Feature Channels: Heart Disease

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Findings from a West Virginia University research team suggest a possible link between leaving the workforce prematurely because of disabilities from non-life-threatening, work-related conditions and the development of serious health problems, even death.

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The Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center and Smidt Heart Institute together completed 652 solid organ transplants in 2023, far outpacing Cedars-Sinai’s internal record set just one year ago, when surgeons completed 583 transplants.

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University of Virginia scientists have developed a new approach to machine learning – a form of artificial intelligence – to identify drugs that help minimize harmful scarring after a heart attack or other injuries.

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New Structural Heart "Dream Team" Assembles at Hackensack University Medical Center

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For 21 years, nurses have consistently been the most trusted profession, according to the yearly Gallup poll. (The new poll will be issued by the end of January). Dr Rushton, who specializes in burnout, will speak on trust, moral injury, and how nurses cope in this day and age.

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A heart pump can save left heart failure patients’ lives, but the surgery to implant the pump often leads to right heart failure. Doctors now have a way to predict which patients are most at risk.

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The latest research and expertise on the flue can be found in the Influenza channel on Newswise.

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Cardiologists and cardiac and vascular surgeons from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are available for interviews throughout February to discuss heart-related topics, including the latest advances in research and patient care.

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February is American Heart Month, a time for awareness of heart-related conditions that affect adults and children. Johns Hopkins Medicine experts are available all month to discuss various aspects of heart health.

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By: Bill Wellock | Published: January 29, 2024 | 8:51 am | SHARE: The American Heart Association spotlights cardiovascular health every February during American Heart Month. Understanding the risk factors that contribute to heart disease and how to manage that risk helps people live longer, healthier lives.Researchers at Florida State University examine heart health on a personal and community level.

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Jennifer C. Romano, MD, a congenital heart surgeon at Congenital Heart Center/C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, and the Herbert Sloan Collegiate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School, was elected president of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons today at STS 2024 during the Society’s Business Meeting.

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In a study presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ 2024 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, researchers examined outcomes for patients undergoing SAVR and those undergoing TAVR from 2013 to 2021 in the state of California.

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Cardiothoracic surgeons and investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai will lead sessions featuring a range of heart procedures at the 60th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), Jan. 27-29, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas.

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Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death for men and women in the United States. Eating a healthy diet and exercising help keep the heart healthy along with regular checkups with a doctor.

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Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic que estudam a genética de pessoas que recentemente desenvolveram cardiomiopatia dilatada (uma das causas mais comuns de insuficiência cardíaca), descobriram um gene particular para o qual o desenvolvimento de futuros tratamentos de terapia medicamentosa poderá ser direcionado.

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Investigadores de Mayo Clinic que estudian la genética de personas que recientemente desarrollaron miocardiopatía dilatada, una de las causas más comunes de insuficiencia cardíaca, descubrieron que deben enfocarse en un gen particular para desarrollar tratamientos farmacológicos en el futuro.

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You may not know Carol Barr, but in the future, she could save your life. Barr’s death at 39 from sudden cardiac arrest was caused by mitral valve prolapse—a heart valve defect that can affect the heart’s ability to pump blood. It can, in some cases, lead to death.

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Sanjeev S. Ranade, Ph.D., who joined the faculty of Sanford Burnham Prebys this month as an assistant professor in the Development, Aging and Regeneration program, studies how proteins called transcription factors (TFs) specifically control the development and function of cardiac cells — and what happens when things go wrong.

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Find the latest research and features on emergency medicine in the Emergency Medicine channel on Newswise.

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Heart rhythm expert Sumeet Chugh, MD, associate director of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, is the recipient of this year’s American College of Cardiology (ACC) Distinguished Scientist Award-Clinical Domain.

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New research by investigators from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai shows that behavioral activation therapy is as effective as antidepressant medications in treating symptoms of depression in patients with heart failure.

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According to new research published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, breathing through the nose leads to several benefits, including lower blood pressure and other factors that could predict heart disease risk. The study was chosen as an APSselect article for January.

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Approximately one in three deaths in the U.S. is caused by cardiovascular disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Larry Goldstein, M.D., chair of the University of Kentucky Department of Neurology, has been selected to serve as co-chair of The Kentucky Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (KHDSP) Task Force representing stroke systems of care across the state. 

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Nurses and other clinicians who care for patients with severe heart and lung failure receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) now have access to multiple resources from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, including specialized training and validation of their ECMO knowledge

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A new study sheds light on how autophagy, the body’s process for removing damaged cell parts, when impaired, can play a role in causing heart failure

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University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine researchers uncovered a fundamental mechanism that controls the body’s response to limited oxygen and regulates blood vessel disease of the lung.

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Alcohol was a factor in 65% of the deaths from CVD, followed by opioids, cocaine and other illicit drugs, finds new study in Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Researchers at the Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (MBMC) say people with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic lung ailments were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cardiologist Caroline Ball, MD, is available this week to discuss the ways shoveling snow can be a dangerous stress on the cardiovascular system, and share tips on how to shovel safely.

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Loyola Medicine recently completed its first transplant using TransMedics Organ Care System™ (OCS™), commonly referred to as "Heart-in-a-Box."

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Uma nova pesquisa da Mayo Clinic sugere que a inteligência artificial (IA) pode melhorar o diagnóstico de cardiomiopatia periparto, uma doença potencialmente fatal e tratável que enfraquece o músculo cardíaco das mulheres durante a gravidez ou nos meses após o parto.

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Una nueva investigación de Mayo Clinic sugiere que la inteligencia artificial (IA) podría mejorar el diagnóstico de la miocardiopatía del periparto, una afección tratable y potencialmente mortal que debilita el músculo cardíaco durante el embarazo o en los meses posteriores al parto.

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University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute recently became the first center in the world to implant Medtronic’s Penditure™ Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Exclusion System through a minimally invasive approach during a mitral valve repair procedure.

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With the start of a new year, smokers and vapers may have resolved to quit or cut back on the habit to improve their health.

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