination times, higher
patient throughput, and lower cost per MRI examination, EPI may become a powerful tool for early diagnosis
of some common and potentially treatable
diseases such as ischemic
heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
«Sepsis is the leading cause
of death in intensive care units in the United States, and
patients with the diagnosis
of sepsis have a minimum
of a 30 percent chance
of dying
of their
disease; if their vital organ systems — brain,
heart, lungs, liver, kidneys — are affected, they have a 70 percent chance
of dying.
Breast cancer
patients may be at an increased risk
of cardiovascular
diseases including
heart failure and may benefit from a treatment approach that weighs the benefits of specific therapies against potential damage to the heart, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circula
heart failure and may benefit from a treatment approach that weighs the benefits
of specific therapies against potential damage to the
heart, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circula
heart, according to a new scientific statement from the American
Heart Association published in its journal Circula
Heart Association published in its journal Circulation.
In addition, some
patient groups and members
of Congress have recently asked why AIDS receives disproportionately far more than
diseases with higher death rates, such as
heart disease and Alzheimer's.
To qualify,
patients must be an acceptable surgical risk and be defined as either severely obese with a BMI
of 40 or greater or have a BMI
of 35 or greater with at least one related condition: diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity - related cardiomyopathy or
heart muscle
disease or severe joint
disease.
For example, I teach most
patients simple breathing techniques that come from yoga, which I have found to be strikingly effective for an incredible range
of conditions, from
heart arrhythmia and high blood pressure to chronic digestive problems, such as irritable bowel syndrome and reflux
disease.
Dr Hashimoto said: «Hemodialysis
patients are at increased risk
of sudden cardiac death because they often have latent ischaemic
heart disease which reduces blood flow to the
heart.
Cardiac function assessment for
heart failure, coronary angiography for ischaemic
heart disease and Holter ECG monitoring for lethal arrhythmias can identify the type
of myocardial injury and help physicians select a prophylactic therapeutic strategy against sudden cardiac death in hemodialysis
patients.»
Some
heart disease patients may not be able to grow new blood vessels around blocked arteries because they can't make enough
of a vital protein, according to a report in the latest issue
of Circulation.
Professor Cyrus Cooper, Director
of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and Professor
of Rheumatology at the University
of Southampton, says: «This is one
of the first studies to use this technology to explore bone geometry, density and microstructure in
patients with
heart disease.
Medical scientists, on the other hand, are crunching billions
of data points culled from millions
of patients about genetic mutations that make people more vulnerable to
diseases like diabetes,
heart disease and cancer.
For the study, researchers measured the level
of calcium in the coronary arteries during stress testing using two common diagnostic tests — positron emission tomography, or PET, and computed tomography, or CT — to determine a
patient's risk
of heart disease.
However, in the largest study
of its kind so far, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg have now shown that the risk
of death from
heart disease in breast cancer
patients following radiotherapy or chemotherapy is no higher than it is among the average population.
Diabetic
patients suffer from high blood glucose or sugar, putting them at risk
of heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, nerve damage, blindness, and other complications.
By 2002 the results were positive enough for the American
Heart Association panel on which Kris - Etherton sat to issue a statement recommending increased fish consumption for the general public and daily consumption or supplements of fish oil for coronary heart disease pati
Heart Association panel on which Kris - Etherton sat to issue a statement recommending increased fish consumption for the general public and daily consumption or supplements
of fish oil for coronary
heart disease pati
heart disease patients.
«It is particularly good news for the large number
of affected
patients that if they are in good medical care and have survived breast cancer, they do not need to be more worried about deadly
heart diseases than women at the same age without breast cancer.»
The current study is a retrospective review
of imaging and medical records
of eight
patients with congenital
heart disease (CHD) with elevated central venous pressure complicated by PLE who underwent lymphatic imaging and interventions at CHOP.
In this approach, a
patient's individual risk
of suffering
heart disease due to breast cancer treatment will be taken into account already when choosing the adequate therapy.
The researchers, from Children's Hospital
of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine, focused on protein - losing enteropathy (PLE), a severe loss
of proteins in the intestine that is a rare but potentially life - threatening side effect
of staged
heart surgery in
patients with single - ventricle
disease.
«Our findings show that a specific genetic marker (known as allele * 2
of the HS1, 2 A enhancer region) influences not just
disease activity in RA
patients, but also response to therapy in the early stages
of their
disease,» said lead investigator Dr Gabriele Di Sante
of the Institute
of Rheumatology and Related Sciences, Catholic University
of the Sacred
Heart, Rome, Italy.
«These findings highlight the importance
of screening and treatment
of heart disease risks factors to limit not only health care costs, but prevent morbidity and mortality for RA
patients.»
Rapamycin can make
patients susceptible to some opportunistic infections and has been linked to hyperglycemia, which can cause type 2 diabetes, and high levels
of triglycerides in the blood, which can contribute to
heart disease.
Richard J. McManus, F.R.C.G.P.,
of the University
of Oxford, and colleagues randomly assigned 552
patients with hypertension and a history
of stroke, coronary
heart disease, diabetes, or chronic kidney
disease to self - monitoring
of blood pressure combined with an individualized self - titration algorithm or a control group (
patients received usual care consisting
of seeing their health care clinician for routine blood pressure measurement and adjustment
of medication if necessary).
The clear result
of this clinical study — that the combination reduced strokes,
heart attacks and cardiovascular death by practically 25 per cent compared to either drug alone in both
patients with stable coronary or peripheral artery
disease — caused the clinical trial to be stopped early, after 23 months, in February 2017.
In the United States, about 720,000 residents experience a
heart attack annually, which means that hundreds
of thousands
of heart patients are living with the disabling complications
of heart disease who could benefit from therapies to repair and regenerate damaged
heart tissue.
An improvement on the famous Markowitz theorem may have the potential to not only more accurately predict the next financial crises, but also the outbreak
of pests and
diseases, or whether a
patient will have a
heart attack in two hours or not.
In his book, The Cholesterol Myths: Exposing the Fallacy That Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Cause
Heart Disease, Swedish physician Uffe Ravnskov asserts that as of 1998, 27 studies on diet and heart disease had been published regarding 34 groups of patients; in 30 of those groups investigators found no difference in animal fat consumption between those who had heart disease and those who did
Heart Disease, Swedish physician Uffe Ravnskov asserts that as of 1998, 27 studies on diet and heart disease had been published regarding 34 groups of patients; in 30 of those groups investigators found no difference in animal fat consumption between those who had heart disease and those who d
Disease, Swedish physician Uffe Ravnskov asserts that as
of 1998, 27 studies on diet and
heart disease had been published regarding 34 groups of patients; in 30 of those groups investigators found no difference in animal fat consumption between those who had heart disease and those who did
heart disease had been published regarding 34 groups of patients; in 30 of those groups investigators found no difference in animal fat consumption between those who had heart disease and those who d
disease had been published regarding 34 groups
of patients; in 30
of those groups investigators found no difference in animal fat consumption between those who had
heart disease and those who did
heart disease and those who d
disease and those who did not.
«Because there is more attention to
heart disease in women,
patients as well as physicians may be more aware
of this and doing a better job
of alerting women
of their risk.
Two classes
of blood pressure medications, angiotensin - converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), are associated with a 16 % lower risk
of strokes,
heart attacks and death in
patients with end - stage renal
disease who are undergoing peritoneal dialysis, a new study in the journal, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, reports.
The study, published today in Science, uncovers the key role
of the protein YME1 in the regulation
of the number, type and shape
of mitocondria, and demonstrates that its absence induces a metabolic defect typical
of patients with
heart disease.