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2006

Study Suggests Implications for Treatment of Heart Disease Mice fed high calorie diets and resveratrol had lower levels of biomarkers for heart disease.

Rescuing Injured Hearts Study suggests novel way to reverse damage.

Carbon Monoxide may have a therapeutic role.

Molecular Switch Regulates Fat Pathway May contribute to understanding of metabolic syndrome.

Automated external debfibrillators are often recalled.

Engineering Tissue for the Heart Use of patient's own cells instead of pacemaker may be possible.

Cardiac Devices
Reliabilty and Failure Rates

Hormone Therpay:
Timing may influence coronary risk in women.

Stroke-associated Damage
May Lead to Heart Attack

2005

Use of "Blood Thinner" Improves Outcomes After Heart Attacks
November 2005

Large Study Confirms Value of Blood Test to Diagnose Heart Failure
The test powerfully identifies a patients' short-term risk of death.
November 2005

Drug Reduces Death and Recurrent Heart Attack by preventing arteries from closing after heart attack.
November 2005

2003

Heart Problems in Women Linked to Job Insecurity.
After following almost 37,000 nurses during a period of hospital consolidation and reorganization, the study showed that women who sensed that their job was insecure faced an almost two-fold increased risk of non-fatal heart attack. September 2003

Hormone Replacement Therapy Poses Greatest Risk of Heart Attack in First Year of Use for Most Women.
the risk of a heart attack for women taking estrogen and progestin is greatest (an 81 percent increase) within the first year of being on HRT, and that risk appears to affect almost all hormone users, rather than only certain groups of women, as had been previously speculated. August 2003

New Life-Saving Heart Attack Medication Identified.
Valsartan therapy provides new treatment option for heart attack survivors proven to be as effective as ACE inhibitors, but combination of the two shows no additional benefit. November 2003

2002

Heart Attack Patients May Benefit from Drinking Tea.
Drinking tea on a regular basis may help protect patients with existing cardiovascular disease. May 2002

2001

Clinical Trials Rate Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography as Equal to X-ray Angiography.
Three-dimensional coronary magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is highly accurate in diagnosing coronary artery disease, while eliminating the risks and discomfort of the more traditional X-ray angiography procedure, according to a multi-center clinical trial. December 2001

Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution May Trigger Heart Attack in At-risk Patients.
Brief exposure to elevated levels of fine particulate air pollution--as little as two hours--may temporarily increase the risk of heart attack particularly among people already at risk for heart disease. June 2001

Study finds that Moderate Drinkers May Have Lower Risk of Mortality After a Heart Attack.
People with heart disease who consume moderate levels of alcohol may have a lower risk of mortality after suffering a heart attack than those who abstained from alcohol. April 2001

2000

Study Details Use, Misuse of Antibiotics to Prevent Heart Infections.
Despite simplified guidelines published widely several years ago, many people with certain pre-existing heart conditions are not getting correct advice about taking antibiotics to prevent potentially life-threatening infections. July 2000