Heart Disease News

May 8, 2024

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Biomarker Found to Help Identify Cells That Can Repair Damaged Blood Vessels

May 7, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a protein marker to help identify cells able to repopulate in patients with damaged blood vessels. Their findings could lead to new therapies for people with endothelial ...

Sedentary Lifestyle Puts Strain on Young Hearts

May 7, 2024 — According to a recent study, high levels of sedentary behavior and physical inactivity from childhood strain the heart in adolescence. High cardiac workload predicts heart failure and other heart diseases. In light of the findings, increasing ...

Small Pump for Kids Awaiting Heart Transplant Shows Promise

May 7, 2024 — A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a recent ...

Dietary Changes May Treat Pulmonary Hypertension

May 2, 2024 — Blood vessels in the lungs aren't like the others in the body. This difference becomes clear in pulmonary hypertension, in which only the lungs' blood vessels stiffen progressively, leading to chronic lung disease, heart failure and death. The ...

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Brief Anger May Impair Blood Vessel Function

May 1, 2024 — When adults became angry after remembering past experiences, the function of cells lining the blood vessels was negatively impaired, which may restrict blood flow, according to a new study. Previous ...

Clogged Arteries Worsened by Cells That Behave Like Cancer Cells

May 1, 2024 — Researchers have found that cells inside clogged arteries have cancer-like properties that aggravate atherosclerosis, and anticancer drugs could be a new ...

Scientists Find Cancer-Like Features in Atherosclerosis, Spurring Opportunity for New Treatment Approaches

Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that the smooth muscle cells that line the arteries of people with atherosclerosis can change into new cell types and ...

A Blood Test for Stroke Risk? Biomarker for Risk of Future Cerebrovascular Disease

May 1, 2024 — A simple blood test could allow doctors to determine whether a person may be at higher risk for stroke or cognitive decline during their lifetime, ...

Researchers Identify Over 2,000 Genetic Signals Linked to Blood Pressure in Study of Over One Million People

Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have discovered over a hundred new regions of the human genome, also known as genomic loci, that appear to influence a person's blood ...

Cardio-Fitness Cuts Death and Disease by Nearly 20%

Apr. 29, 2024 — Groundbreaking new research finds that an increased cardio fitness level will reduce your risk of death from any cause by nearly ...

Afib More Common and Dangerous in Younger People Than Previously Thought, Study Finds

Apr. 22, 2024 — Atrial fibrillation (Afib), a common type of arrhythmia that is on the rise in people under the age of 65, is more dangerous in this increasingly ...

Climb Stairs to Live Longer

Apr. 26, 2024 — Climbing stairs is associated with a longer life, according to new ...

Using Stem Cell-Derived Heart Muscle Cells to Advance Heart Regenerative Therapy

Apr. 26, 2024 — Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged areas of the heart to recover lost function. However, the risk ...

Good Heart Health in Middle Age May Preserve Brain Function Among Black Women as They Age

Apr. 24, 2024 — Cognitive decline among Black women linked to poor heart health in middle ...

Advance in the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure Identified

Apr. 25, 2024 — A multicenter study has identified a potential new treatment for acute heart failure, a leading cause of hospitalization and ...

Solving the Riddle of the Sphingolipids in Coronary Artery Disease

Apr. 24, 2024 — Investigators have uncovered a way to unleash in blood vessels the protective effects of a type of fat-related molecule known as a sphingolipid, suggesting a promising new strategy for the treatment ...

Gentle Defibrillation for the Heart

Apr. 23, 2024 — Using light pulses as a model for electrical defibrillation, scientists developed a method to assess and modulate the heart function. The research team has thus paved the way for an efficient and ...

Predicting Cardiac Arrhythmia 30 Minutes Before It Happens

Apr. 22, 2024 — Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide with around 59 million people concerned in 2019. This irregular heartbeat is associated with increased risks of heart failure, ...

Why Can Zebrafish Regenerate Damaged Heart Tissue, While Other Fish Species Cannot?

Apr. 18, 2024 — A heart attack will leave a permanent scar on a human heart, yet other animals, including zebrafish, can clear cardiac scar tissue and regrow damaged muscle as adults. Biologists sheds new light on ...

Researchers Find That Accelerated Aging Biology in the Placenta Contributes to a Rare Form of Pregnancy-Related Heart Failure

Apr. 17, 2024 — In a new study, researchers show that elevated levels of proteins related to cellular senescence, or aging, in the blood and the placenta are linked to this form of heart ...

Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Faced Higher Risk of Abnormal Heart Rhythms

Apr. 17, 2024 — Adults with congenital heart defects were more likely to experience an abnormal, irregular heartbeat, finds a new ...

Novel CT Exam Reduces Need for Invasive Artery Treatment

Apr. 11, 2024 — A new study showed that a non-invasive imaging test can help identify patients with coronary artery blockage or narrowing who need a revascularization ...

Safety of a Potential New Treatment to Manage Complications from Sickle Cell Disease

Apr. 11, 2024 — A drug approved to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension may be effective at managing hypertension and end-organ damage in patients with sickle cell disease, according to a new study. An early phase ...

Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Death After Giving Birth

Apr. 11, 2024 — Health researchers identify patients at risk for preventable death in the year after ...

Revascularization Enhances Quality of Life for Patients With Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia

Apr. 10, 2024 — Over 200 million people around the world experience peripheral artery disease (PAD) -- a condition caused by the narrowing of the blood vessels from the heart to the lower limbs that leads to pain ...

Nasal Spray Safely Treats Recurrent Abnormal Heart Rhythms, Clinical Trial Suggests

Apr. 9, 2024 — A clinical trial showed that a nasal spray that patients administer at home, without a physician, successfully and safely treated recurrent episodes of a condition that causes rapid abnormal heart ...

Cardiology Team Performs Novel Heart Artery Repair With Newly Approved Device

Apr. 9, 2024 — Medical researchers have performed a successful transcatheter tricuspid valve repair procedure with a groundbreaking ...

Heart Disease, Depression Linked by Inflammation

Apr. 8, 2024 — Coronary artery disease and major depression may be genetically linked via inflammatory pathways to an increased risk for cardiomyopathy, a degenerative heart muscle disease, researchers have ...

Preventive Angioplasty Does Not Improve Prognosis

Apr. 8, 2024 — For heart attack patients, treating only the coronary artery that caused the infarction works just as well as preventive balloon dilation of the other coronary arteries, according to a new large ...

A Pulse of Innovation: AI at the Service of Heart Research

Apr. 8, 2024 — Researchers unveiled BeatProfiler, a groundbreaking new tool -- a comprehensive software that automates the analysis of heart cell function from video data. It's the first system to integrate ...

Researchers Developed New Method for Detecting Heart Failure With a Smartphone

Apr. 8, 2024 — New technology uses a smartphone to analyze heart movement and detect heart ...

Unnecessary Use of Beta-Blockers After a Heart Attack?

Apr. 8, 2024 — Half of all patients discharged from hospital after a heart attack are treated with beta-blockers unnecessarily, new study ...

Stopping Aspirin One Month After Coronary Stenting Procedures Significantly Reduces Bleeding Complications in Heart Attack Patients, Study Suggests

Apr. 8, 2024 — New research could change standard-of-care guidelines to improve outcomes for heart attack patients after coronary stenting ...

Successful 'First in Human' Clinical Trial of Pioneering Guidance for Heart Bypass Surgery

Apr. 8, 2024 — Trial findings suggest that the less invasive approach to heart bypass surgery offers comparable safety and efficacy to established methods and that safety issues inherent to invasive catheterisation ...