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Newswise: Borderzone Breakthrough: A new source of cardiac inflammation
Released: 29-Aug-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Borderzone Breakthrough: A new source of cardiac inflammation
University of California San Diego

In the Aug. 28, 2024 issue of Nature, researchers from University of California San Diego in the laboratory of Dr. Kevin King, associate professor of bioengineering and medicine, and a cardiologist at the Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, report the discovery of a novel mechanism of cardiac inflammation that may expand therapeutic opportunities to prevent heart attacks from becoming heart failure.

Released: 28-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Breaking through the mysteries of predicting coma recovery
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Predicting a patient’s recovery from a coma has profound implications. Neurologist David Fischer, MD, is building the infrastructure to get it right.

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Released: 28-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
ESC Congress 2024: Smidt Heart Institute Experts Available to Comment
Cedars-Sinai

Cardiac physicians and investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai will share new research and clinical insights at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in London Aug. 30 through Sept. 2.

Released: 28-Aug-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Presión arterial alta daña los riñones
Mayo Clinic

La hipertensión, también conocida como presión arterial alta, es un problema común que afecta las arterias del cuerpo. Si tiene presión arterial alta, el corazón tiene que trabajar más para bombear la sangre.

Released: 28-Aug-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Pressão alta prejudica os rins
Mayo Clinic

A hipertensão, também conhecida como pressão alta, é um problema comum que afeta as artérias do corpo. Se você tem pressão alta, o coração tem que trabalhar mais para bombear o sangue.

Released: 28-Aug-2024 4:00 AM EDT
ارتفاع ضغط الدم يؤذي الكليتين
Mayo Clinic

جاكسونفيل، ولاية فلوريدا — ارتفاع ضغط الدم، المعروف أيضًا باسم ضغط الدم المرتفع، هو مشكلة شائعة تؤثر على شرايين الجسم. إذا كنت تعاني من ارتفاع ضغط الدم، فيجب أن يعمل القلب بجهد أكبر لضخ الدم.

Released: 27-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
CRF Announces TCT 2024 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials and Science
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) is pleased to announce the late-breaking clinical trials and science to be featured at TCT 2024.

Released: 22-Aug-2024 7:30 PM EDT
Mental health and chronic diabetes complications strongly linked both ways, study finds
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

When a person has chronic diabetes complications - such as heart attack, stroke and nerve damage - they are more likely to have a mental health disorder, and vice versa, according to a study. Researchers say the findings highlight a need for clinicians to actively screen for mental health disorders in patients with diabetes in addition to screening for chronic complications, which is the recommended standard of care in diabetes.

Newswise: UCLA-Led Study Unveils New Insights and Potential Treatments for Pulmonary Hypertension
19-Aug-2024 2:45 PM EDT
UCLA-Led Study Unveils New Insights and Potential Treatments for Pulmonary Hypertension
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A new study from researchers with UCLA Health and collaborating organizations has found that asporin, a protein encoded by the ASPN gene, plays a protective role in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Released: 21-Aug-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Reviews of Sweeteners’ Impact on Body Weight Focus on Different Studies and Produce Different Findings
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Published reviews of the impact of low- and no-calorie sweetener consumption on body weight differ because they are based on studies that ask different questions.

Newswise: VUMC Participating in Clinical Trial of Novel Heart Failure Treatment
Released: 21-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
VUMC Participating in Clinical Trial of Novel Heart Failure Treatment
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is one of roughly 60 study sites worldwide participating in RESPONDER-HF, a randomized clinical trial of an atrial shunt to treat heart failure patients.

Newswise: Tiny Killers: How Autoantibodies Attack the Heart in Lupus Patients
Released: 20-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Tiny Killers: How Autoantibodies Attack the Heart in Lupus Patients
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

n a new study, a team of researchers from Columbia Engineering, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Harvard University report that autoantibodies alone directly affect heart function in lupus patients.

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Released: 20-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Gut microbial pathway identified as target for improved heart disease treatment
Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic researchers have made a significant discovery about how the gut microbiome interacts with cells to cause cardiovascular disease.

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Released: 20-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Investigators Automate Mitral Regurgitation Detection, Diagnosis
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators with the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program to detect the presence and severity of mitral valve regurgitation, the most common heart valve disorder.

Released: 19-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Artificial Right Atrium Aims to Bridge Fontan Patients to Transplant
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

A team led by a Children’s Hospital Los Angeles heart surgeon has received a patent for a novel device design that could solve a pressing problem: how to bridge patients with a Fontan circulation to heart transplant.



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