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American Heart News - Heart News
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
found that using cannabis has a significant association with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, independent of tobacco use, with higher odds among the adults. Research Highlights: An analysis of survey data for 430,000 adults in the U.S.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
DECEMBER 31, 2024
government's premier research body has made an important discovery that could help create new drugs to lower "bad" cholesterol, and hopefully prevent heart attacks and stroke.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
OCTOBER 16, 2024
With heart attacks, every second counts. A new blood test diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
OCTOBER 9, 2024
A history of COVID-19 can double the risk of heart attack, stroke or death according to new research led by Cleveland Clinic and the University of Southern California.
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
APRIL 8, 2024
Half of all patients discharged from hospital after a heart attack are treated with beta-blockers unnecessarily, new study suggests.
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American Heart News - Heart News
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Research Highlights: An analysis of UK Biobank health data that included adults who had mild to severe COVID-19 before vaccines were available found an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death among those adults during the nearly three-year.
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
MAY 22, 2024
Researchers have mapped the immune response in heart attacks and identified signatures that correlate with the clinical progression.
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
MARCH 7, 2024
We all have microplastics in our bodies , but if they show up in carotid artery tissues, patients are nearly two times as likely to experience a stroke, heart attack or related death, according to a study published March 7 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
OCTOBER 30, 2024
New research suggests older adults wait 3-6 months after a heart attack before elective noncardiac surgery to reduce the risk of serious complications like stroke or another heart attack.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
JANUARY 24, 2025
A specially designed drug prevented laboratory mice from developing heart failure after heart attacks, according to new research from Cedars-Sinai. This discovery could lead to new treatments to prevent heart failure, a serious cardiac condition that develops in up to 30% of heart attack survivors within one year.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
OCTOBER 14, 2024
New York City-based NYU Langone hospital had the lowest 30-day mortality rate for heart attack patients in the U.S. between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data released July 31.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
JANUARY 2, 2025
According to the American Heart Association, the world's leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, research shows that the exertion of shoveling snow may lead to an increased risk of a heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Having a heart attack significantly increases the risk of developing other serious long-term health conditions, a major new study shows.
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Heart Sisters
AUGUST 4, 2024
"People often believe that their 'silent' heart attack is something else - like the flu or a pulled muscle. Much later, when they end up getting diagnosed with a heart attack that they didn't know they were having, they might recall an episode of feeling vaguely unwell." - Dr. Leslie Cho
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
AUGUST 29, 2024
Discover the top hospitals with the lowest and highest death rates for heart attack patients, according to CMS data. NYU Langone Hospitals ranks #1
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
MARCH 5, 2024
Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes. Researchers said the findings may one day help some patients with stable chest pain avoid invasive coronary angiography.
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
AUGUST 30, 2024
The appropriate duration of beta-blocker treatment after a heart attack (a myocardial infarction [MI]) is unknown in patients who do not need to take beta-blockers for another reason.
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JANUARY 14, 2025
Despite guideline recommendation changes, some patients are still taking a daily dose of aspirin for prevention of heart attack or stroke, according to a Jan. 13 The Washington Post report.
American Heart News - Heart News
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Research Highlights: The risk of a heart attack among adults after a clot-caused stroke or a stroke plus a tear in the wall of a neck artery (carotid or vertebral artery dissection) was almost double within the first year compared to the heart attack.
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
JUNE 6, 2024
Researchers found higher amounts of the sugar alcohol xylitol are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke. The team confirmed the association in a large-scale patient analysis, preclinical research models and a clinical intervention study.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
OCTOBER 30, 2024
A heart attack can trigger a desire to get more sleep, allowing the heart to heal and reduce inflammation—and this happens because the heart sends special signals to the brain, according to a new Mount Sinai study.
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
OCTOBER 14, 2024
People who had a confirmed case of COVID-19 during the pandemic's first wave have twice the risk of heart attack, stroke and death compared to those who were never infected, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Using the results of a standard blood test and an online tool, you can find out if you are at increased risk of having a heart attack within six months.
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American Heart News - Heart News
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Research Highlights: Fear of another heart attack was a significant ongoing contributor to how heart attack survivors perceive their health, according to a new study. While anxiety and depression are recognized as common conditions after a heart.
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Science Daily - Heart Disease
JULY 3, 2024
Researchers have created a questionnaire test for home use that quickly identifies high risk of heart attack. A study shows that it has the same level of accuracy as blood tests and blood pressure measurements.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
JANUARY 7, 2025
In a large-animal model study, researchers have found that heart attack recovery is aided by the injection of heart muscle cell spheroids derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), that overexpress cyclin D2 and are knocked out for human leukocyte antigen classes I and II.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
OCTOBER 24, 2024
An experimental therapeutic monoclonal antibody therapy could become the first to directly enhance tissue repair in the heart following a heart attack.
Med Page Today
OCTOBER 30, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- Any cardiovascular protection from colchicine in heart attack survivors seemed to be debunked with a better-powered randomized trial, researchers found. Between acute MI patients randomized to colchicine or placebo right after.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
DECEMBER 12, 2023
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have created an "atlas of atherosclerosis" that reveals, at the level of individual cells, critical processes responsible for forming the harmful plaque buildup that causes heart attacks, strokes, and coronary artery disease.
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
AUGUST 15, 2024
Study reveals how movies perpetuate misconceptions about heart attacks, with limited representation of women and people of color, potentially impacting public
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
AUGUST 20, 2024
Cardiologists have long known that platelets can become "hyperreactive" to cause abnormal clotting that blocks arteries and contributes to heart attack, stroke, and poor blood flow (peripheral artery disease) in the legs of millions of Americans.
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American Heart News - Heart News
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Research Highlights: A new, multicenter study demonstrated that ablation treatment may be a better first option than medication for many heart attack survivors who develop abnormal electrical short circuits in their heart, which are episodes of.
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DAIC
APRIL 6, 2024
However, researchers said the drug may be helpful in reducing heart failure risks, including hospitalization, following a heart attack. The study enrolled 6,522 people treated for acute myocardial infarction at 451 centers in 22 countries. About 32% had Type 2 diabetes.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
OCTOBER 9, 2024
An analysis of data in the UK Biobank has found that COVID-19 infection may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke and death from any cause for up to three years for people with and without cardiovascular disease, according to new research.
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DAIC
APRIL 6, 2024
milla1cf Sat, 04/06/2024 - 18:32 April 6, 2024 — The first trial of a novel strategy for removing cholesterol from patients’ arteries did not reduce the risk of death, heart attack or stroke within three months of a prior heart attack, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology ’s Annual Scientific Session.
DAIC
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The manuscript details how, when targeted specifically to the spleen, histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, chemical compounds that can be used to treat cancers and other diseases, have the potential to improve the healing response following a heart attack. MMRI scientists who contributed to the study include Jason R. McCarthy, Ph.D.,
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HCPLive
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
in heart attack survivors. Electronic messages highlighting cardiovascular benefits of flu shots increased vaccination rates by 1.8%
American Heart News - Stroke News
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Research Highlights: In an analysis of more than 7,000 stroke survivors, those who were taking either a GLP1-receptor agonist or an SGLT2 inhibitor medication had a lower risk of a subsequent stroke, heart attack or death compared to peers who were.
DAIC
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The typical survival rate of this deadly complication during a heart attack has historically hovered around 50%. Final results from the national study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association were achieved from looking at 406 patients from hospitals across 29 states. In the U.S.,
DAIC
DECEMBER 13, 2023
MILLER, PHD, LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW "ATHEROSCLEROSIS ATLAS" THAT DETAILS, AT THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS, CRITICAL PROCESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR FORMING THE HARMFUL PLAQUE BUILDUP THAT CAUSES HEART ATTACKS, STROKES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. When they break loose, they can be deadly, triggering strokes and heart attacks.
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Med Page Today
JUNE 26, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- Influenza infection was associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (MI), especially for those without a prior hospitalization for coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a Dutch observational case series.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
JULY 29, 2024
A recently unveiled cardiovascular disease risk calculator that measures a patient's risk for heart attack and stroke is better calibrated and more precise than its previous version, but if current treatment guidelines for cholesterol and blood pressure therapy remain unchanged, the new calculator may have unintended consequences, according to research (..)
Med Page Today
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- The American Heart Association said that hunters should be advised that physical exertion, colder temperatures, and the thrill of the hunt can put them at risk for heart attack or stroke. Merck announced positive topline results.
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Using the results of a standard blood test and an online tool, you can find out if you are at increased risk of having a heart attack within six months. The tool has been developed by a research group at Uppsala University in the hope of increasing patients' motivation to change their lifestyles.
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