Photon-counting CT found to improve coronary artery disease assessment

by Radiological Society of North AmericaCoronary CT angiography for the suspected progression of known coronary artery disease in a 60-year-old female patient. Curved multiplanar reconstructions

Updated on: March 23,2024 14

Photon-counting CT found to improve coronary artery disease assessment

by Radiological Society of North AmericaCoronary CT angiography for the suspected progression of known coronary artery disease in a 60-year-old female patient. Curved multiplanar reconstructions

Updated on:March 23,2024 14

Scientists link certain gut bacteria to lower heart disease risk

by Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChanges in the gut microbiome have been implicated in a range of diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity, and inflammator

Updated on: April 06,2024 0

Scientists link certain gut bacteria to lower heart disease risk

by Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChanges in the gut microbiome have been implicated in a range of diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity, and inflammator

Updated on:April 06,2024 0

Discovery unveils key to heart development in womb, unravels cause of spongy heart disease

by Laurie Fickman,University of HoustonGraphical abstract. Credit:Cardiovascular Research(2024). DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvae111Having explored how the heart is formed in utero, a Universit

Updated on: June 15,2024 6

Discovery unveils key to heart development in womb, unravels cause of spongy heart disease

by Laurie Fickman,University of HoustonGraphical abstract. Credit:Cardiovascular Research(2024). DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvae111Having explored how the heart is formed in utero, a Universit

Updated on:June 15,2024 6

CT scan is most effective to assess people with chest pain, research finds

by American College of CardiologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPrevious studies have found less than 40% of patients with stable chest pain undergoing invasive coronary angiography are found t

Updated on: March 28,2024 12

CT scan is most effective to assess people with chest pain, research finds

by American College of CardiologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPrevious studies have found less than 40% of patients with stable chest pain undergoing invasive coronary angiography are found t

Updated on:March 28,2024 12

Adjuvant methylprednisolone role examined in acute ischemic stroke

by Elana GotkineFor patients with acute ischemic stroke secondary to large-vessel occlusion (LVO) undergoing endovascular thrombectomy, adjuvant low-dose methylprednisolone does not improve the degree

Updated on: March 21,2024 14

Adjuvant methylprednisolone role examined in acute ischemic stroke

by Elana GotkineFor patients with acute ischemic stroke secondary to large-vessel occlusion (LVO) undergoing endovascular thrombectomy, adjuvant low-dose methylprednisolone does not improve the degree

Updated on:March 21,2024 14

Peripheral artery system at risk of disease due to family history, lifestyle

by Amanda Dyslin,Mayo ClinicCredit: Mayo ClinicMost people have heard of heart attacks occurring because of a blocked coronary artery. But the body has two types of artery systems: the coronary

Updated on: March 15,2024 20

Peripheral artery system at risk of disease due to family history, lifestyle

by Amanda Dyslin,Mayo ClinicCredit: Mayo ClinicMost people have heard of heart attacks occurring because of a blocked coronary artery. But the body has two types of artery systems: the coronary

Updated on:March 15,2024 20

Pressure-driven foam cell formation revealed as key driver of arterial disease, paving the way for new therapies

JANUARY 5, 2024byQueen Mary, University of LondonChronic Yoda1 treatment supports transition to a foam cell phenotype. A-B) Wound scratch assay shows reduced migration of Yoda1 treated A7r5 cell

Updated on: March 25,2024 5

Pressure-driven foam cell formation revealed as key driver of arterial disease, paving the way for new therapies

JANUARY 5, 2024byQueen Mary, University of LondonChronic Yoda1 treatment supports transition to a foam cell phenotype. A-B) Wound scratch assay shows reduced migration of Yoda1 treated A7r5 cell

Updated on:March 25,2024 5

Blood pressure control in veterans declined during the COVID-19 pandemic

by Veterans Affairs Research CommunicationsCredit: Pavel Danilyuk from PexelsA multi-institution team led by researchers at the White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont found that Veterans&#3

Updated on: March 20,2024 17

Blood pressure control in veterans declined during the COVID-19 pandemic

by Veterans Affairs Research CommunicationsCredit: Pavel Danilyuk from PexelsA multi-institution team led by researchers at the White River Junction VA Medical Center in Vermont found that Veterans&#3

Updated on:March 20,2024 17

Revival of heart stress test could change how patients are diagnosed

JANUARY 26, 2024byKing's College LondonCredit:Journal of the American College of Cardiology(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.10.034A heart test that has been downgraded in the int

Updated on: March 25,2024 7

Revival of heart stress test could change how patients are diagnosed

JANUARY 26, 2024byKing's College LondonCredit:Journal of the American College of Cardiology(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.10.034A heart test that has been downgraded in the int

Updated on:March 25,2024 7

A beating biorobotic heart aims to better simulate valves

by Cell PressScientists crafted a biorobotic heart simulator by replacing the heart muscle of a biological heart's left chamber with a soft robotic pump. Credit: Manisha SinghCombining a biol

Updated on: March 15,2024 15

A beating biorobotic heart aims to better simulate valves

by Cell PressScientists crafted a biorobotic heart simulator by replacing the heart muscle of a biological heart's left chamber with a soft robotic pump. Credit: Manisha SinghCombining a biol

Updated on:March 15,2024 15

Heart disease still America's top killer, although the death rate has declined

by Dennis ThompsonHeart disease remains the top cause of death in the United States, but progress is being made and more lives are being saved, a new report finds.There were 931,578 heart-related deat

Updated on: March 15,2024 13

Heart disease still America's top killer, although the death rate has declined

by Dennis ThompsonHeart disease remains the top cause of death in the United States, but progress is being made and more lives are being saved, a new report finds.There were 931,578 heart-related deat

Updated on:March 15,2024 13

Gene behind heart defects in Down syndrome identified

byThe Francis Crick InstituteSections of hearts from mouse embryos that were either wild-type (WT) or Dp1Tyb (mouse model of Down syndrome) analyzed with Hypoxyprobe (red color) to determine if

Updated on: April 18,2024 0

Gene behind heart defects in Down syndrome identified

byThe Francis Crick InstituteSections of hearts from mouse embryos that were either wild-type (WT) or Dp1Tyb (mouse model of Down syndrome) analyzed with Hypoxyprobe (red color) to determine if

Updated on:April 18,2024 0