New Drug May Hold Promise for Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
November 06, 2012 19:51 ET
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American Heart Association
Study Highlights:
Hospitalized heart failure patients showed some benefit from taking an investigational drug called serelaxin that helps relax the blood vessels.
Patients given serelaxin...
Cooling Cardiac Arrest Patients to Lower Body Temps Improved Survival
November 06, 2012 19:29 ET
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American Heart Association
Study Highlights:
Cooling resuscitated cardiac arrest patients to lower body temperatures may be associated with a better chance of survival and greater functional ability after...
A Multivitamin a Day Doesn't Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Men
November 05, 2012 12:48 ET
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American Heart Association
Study Highlights:
Taking a multivitamin daily didn't prevent heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death among men 50 and older.
The multivitamin didn't cause harm.
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Wednesday News Tips, Nov. 16, 2011
November 16, 2011 16:00 ET
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American Heart Association
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN. ALL TIPS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL TIME OF PRESENTATION OR 4 P.M. ET EACH DAY, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. For more information Nov....
Drug-Eluting Balloons are a Promising Tool in Treatment of Narrowed Metal Stents and in Patients at High Risk for Bleeding Complications
November 16, 2011 09:00 ET
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American Heart Association
Study Highlights:
Drug-releasing balloons are effective in treating restenosis in bare metal stents.
The drug-eluting balloon may also help people at high risk for bleeding complications...
Monday News Tips, Nov. 14, 2011
November 14, 2011 16:00 ET
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American Heart Association
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN. ALL TIPS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL TIME OF PRESENTATION OR 4 P.M. ET EACH DAY, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. For more information Nov....
Low-Income Older Adults More Likely to Develop Heart Failure
November 14, 2011 15:00 ET
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American Heart Association
Study Highlights:
Older adults with low income are at increased risk for heart failure.
Income status better predicts who develops heart failure than education level.
Despite Medicare...
Babies' Placenta Could Help Repair Mothers' Injured Heart
November 14, 2011 14:00 ET
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American Heart Association
Study Highlights:
In an animal study, stem cells from the placenta migrated to injured tissue in the mother's heart during pregnancy.
The cells then became a range of cardiac cell...
Heart Implant Patients' Fears About Shock Leads to Sexual Dysfunction
November 14, 2011 10:10 ET
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American Heart Association
Study Highlights:
Adults with congenital heart disease who have implanted defibrillators often have shock-related anxiety about the device delivering a shock during sex.
The anxiety can...
Injection Lowers Cholesterol in Preliminary Human Trial
November 14, 2011 09:00 ET
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American Heart Association
Study Highlights:
In its first preliminary tests in humans, an injectable medication lowered bad cholesterol in healthy volunteers.
The substance disables a protein that interferes with the...