Feature Channels: Heart Disease

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A radioterapia é um tratamento comum para o câncer, mas ela poderia também ajudar a tratar ritmos cardíacos nocivos? A Mayo Clinic concluiu recentemente o primeiro ensaio clínico em humanos utilizando a terapia com feixe de prótons, um tipo de radiação para tratar pacientes com arritmias potencialmente fatais. Os pesquisadores afirmam que os resultados iniciais são encorajadores.

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La radioterapia es un tratamiento común para el cáncer, ¿pero también podría ayudar a tratar los ritmos cardíacos perjudiciales? Mayo Clinic recientemente concluyó el primer ensayo clínico en humanos utilizando la terapia con haz de protones, un tipo de radiación para tratar a pacientes con arritmias potencialmente mortales. Los investigadores afirman que los resultados iniciales son alentadores.

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Radiation therapy is a common treatment for cancer, but could it also help treat dangerous heart rhythms? Mayo Clinic recently completed the first clinical trial in humans using proton beam therapy, a type of radiation, to treat patients with potentially life-threatening arrhythmias. They say initial results are encouraging.

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The Cardiovascular Research Foundation® (CRF®) is proud to unveil the 2024 SET-10 (Scientific Excellence Top 10), recognizing the academic and medical institutions making the most impactful contributions to interventional cardiovascular research at TCT® 2024 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics®), the annual scientific symposium of CRF®.

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Researchers at WashU Medicine have reduced scar formation and improved heart function in mouse models of heart failure using a monoclonal antibody treatment, similar to one approved by the FDA for other conditions. The findings point to the possibility of developing such immunotherapies for heart failure in patients who have experienced a heart attack or other injury.

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Despite having no greater chance of developing problems after high risk cardiovascular surgery, women are more likely than men to die from postoperative complications, a University of Michigan-led study suggests. The quality of a hospital where the procedure was performed did not affect the disparity between sexes. Researchers say the "failure to rescue" is an issue for the entire United States health care system.

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Researchers at the IU School of Optometry and IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering will advance next-generation technology that uses a simple eye scan to assist in the early detection of conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and heart disease.

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Inflammation of the arteries is a primary precursor and driver of cardiovascular disease — the No. 1 killer of people in the United States. This inflammation is associated with the buildup of dangerous plaque inside the arteries. Advanced treatments are needed to target this inflammation in patients. Michigan State University researchers have tested a new nanoparticle nanotherapy infusion that precisely targets inflammation and activates the immune system to help clear out arterial plaque.

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A new study in rats shows that lactate, a substance found in the muscles, initiates a cascade of actions in the muscles that helps blood vessels relax. The surprising results are published ahead of print in the journal Function.

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Cleveland: A history of COVID-19 can double the risk of heart attack, stroke or death according to new research led by Cleveland Clinic and the University of Southern California. The study found that people with any type of COVID-19 infection were twice as likely to have a major cardiac event, such as heart attack, stroke or even death, for up to three years after diagnosis.

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For the fourth year running, Ochsner Children’s Hospital upholds its position as the No. 1 hospital for kids in Louisiana according to the 2024-2025 Best Children’s Hospital rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

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Studies suggest that compared with the general population, people with chronic epilepsy have three times the risk of sudden cardiac death. Researchers have introduced the concept of the "epileptic heart" as "a heart and coronary vasculature damaged by chronic epilepsy... leading to electrical and mechanical dysfunction."

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New UCLA-led research highlights the important role that the Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy can play in reducing mortality rates for individuals suffering from heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), a type of heart failure affecting an estimated 29 million people worldwide.

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Almost six in 10 Americans have pro-inflammatory diets, increasing the risk of health problems including heart disease and cancer, according to a new study that used a tool designed to examine inflammation in the diet.

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Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine find that limiting food consumption within a 10-hour window each day improved key markers of heart health.

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Mount Sinai study also shows imaging for early detection and monitoring can improve prediction and prevention of premature death

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Heart transplant patients who live in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are more likely to experience post-surgical complications and die within five years than patients who live in more advantaged areas, even when those patients were transplanted at topnotch high-volume hospitals.