Aims: To evaluate the utility of intrathoracic impedance monitoring for detecting heart failure (HF) deterioration in patients with an implanted cardiac...
Another trial has confirmed that lowering homocysteine with B vitamins does not reduce cardiovascular risk. The Western Norway B- Vitamin Intervention Trial...
Aficionados of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for heart failure have been looking to echocardiography and its various function-assessing offshoots to...
Patients with ST-elevation MI (STEMI) who receive drug-eluting stents (DES) face more than a fourfold increased risk of dying than do patients who receive...
Increasingly, the clinical benefits of statin therapy in patients with heart failure don't seem to be much about cholesterol. The results of a randomized pilot...
Dr Irene M Lang (University of Vienna, Austria) told heartwire: "It is dreadful, there are no options for these patients who cannot be operated on and who do...
New data presented this week has shown that the novel antianginal agent ranolazine (Ranexa, CV Therapeutics, Palo Alto, CA), an inhibitor of the late phase of...
A new study using a mouse model of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) has revealed an early step in the process by which a mutant DM gene leads to cardiac...
Results of a large randomized trial suggest that the risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) associated with dual-chamber pacing in patients with sinus-node disease...
Hemoglobin A1c is an independent predictor of type 2 diabetes, but not cardiovascular disease, among healthy middle-aged and older women. "Hemoglobin A1c...
A 30-year, nationwide study in Iceland has shown that sudden cardiovascular death among the young is more common than previously thought. Dr Gunnar Thor...
A short period of sleep deprivation causes changes in hormonal glucose regulation, with a strong effect on pancreatic islet secretion, a decrease in glucagon...
One-year results from the STEEPLE trial, presented by Dr Gilles Montalescot (Hôpital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France) at the 2007 European Society of...
Three studies with the new long-acting factor X inhibitor idraparinux (Sanofi-Aventis) have shown mixed results [1,2]. While the new agent showed similar...
A new study has shown that brief exposure to dilute diesel-exhaust fumes during exercise promotes myocardial ischemia and inhibits endogenous fibrinolytic...
The use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), an imaging technology used primarily in research, has allowed investigators to detect the accumulation of...
Even moderately overweight individuals have an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) that is independent of the effects of their weight on blood...
Nearly two thirds of US adults are overweight, leading to increased mortality and adverse health outcomes, including CHD. A BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 kg/m2 is...
A new study has shown an association between following the Mediterranean diet and a reduced mortality in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). "In previous...
One of the first large studies to look at the prognostic capabilities of multislice computed tomography angiography (CTA) suggests that the modality can...
Progression to type 2 diabetes is typically preceded by moderate followed by rapid increases in glucose levels, according to findings reported in the August...
Two years of testosterone replacement had little effect on carbohydrate tolerance, insulin secretion or glucose tolerance in elderly men with testosterone...
The RE-NOVATE study, showing the new oral anticoagulant dabigatran etexilate (Boehringer Ingelheim) to be as effective as enoxaparin in preventing venous...
The European Commission has approved daptomycin intravenous infusion for the treatment of right-sided infective endocarditis and bacteremia caused by...
Alterations in platelet plug formation occur in patients with thyroid diseases, which may help account for the blood coagulation abnormalities observed in...
The combination of zonisamide and bupropion is more effective than zonisamide alone in helping obese women lose weight, results of a preliminary study suggest....
Even in nondiabetics, increased HbA1c levels are associated with a significantly increased risk of nonfatal cardiovascular disease after other cardiovascular...
Paclitaxel- and sirolimus-eluting stents are associated with similar clinical outcomes at 9 months, new research shows, and with either type, rates of clinical...
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