Tener sobrepeso afecta salud cardíaca de más formas que las que podría imaginar. Un nuevo artículo de revisión de la Revista del Colegio Americano de Cardiología de Mayo Clinic describe cómo la obesidad afecta las pruebas comunes que se usan para diagnosticar la enfermedad cardíaca e impacta en los tratamientos.
يؤثر الوزن الزائد على صحة قلبك من نواحٍ قد لا تخطر على بالك. توضح ورقة المراجعة المنشورة في مجلة الكلية الأمريكية لأمراض القلب من مايو كلينك كيف تؤثر السُمنة في الاختبارات الشائعة المُستخدمة في تشخيص مرض القلب وتأثيرها على العلاجات.
As health care professionals, researchers and consumers increasingly use genetic testing, they are uncovering incidental genetic abnormalities, or variants, that are associated with cardiovascular diseases.
A new study examining the gene expression of gut microbes suggests that the heart-healthy benefits of walnuts may be linked to beneficial changes in the mix of microbes found in our gut.
Media registration is now open for TCT 2023 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF). TCT is the world’s premier educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine. TCT, which will be held October 23-26, 2023 in San Francisco, California at the Moscone Center, will be celebrating 35 years of leading the field.
In a retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries who underwent aortic stent grafting, researchers worked with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to compare the long-term outcomes of a specific endograft device type with comparative devices on the market.
For many people who have heart failure, supervised exercise training is safe and may offer substantial improvement in exercise capacity and quality of life, even more than medications.
El ayuno durante el Ramadán consiste en abstenerse de comer y beber desde el amanecer hasta el atardecer. Según el área geográfica y la época del año en que ocurre el Ramadán, el ayuno diario puede variar de tan solo 10 horas en los meses invernales a más de 17 horas durante el verano.
O jejum no Ramadã envolve a abstinência de alimentos e bebidas do amanhecer até o pôr do sol. Durante o Ramadã, dependendo da localização e do período do ano, o jejum diário pode variar de apenas 10 horas nos meses de inverno a mais de 17 horas durante o verão.
Fasting during Ramadan involves abstaining from food and drink from dawn to sunset. Depending on geography and the time of year when Ramadan occurs, daily fasting can range from as little as 10 hours in the winter months to more than 17 hours during the summer.
Chronic kidney disease is linked to the formation of mineral deposits on blood vessel walls, known as “calcification”, causing cardiovascular disease.
UC San Diego Health expanding care to patients with a multidisciplinary clinic in Bankers Hill that will provide specialized care in a centralized location.
In 2020, Charles Dixon experienced a heart attack and was brought to the Mountainside Emergency Department. After his discharge, Charles and his doctors developed a care plan, which included lifestyle changes, medication, and cardiac rehabilitation with Mountainside’s Cardiac Rehab Program
University of Utah Health scientists have corrected abnormal heart rhythms in mice, suggesting a new strategy for treating arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, the leading cause of cardiac arrest in young athletes.
A recent study published in JAMA demonstrates the effectiveness of a procedure done under the skin, similar to placing a stent, to treat uncontrolled hypertension, or blood pressure that cannot be controlled despite the use of blood pressure control drugs and agents.
Sleeping less than five hours a night is associated with a 74% raised likelihood of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD) compared with seven to eight hours.
New study suggests that limiting carbohydrates is associated with high prevalence of cardiometabolic disease, especially when dietary fat intake is high.
The sex hormone estrogen has a negative impact on heartbeat regulation, according to an experimental study from Linköping University, Sweden, published in Science Advances.
Now in its 11th year, participants in Utah Cardiac Recovery Symposium (U-CARS) will exchange ideas and evaluate paradigms on a now-thriving field of science and medicine that was once thought to be impossible: making diseased hearts healthy again.
It's sleep awareness week, according to the National Sleep Foundation. It’s important to understand how sleep deprivation can impact your health. Most people recognize that if they don’t get enough sleep, their mood and memory will suffer the next day.
About 2,000 young, seemingly healthy people under the age of 25 die annually of sudden cardiac arrest. Rutgers emergency medicine experts highlight the importance of CPR as a lifesaving procedure for children’s activities
A clinical study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden shows that the hunger hormone ghrelin can increase the heart’s pump capacity in patients with heart failure.
Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD, received the American College of Cardiology’s prestigious Young Investigator Award at the ACC’s annual meeting recently held in New Orleans. The bulk of Dr. Al-Kindi’s research focuses on how environmental and socioeconomic factors impact heart health.
A new computational study in a mouse model finds biological sex and time of day makes a difference in the effectiveness of diuretics—medications commonly prescribed to manage high blood pressure. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology.
Hackensack University Medical Center interventional cardiologists are regional leaders in the multicenter national PROTECT IV clinical trial, which is evaluating the effectiveness of a novel treatment for high-risk patients with complex heart disease and reduced heart function who require cardiac catheterization.
Hackensack University Medical Center, celebrated the 20th anniversary of its annual “Cardiac Rehab Persons of the Year” awards.
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers are collaborating with NASA to send human heart “tissue-on-a-chip” specimens into space as early as March. The project is designed to monitor the tissue for changes in heart muscle cells’ mitochondria (their power supply) and ability to contract in low-gravity conditions.
The first evidence that exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) ozone limit is associated with substantial increases in hospital admissions for heart attack, heart failure and stroke is published today in European Heart Journal, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1 Even ozone levels below the WHO maximum were linked with worsened health.
Dr. Nancy Pike, professor and director of research at the UCLA School of Nursing, has been elected to serve as the Chair of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. She is the first pediatric nurse scientist to hold this position.
Cedars-Sinai is taking telehealth and the patient experience to the next level, now offering Cedars-Sinai Virtual Second Opinion—an online platform connecting individuals in need of complex cardiac, spine or gynecologic care with top-ranked experts who provide customized treatment options and virtual education sessions.
Keck Medicine of USC has launched a clinical trial to study the effect of a novel hormone replacement therapy on postmenopausal cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline.
Researchers guided by Main Line Health's Peter Kowey, MD, one of the nation’s preeminent experts in treating arrhythmia, have delivered the most powerful evidence to date that ablation is safe and effective in treating atrial fibrillation.
The new partnership aims to accelerate an innovative heart-failure gene therapy. The agreement is an exclusive world-wide license and includes a sponsored research program to support future FDA filings.
Mountainside received the HeartFlow® CT Quality Award. Honorees are in the top 22% of medical centers providing patients with better pathways for identifying and understanding heart health using CT scans and HeartFlow® Analysis, a groundbreaking technology for diagnosing coronary artery disease.
A research team from the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University has jointly developed AICute, an innovative program to assess the chances of stroke caused by heart disease (Ischemic Stroke), aimed at helping hospitals that lack cardiologists to enhance the effectiveness of stroke treatment, reduce congestion in hospitals and medical schools.
¿Acaso sería posible extraer células de una pequeña porción de piel y transformarlas en tejido muscular para reparar un defecto cardíaco congénito? Esta es una pregunta científica que el Dr. Timothy Nelson, y sus colaboradores esperan responder para ayudar a quienes nazcan con una cavidad malformada en el hemisferio izquierdo del corazón, una afección compleja e infrecuente conocida como síndrome del corazón izquierdo hipoplásico (HLHS, por sus siglas en inglés).
As células coletadas de uma pequena porção de pele poderiam se transformar em músculo cardíaco e reparar um defeito cardíaco congênito raro? Esta é uma questão científica que o Dr. Timothy Nelson (Ph.D.) e os seus colaboradores esperam responder para as pessoas que nasceram com a cavidade cardíaca esquerda subdesenvolvida (uma condição rara e complexa conhecida como Síndrome de hipoplasia do coração esquerdo, SHCE).
هل يمكن لخلايا مأخوذة من رقعة جلدية صغيرة أن تتحول لتصبح عضلة قلبية وتصلح عيبًا خلقيًا نادرًا بالقلب؟ هذا هو السؤال العلمي الذي يأمل تيموثي نيلسون، دكتور في الطب وحاصل على دكتوراه، والمتعاونون معه في الإجابة عليه من أجل هؤلاء الذين يولدون بحجرة قلب يسرى غير مكتملة النمو، وهي حالة مرضية نادرة ومعقدة تعرف باسم متلازمة القلب الأيسر ناقص التنسُّج.
Staying awake later into the night and sleeping in on the weekends are hallmarks of adolescent behavior, however, erratic sleep patterns may have consequences for future heart health by increasing blood pressure among teens who have more abdominal fat.
Research shows connection between hospitalization rates for cardiovascular disease and proximity to fracking, providing evidence that exposure to airborne pollutants from unconventional natural gas development may impact human health
Breakthrough findings from study led by Mount Sinai researcher could improve outcomes for high-risk patients
A review of dozens of studies from the last decade, led by researchers at the University of Toronto and Harvard University, recently found that sugar-sweetened beverages promote weight gain in children and adults.
Two new studies by related research groups have found that adults who live a heart-healthy lifestyle, as measured by the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) cardiovascular health scoring, tend to live longer lives free of chronic disease.
Patients with serious pneumococcal infections, including pneumonia and sepsis, are at a substantially increased risk of heart attack after the onset of infection.
Researchers have discovered how a gene that increases the risk of developing genetic heart disease functions, paving the way for new treatments.
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