Feature Channels: Cardiovascular Health

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In Physics of Fluids, researchers present clinicians with information about the risk factors for atherosclerotic plaque formation from a mechanical point of view. The scientists are exploring whether it is possible to screen and intervene early for people at risk for atherosclerotic disease from the perspective of hemodynamics, using color Doppler ultrasound, coronary computed tomography angiography, and other screenings. The researchers used a multipoint, noncontact laser flow measurement method called microparticle image velocimetry.

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Endocrine experts will deliver free health services to underrepresented communities, including Latinx and Hispanic residents, during EndoCares® Seattle, an in-person health education event being held on May 14.

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Media registration is now open for TCT 2022 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF). TCT will be held September 16-19, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

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Research published in the Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases could change the future of stroke care

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UC San Diego researchers describe the underlying signaling pathway that results in pulmonary arterial hypertension and a novel monoclonal antibody therapy that blocks the abnormal blood vessel formation characterizing the disease.

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SEATTLE — May 4, 2022 — Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center research findings and other news.

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Cardiologists from the Structural and Congenital Heart Center and Cardiac Surgeons at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center/Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine have reported what is believed to be the very first patient with heart failure and a blood clot to undergo a minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement using CT (computed tomography) fusion imaging, a technique that employs two different imaging modalities.

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Women (ages 18 to 55) waited longer to be evaluated for chest pain in the emergency room (ER) and received a less thorough evaluation for a possible heart attack than men in the same age range.

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We need to pay more attention to the physical impacts of mental illness. It could not only be messing with your mind, but also your heart, say Australian and Malaysian scientists.

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A newly published analysis in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology of hospitalized patients with both a severe type of heart attack called STEMI (ST-elevation myocardial infarction) and coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) infection compares clinical outcomes for these patients during the first and second years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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根据睡眠基金会的数据，大多数人一生中有三分之一的时间都在睡觉或休息。在睡眠期间，身体会恢复精力和自我修复。良好的睡眠通常由您的睡姿决定。妙佑医疗国际的睡眠专家Lois Krahn医学博士和Virend Somers医学博士/博士分享了关于最佳和最差睡姿及相关原理的知识。

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A maioria das pessoas passa um terço das suas vidas dormindo ou descansando, segundo a Sleep Foundation. Os especialistas em sono da Mayo Clinic Dra. Lois Krahn e Dr. Virend Somers (Ph.D.), compartilham dicas sobre as melhores e piores posições para dormir e porque isso é importante.

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La mayoría de las personas pasa un tercio de su vida durmiendo o descansando, según informa la Sleep Foundation (Fundación del Sueño). En Mayo Clinic, los expertos en sueño Dra. Lois Krahn y Dr. Virend Somers, comparten con nosotros estas sugerencias respecto a la mejor y la peor posición para dormir y por qué hay que tomarlas en cuenta.

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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a $6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to harness new understandings of the immune system to develop innovative therapies for heart failure and the prevention of organ rejection following heart transplantation.