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April 13, 2015April 13, 2015

Study Finds No Evidence To Alter Transfusion Practices In Adults Undergoing Complex Cardiac Surgery

A recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health found no statistical contrast in function changes of six organs before and after cardiac surgery in patients with complex complications who received blood transfusions stored for 10 ... Read more

April 10, 2015April 10, 2015

Houston Startup To Present Abstract Describing Intravascular Blood Pump At Conference

The research team behind Houston-based Procyrion, Inc.’s Aortix long-term circulatory support pump for chronic heart failure patients will deliver a presentation at the 2015 International Society for Heart and Lung ... Read more

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015

Brain Signaling at Near-Death Might Accelerate Cardiac Failure

Common knowledge suggests that just before death, body systems slow down as heart beating stops and blood flow ends. However, findings from a recent study at the University of Michigan Medical ... Read more

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015

Common Antidepressant Increases Coronary Atherosclerosis in Non-Human Primates

A research team from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center recently found that a frequently prescribed antidepressant could cause up to a six-fold increase in coronary atherosclerosis, the principal cause of ... Read more

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015

Mayo Clinic Identifies SCAD As Inherited Condition

A recent study from Mayo Clinic published in the March issue of JAMA Internal Medicine shows evidence of a familial association in spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) that strikes younger women along a genetic predisposition do develop ... Read more

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015

Johns Hopkins Researchers Identify Key Enzyme Involved In Heart Failure

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers were able to identify what they called “the long-sought culprit” behind a cell-signaling interruption responsible for heart failure. Heart failure causes progressive weakness and ... Read more

April 6, 2015April 6, 2015

Sternotomy Infection To Be Studied As Primary Outcome For Clinical Trial

A group of researchers at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon in France will be conducting a large, 1000-patient, two-year clinical trial evaluating the prevalence of surgical site infection in patients ... Read more

April 2, 2015April 2, 2015

Higher Sense of Life Purpose Reduces Heart Problems

People who have a higher perception of their purpose in life also have a decreased risk of suffering from heart diseases and stroke, according to collaborative research conducted by scientists from Mount ... Read more

April 2, 2015April 2, 2015

Novel Study Assesses Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion After Cardiac Surgery

A new trial to assess the optimal threshold for haemoglobin level in blood transfusion after cardiac surgery was not conclusive. The study entitled “Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion after Cardiac Surgery” was ... Read more

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015

Study Investigates Ultrasound And tPA Used In Combination To Treat Stroke

Houston’s UT Health Medical School will be a participant institution in an international, Phase III clinical trial recently launched to study the effectiveness and safety of using ultrasound in combination with a clot-busting ... Read more