Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases
09/01/2008
CVD specialists meet footballers
The worlds first symposium on the molecular analysis of sudden death syndrome (SDS) among athletes drew in leading cardiovascular researchers and several top Spanish …
09/01/2008
HIFU surgical ablation products gain CE Mark
St. Jude Medical, Inc. has received European CE Mark approval and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its Epicor LP cardiac ablation system, a second generation …
09/01/2008
Atrial and ventricular contraction is differentially regulated
The contraction of the atria and ventricles is differentially regulated, according to a study by Rodolphe Fischmeister and colleagues, at INSERM UMR-S 769 in Châtenay-Malabry. …
09/01/2008
Heart failure
The ageing population and growing risk factors have made a significant impact on driving up the number of registered heart failure (HF) cases. Existing pharmacological strategies …
09/01/2008
Hypertension worldwide
Countries vary widely in their capacity to manage hypertension, but globally the majority of diagnosed hypertensives is inadequately controlled. Not treated it can cause …
09/01/2008
euHeart
Royal Philips Electronics is to lead euHeart, the new European Union (EU) funded research project that aims to improve CVD diagnosis, therapy planning and treatment. …
09/01/2008
Hot topic cardiovascular imaging
Every summer the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) holds Europes biggest annual meeting of specialists in cardiovascular medicine, inviting and drawing in top international …
09/01/2008
Stroke prevention
What is the role of vascular ultrasound in stroke prevention? Asked by Karoline Laarmann of European Hospital, Professor Christian Arning MD, Medical Director of the Neurology …
09/01/2008
New Molecular Imaging Techniques Aim at Detection of Earliest Steps of Disease Development
An emerging discipline of noninvasive cardiac imaging, molecular imaging, has evolved constantly in the last few years and is increasingly being translated from the preclinical to …
09/01/2008
High-res cardiac images available at peak stress
While treadmill exercise stress testing is essential to detect cardiovascular disease, gaining clear cardiac images at peak stress level are not easy to gain using standard …
09/01/2008
World's first robot-assisted vascular surgery for aneurysm
London, UK A Hansen Sensei* robot has been used to perform vascular surgery on a 78-year-old patient for an aneurysm that would have been thought too high-risk for conventional …
08/29/2008
Defibrillator in space
Medicine is not earthly anymore. The first defibrillator has reached the International Space Station (ISS). LIFEPAK 1000 developed by Physio-Control of Redmond will be available …
08/26/2008
A new nutrition guide: Green for fruits, red for fats
Do we have to create a food guide for people? The European Parliament already proposed this suggestion to protect people from getting cardiovascular diseases. This week experts …
08/23/2008
NHS not good enough for elder people
British researchers found that the NHS and private healthcare are not providing good enough basic care to a large portion of the population in England. Particulary older and …
08/21/2008
Non invasive but effective
A Canadian study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that chest pain in patients with heart disease could be treated as effective with medication over time …
08/19/2008
Pay attention to a woman's heart
The probability of woman of suffering from cardiovascular diseases is often underestimated. A recent study evaluated the risk of nearly 9.000 women in the U.S. screened for …
08/19/2008
Always under doctor's control
A pressure sensor that is implanted into the heart works with an electronic monitoring system that wirelessly measures patients pulmonary artery pressure. It allows physicians …
08/11/2008
New modell to predict risks of heart failure
Hospital admission might probably determine the severity of heart failure. By analysing data from 260 hospitals across the United States researchers created a model to reduce …
08/06/2008
Seniors got more - prescriptions
Compared to 1997 people aged 60 and over receive a lot more from their physicians: Not more attention but more drugs or other medical aids. The average number of prescriptions for …
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