December 30, 2016August 24, 2022
Higher BMI Not a Risk Factor for Heart Attacks Among Identical Twins

Higher body mass index (BMI) does not increase the risk of heart attacks or death, but increases the risk of ... Read more
August 10, 2016August 10, 2016
AHA Launches New Campaign to Reduce Repeat Heart Attacks

The American Heart Association (AHA), with help from heart attack survivor Julie Kubala, of Superior, Wis., is launching a new educational campaign to ... Read more
July 28, 2016July 28, 2016
Program for Preventing Heart Attacks, Strokes Announces Participants

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced 516 awardees for a new program called the Million Hearts® ... Read more
July 20, 2016July 20, 2016
10 Major Risk Factors for Stroke Can Be Modified, Researchers Report

A new study called INTERSTROKE revealed that 10 modifiable risk factors account for 90 percent of strokes globally, with hypertension listed as ... Read more
July 13, 2016July 13, 2016
FDA Approves First Biodegradable, Absorbable Stent for Coronary Artery Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first fully absorbable stent for treating coronary artery disease. The Absorb ... Read more
July 6, 2016July 7, 2016
Persistent Elevated Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Could Pose Cardiovascular Risk

A recent study showed that pregnant women who have persistent elevations in blood pressure may be at risk for developing metabolic ... Read more
June 29, 2016June 29, 2016
Virtual Heart Model To Help Study New Cardiovascular Therapies

A research team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) developed a detailed computer model that reveals how electrical ... Read more
June 22, 2016June 22, 2016
Risk of Heart Attack May Be Predicted by Blood Levels of Specific Antibodies, British Study Shows

Researchers at the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London recently showed that high amounts of IgG and ... Read more
June 15, 2016June 15, 2016
Researchers Discover Factor Linked to Liver Cholesterol Release, a Possible Cause of Heart Disease

Researchers at the University of Central Florida recently identified a small protein that is crucial for the release of very low ... Read more
June 9, 2016June 9, 2016
Migraine Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds

The link between migraine and incidents of cardiovascular disease and related mortality in women was recently assessed in a study ... Read more
May 25, 2016May 25, 2016
Coronary Microvascular Disease in Women to be Studied at UTA with $308,000 Grant

Michael Nelson, assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has been awarded a four-year $308,000 grant ... Read more
May 18, 2016May 18, 2016
EuroPCR 2016: EAPCI Courses Pumped With Innovative Interventional Cardiovascular News

The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), is meeting ... Read more

February 9, 2015February 9, 2015

Innovative Technology Provides Direct Imaging of the Heart After Surgery

Allegheny Health Network offers cutting edge technology that enables caregivers to access real time images of intensive care unit (ICU) patients’ hearts as they recover from surgery. Imacor’s hemodynamic transesophageal ... Read more

February 9, 2015February 9, 2015

Study Finds New Critical Points to Intervene in Hypertension Patients

In a study entitled “Optimal systolic blood pressure target, time to intensification, and time to follow-up in treatment of hypertension: population based retrospective cohort study,” published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), ... Read more

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015

AliveCor Receives CE Mark For Atrial Fibrillation Algorithm

AliveCor, Inc. recently announced that it received Conformite Europeenne (CE) Mark clearance for the company’s algorithm for an automated analysis process to detect atrial fibrillation (AF), the most frequent heart rhythm problem ... Read more

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015

Chest Compression Depth and Rate During CPR Intervention Affects Patient Survival

A review by physicians from UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Emergency Medicine division concluded that during a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) maneuver, the depth of chest compressions as well as the rate at which they ... Read more

February 5, 2015February 6, 2015

Elevated Waist Circumference Among Australia’s Aboriginal Population Increases Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

A team of researchers from Australia examined a group of 920 Australian Aboriginals for a period of 20 years and found that the population has elevated waist circumference (WC) and consequently are ... Read more

February 4, 2015February 5, 2015

Genetic Combination in the DBH Gene Offers Protection Against Heart Attack

A study published in the journal Circulation Research revealed that two specific mutations in a particular gene decrease the risk of myocardial infarction. The gene in question is the DBH (dopamine ... Read more

February 4, 2015February 5, 2015

One Third of People Would Risk Shortening Their Lives Instead of Taking a Daily Pill for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

A team of researchers led by Robert Hutchins from the University of California San Francisco found that one-third of people would risk shortening their lives instead of taking a daily ... Read more

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015

OHSU Researchers Discover Peptide That Can Penetrate Heart Attack Scar Tissue, Regenerate Cardiac Nerves

Results from a recent study conducted by a team of researchers at the Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU), indicate that a specific peptide named ISP can penetrate heart attack ... Read more

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015

Blood Vessel Calcification in those with Kidney Stones at increased Heart Disease Risk

A recent study entitled “Vascular Calcification and Bone Mineral Density in Recurrent Kidney Stone Formers” suggests kidney stone formers have higher levels of calcification in their abdominal aorta, a possible ... Read more

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015

Australian Researchers Find Video Game Technology Can Help Diagnose Sudden Cardiac Arrest Danger

Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI) in New South Wales, Australia, have discovered a method of using computer gaming technology as a tool for better diagnosis of ... Read more

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015

Researchers Granted $2.2M to Study Link Between Depression and Cardiovascular Disease in HIV Patients

A research team from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis led by Jesse Stewart, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, has been granted a $2.2 million award from ... Read more

January 29, 2015January 29, 2015

Researchers Defend Effectiveness of Catheterization Teams on Weekends

Increasing the costs of having an on-call catheterization team at hospitals during the weekends to perform coronary angiography and other interventions in patients suffering from non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) is cost ... Read more

Higher BMI Not a Risk Factor for Heart Attacks Among Identical Twins

AHA Launches New Campaign to Reduce Repeat Heart Attacks

Program for Preventing Heart Attacks, Strokes Announces Participants

10 Major Risk Factors for Stroke Can Be Modified, Researchers Report

FDA Approves First Biodegradable, Absorbable Stent for Coronary Artery Disease

Persistent Elevated Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Could Pose Cardiovascular Risk

Virtual Heart Model To Help Study New Cardiovascular Therapies

Risk of Heart Attack May Be Predicted by Blood Levels of Specific Antibodies, British Study Shows

Researchers Discover Factor Linked to Liver Cholesterol Release, a Possible Cause of Heart Disease

Migraine Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds

Coronary Microvascular Disease in Women to be Studied at UTA with $308,000 Grant

EuroPCR 2016: EAPCI Courses Pumped With Innovative Interventional Cardiovascular News