Roberto Bolli discusses cardiac stem cell treatment for heart failure at...
Heart failure affects roughly six million Americans, yet treatment consists of either a heart transplant or the insertion of mechanical devices that assist the heart. This is unacceptable to Roberto...
View ArticleIs marriage good for the heart?
Giving your heart to a supportive spouse turns out to be an excellent way to stay alive, according to new research from the University of Rochester. Happily wedded people who undergo coronary bypass...
View ArticleBeating heart problems: How a combined group therapy helps depressed cardiac...
Researchers from the Heart Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia, have demonstrated the benefits of the 8-week 'Beating Heart Problems' group programme in a randomised controlled trial. According to...
View ArticleHeart attack risk differs between men and women
Findings on coronary CT angiography (CTA), a noninvasive test to assess the coronary arteries for blockages, show different risk scenarios for men and women, according to a study presented today at the...
View ArticleOntario's first cardiac stem cell transplant performed last week
Heart failure is a leading cause of death in Canada. As part of the ongoing IMPACT-CABG clinical trial to treat advanced heart failure, physicians at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre performed the first...
View ArticleMarriage: A powerful heart drug in short supply
Married adults who undergo heart surgery are more than three times as likely as single people who have the same surgery to survive the next three months, a new study finds.
View Article'Brain training' may lessen cognitive impairments associated with coronary...
Each year in Quebec, nearly 6000 people undergo coronary bypass surgery. Recovery is long and quality of life is greatly affected, in particular because most patients experience cognitive deficits that...
View ArticleArgentina heart attack death rate nearly halved over 15 years
The 38th Argentine Congress of Cardiology takes place 5 to 7 October 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event is organised by the Argentine Society of Cardiology, which is an affiliated member of the...
View ArticleResults released for first multicenter study of hybrid revascularization
The first multicenter study of hybrid revascularization shows that the emerging procedure for treating coronary artery disease has a similar rate of major adverse events in the first year, compared...
View ArticleSimilar outcomes in older patients with on- or off-pump bypass
Older patients did as well after undergoing coronary bypass surgery off-pump as they did with the more costly "on-pump" procedure using a heart-lung machine to circulate blood and oxygen through the...
View ArticleTeam develops new method to assess options for heart-disease surgery
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a method of predicting which patients with heart disease would benefit more from surgery and which would benefit more from...
View ArticleLunar cycle affects cardiac patients undergoing acute aortic dissection,...
If you need cardiac surgery in the future, aortic dissection in particular, reach for the moon. Or at least try to schedule your surgery around its cycle. According to a study at Rhode Island Hospital,...
View ArticleNew drug may protect the heart during ischemia
Research from three Yale laboratories—in the fields of immunobiology, chemistry, and cardiology—could lead to new drugs to reduce complications during cardiac surgery or heart attacks. If they pan out...
View ArticleCommonly used intra-aortic balloon pump may have broader potential for heart...
The most frequently used mechanical circulatory assist device in the world may have untapped potential, physicians say.
View ArticleShutting off blood supply to an extremity to protect the heart
In a study just published in the International Journal of Cardiology, researchers from the K.G. Jebsen Center for Exercise in Medicine – Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG) at the Norwegian...
View ArticleStudy finds 30 percent lower risk of dying for diabetics with bypass surgery...
People with diabetes have a 30 per cent less chance of dying if they undergo coronary artery bypass surgery rather than opening the artery through angioplasty and inserting a stent, a new study has found.
View ArticleNew model better predicts risk of post-PCI bleeding
(HealthDay)—A new definition of post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) bleeding and a new predictive risk model can better identify patients at risk for bleeding complications, according to a...
View ArticleFor patients with diabetes, angioplasty and bypass surgery lead to similar...
For patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease in more than one artery, treatment with coronary artery bypass graft surgery provided slightly better health status and quality of life between 6...
View ArticlePeople with Alzheimer's disease more likely to suffer from heart...
Persons with Alzheimer's disease suffer from ischaemic heart diseases more frequently than others, yet they undergo related procedures and surgery less frequently than persons with no diagnosed AD,...
View ArticleResults of the ADVISE II trial presented
A new study supports the use of instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR), to simplify assessment and determine the severity of coronary artery disease. ADVISE II findings were presented today at the 25th...
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