IMN || Cardiology

VIDEO: GERD may boost increase heart attack risk

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 16:45

CHICAGO – Gastroesophageal reflux disease may constitute a heretofore unrecognized risk factor for coronary heart disease. In a nationwide case-control study of prodigious proportions,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

INR test strips recalled due to reports of inaccurate results

Posted on: 07/05/2014 - 17:10

Professional international normalized ratio test strips manufactured by Alere are being recalled because of reports of "inaccurately low" results, including several cases of...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Childhood obesity predicts adult cardiovascular risks

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 22:15

Teens who are overweight, but metabolically healthy, still run a significantly higher risk of developing increased carotid intimal-medial thickness and other cardiovascular risk factors as adults. A...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Coronary artery calcification can guide aspirin therapy

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 21:00

The benefits of aspirin therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease outweigh the risks in patients who have coronary artery calcification scores of 100 or more, while the opposite is...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

New omega-3-fatty acid approved for severe hypertriglyceridemia

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 19:55

Another omega-3 fatty acid formulation – omega-3-carboxylic acids – has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating adults with severe hypertriglyceridemia, the manufacturer,...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Activity improves heart-rate variability in elderly

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 17:00

Physical activity improves specific components of heart-rate variability in a dose-dependent manner among older adults, according to <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Activity improves heart-rate variability in elderly

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 17:00

Physical activity improves specific components of heart-rate variability in a dose-dependent manner among older adults, according to <link...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Significant improvements in adherence, blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol with polypill

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 20:25

MELBOURNE – A polypill combining aspirin, simvastatin, and two antihypertensive drugs has shown a significant improvement in adherence as well as reductions in blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Salt targets could reduce cardiovascular disease burden and health expenditures

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 15:01

MELBOURNE – Reducing salt intake to less than 5 g/day could reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease by 11% and significantly decrease out-of-pocket health expenditures, particularly among...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Six factors predict 1-year survival after TAVR

Posted on: 02/05/2014 - 19:45

WASHINGTON – Patient gender was the only factor that significantly affected stroke risk during the first year following transcatheter aortic valve replacement, according to an analysis of data from...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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