Cardiology

According to an article in the online news organization Huffington Post, physicians are increasingly bringing their views on healthcare reform into the examination room.

A task force put together by the European Society of Hypertension has released a new set of guidelines for the management of hypertension in children and adolescents.

Researchers from the Heart Center at Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered that, in patients who are recovering from coronary-artery bypass grafting, high levels of a particular biomarker may be a new prognostic tool for diagnosing heart attacks.

Making the transition from outpatient to inpatient has been thankfully only a slightly “bumpy” road, but it is amazing looking back on how our approach to inpatient diabetes care and hyperglycemia on the whole has changed over the past 10 years.

"The Vine that Ate the South" may one day be known as "The Vine that Fought the Metabolic Syndrome," according to University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers.

CardioDX has completed a multi-center study validating the effectiveness of Corus CAD, the self-billed “first and only gene expression test to quantify the likelihood of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with stable chest pain.”

Scientists from the University of Heidelberg Hospital have discovered why thicker blood may simultaneously increase and decrease an individual’s risk for heart attack and stroke.

Macrophages taken from vitamin-D-deficient diabetics were more likely to become foam cells, one of the earliest markers of atherosclerosis.

The decreasing age of onset of hypertension in the general population paired with increasing life expectancy has resulted in an increased incidence of this disorder, which will likely culminate in higher rates of morbidity and mortality in the future.

Georgia Tech has been working on an interactive surgical planner that analyzes MRI scans to simulate potential surgical options in pediatric cardiac patients.

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A team of researchers from the Cardiovascular Research Center in Paria and CIC bioGUNE, an international center for biomedical research discovered that the activation of a cellular protein may be the key to a new treatment for ischemic pathologies.

A recent study shows that “men with angina are twice as likely to have a heart attack and almost three times as likely to suffer a heart disease-related death than women with the same condition.”

Cardiogenic shock continues to be a major complication of acute myocardial infarction, with in-hospital mortality approaching 70% to 80% for patients who are managed medically.

Health officials overseeing the move for health care information technology (HIT) under government incentives are concerned that breaches of EHR systems are a serious possibility and that preventative measures need to be put in place.

Long-term memory loss and cognitive problems that heart bypass patients suffer after surgery are due to the underlying coronary artery disease and not the use of a heart-lung machine during surgery, new research shows.

Michael Jackson's health history is front page news.

Drug-induced diseases and serious adverse drug effects can alter therapeutic plans and greatly affect patient outcomes. Many medications are known to have a narrow therapeutic index and to require close patient monitoring.

New research shows that the rates of serious complications among individuals with type 1 diabetes appear lower than reported historically, especially when patients are treated intensively.

Researchers have found "five genetic variants related to blood pressure in African Americans" that may "provide new clues to treating and preventing hypertension" in African American patients.

Low levels of vitamin D can influence both the risk of cardiovascular disease and progression that the illness may take, according to a new study.

This week the news is abuzz with the potential FDA crack-down on some over-the-counter pain medications like Tylenol, as well as Tylenol-containing prescription medications.

New research shows that Web-based intervention in the treatment of diabetes results in "significantly better" outcomes for patients.

A 68-year-old gentleman with known end-stage renal disease and chronic atrial fibrillation is being evaluated in the emergency department because of generalized weakness for 24 hours.

According to a recent study, the communication via phone and Internet between patients and healthcare providers is “an effective way to reduce risk factors for coronary heart disease and the risk of further events after a heart attack.”

Official reports note that Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest before being rushed to the hospital.

Every now and then a study gets published that grabs everyone’s attention. Not just in the media-frenzy kind of way, but truly affecting clinical practice.

Researchers have found a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension dyslipidemia, and smoking among patients with psoriasis.

Ever since the Surgeon General warned of the dangers associated with smoking nearly 50 years ago, special interest groups have pressed Congress to grant the FDA authority to regulate or ban tobacco products.

Researchers at the Health Sciences Center of Louisiana State University's New Orleans School of Public Health have discovered markers for metabolic syndrome in children as young as seven.