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

May 14, 2015May 14, 2015

Ultrasonic Waves Can Make The Heart Beat, According To Researchers

Ultrasound is the technology utilized for sonograms that allows the examination of the heart and, according to researchers from Drexel University, can augment the rate at which heart cells beat. These results were ... Read more

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015

Researchers Report Lipid Resolvin D1 Can Reduce Heart Failure Risk After a Heart Attack

A new study led by researchers at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) revealed that the lipid compound Resolvin D1 is capable of reducing prolonged inflammation and heart failure ... Read more

May 7, 2015May 7, 2015

Injectable Testosterone Replacement Therapy Offers Health Benefits, Lower Cardiovascular Risks

The value of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for older men is currently a topic of intense debate, and in a recent review study entitled “Injection of Testosterone May Be Safer ... Read more

May 5, 2015May 5, 2015

Austrian Researchers Develop New Material For Creating Artificial Blood Vessels

Arteriosclerotic vascular disorders are one of the most common causes of death in industrialized countries. Blockage of blood vessels can quickly become dangerous, and in these situations a bypass operation ... Read more

May 1, 2015May 5, 2015

Alternative Surgical Procedure to Sternotomy Tested in Patients with Atrial Septal Defect

A study published in the Asian Journal of Surgery revealed that a specific surgical technique based on thoracotomy can be successfully applied in cases of atrial septal defect as an ... Read more

April 29, 2015April 29, 2015

Emergency Body Hypothermia Does Not Benefit Survival In Children After Cardiac Arrest, According to Study

Results from a large multi center trial recently showed that emergency body hypothermia did not offer a significant benefit in survival with a good functional outcome at 1 year or reduce brain ... Read more

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015

NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB Enrolls First Patient in Clinical Phase 2 Study for Kidney Protection During Cardiac Surgery

NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB recently announced the enrollment of its first patient in a clinical phase II trial that will evaluate the potential of CicloMulsion® (ciclosporin) to reduce the risk and degree of acute ... Read more

April 27, 2015April 27, 2015

Genetic Overlap Between Alzheimer’s And Cardiovascular Risk Factors Cleared

A genetic overlap between Alzheimer’s disease and two important cardiovascular disease risk factors was found by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine: plasma lipids or fats and high ... Read more

April 24, 2015April 24, 2015

Risk of Cardiac Arrest in Patients on Dialysis Attributable to Inherited Factors

Results from a recent study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology revealed that the risk of cardiac arrest in patients on dialysis due to kidney failure might be ... Read more

April 23, 2015April 23, 2015

Two Carotid Artery Stenting Methods Show Similar Effectiveness

According to a recent study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions during elective carotid artery stenting the use of either distal filter embolic protection devices (F-EPDs) or proximal embolic protection devices (P-EPDs) results in ... Read more

April 22, 2015April 22, 2015

No Survival Difference Between Types Of Mitral Valve Replacements Found in New Study

A recent study comparing mechanical prosthetic versus bioprosthetic mitral valves in patients who were 50 to 69 years old and undergoing mitral valve replacement found no significant differences in survival after 15 years. However, ... Read more

April 21, 2015August 27, 2015

AACR Symposium Explores Shared Link Between Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Cancer

During a seminar at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Tim Byers, MD, MPH, a University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher, evaluated current evidence ... 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