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Latest pulmonary arterial hypertension drug from Actelion will continue with trials

Latest pulmonary arterial hypertension drug from Actelion will continue with trials

May 8, 2013 3:13 am by | 0 Comments

ZURICH (Reuters) - Actelion should continue a late-stage study into a new heart and lung drug, independent monitors have recommended, with final results now expected by mid-2014, giving the biotech ... Read more

Cool science: Pinpoint causes of high blood pressure in this computer model

Cool science: Pinpoint causes of high blood pressure in this computer model

May 7, 2013 8:05 pm by | 0 Comments

  High blood pressure dramatically increases the risk of a stroke or heart attack and so is one of the biggest silent killers in the Western world. But while there ... Read more


Cleveland Clinic research spurs a device that could predict arrhythmia after cardiac surgery

Cleveland Clinic research spurs a device that could predict arrhythmia after cardiac surgery

April 30, 2013 9:03 am by | 0 Comments

The latest startup commercializing intellectual property developed by heart doctors at the Cleveland Clinic is hoping to give doctors a way to tell which patients might develop arrhythmia after cardiac ... Read more

Heart bypass surgery or stents? Depends on the patient

Heart bypass surgery or stents? Depends on the patient

April 22, 2013 6:09 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The average person with multiple diseased arteries in the heart does slightly better following coronary artery bypass surgery than after having stents inserted, a new ... Read more

Study: Getting consent and other ‘non-system’ delays can be deadly for cath lab patients

Study: Getting consent and other ‘non-system’ delays can be deadly for cath lab patients

April 21, 2013 7:55 am by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Delays that are outside a hospital's control often prevent doctors from unblocking a heart attack patient's arteries right away, according to a new study that ... Read more

Gene therapy to restore muscle power to the heart nets UW spinoff $2.5 million

Gene therapy to restore muscle power to the heart nets UW spinoff $2.5 million

April 17, 2013 9:50 am by | 0 Comments

Damaged or weakened heart muscle that can’t pump enough blood to the rest of the body causes a host of problems that fall under the classification of heart failure. Researchers ... Read more

Cardiac device startup gets $2.5M investment but stays quiet on technology for heart disease

Cardiac device startup gets $2.5M investment but stays quiet on technology for heart disease

April 3, 2013 10:14 am by | 0 Comments

New medical device company Adagio Medical might be laying low, but its executives revealed in a securities filing this week that the California startup has secured a $2.5 million investment.There’s ... Read more


Cardiac biomarker firm get $2.6M to bring ST2 test for early signs of heart failure to labs

Cardiac biomarker firm get $2.6M to bring ST2 test for early signs of heart failure to labs

March 28, 2013 10:18 am by | 0 Comments

Cardiac diagnostics firm Critical Care Diagnostics Inc. has landed some new capital as it works with clinical laboratories to make its cardiac biomarker assay, ST2, available to physicians.The company announced ... Read more

Bottom line: Chelation therapy does nothing whatsoever

Bottom line: Chelation therapy does nothing whatsoever

March 26, 2013 4:03 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Removing metals from the body through a controversial treatment has little effect on the long-term health of people who've previously suffered a heart attack, according ... Read more

Medical device maker raising $13M for minimally invasive treatment of A-fib

Medical device maker raising $13M for minimally invasive treatment of A-fib

March 20, 2013 9:17 am by | 0 Comments

A catheter and surgical ablation device maker working toward enabling less-invasive treatment of atrial fibrillation is looking for a big round of fresh capital for its next move.Morrisville, North Carolina, ... Read more

Notes from ACC Day 3: Catheter ablation, managing ICDs, and NNTs

Notes from ACC Day 3: Catheter ablation, managing ICDs, and NNTs

March 15, 2013 10:36 pm by | 0 Comments

My THO assignment for the final day was to find something useful to say about catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. ... Read more

Study: Doctors not doing enough to treat irregular heartbeat

Study: Doctors not doing enough to treat irregular heartbeat

March 15, 2013 4:09 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A significant number of U.S. patients with irregular heart rhythms do not receive adequate therapy, according to a new study of treatment practices for atrial ... Read more

Seeing failed CPR of loved one may help coping

Seeing failed CPR of loved one may help coping

March 13, 2013 5:15 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When family members were allowed to watch emergency personnel try but fail to resuscitate a loved one, the relatives were less likely to have post ... Read more

Too many drug types are compromising heart health: doctors

Too many drug types are compromising heart health: doctors

March 13, 2013 1:00 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - About 80 million Americans suffer from heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and most are on multiple drugs.Some cardiologists think prescribing has gotten out of hand.The criticism ... Read more

Who needs evidence-based medicine? Patients getting statins from ‘trigger happy’ docs

Who needs evidence-based medicine? Patients getting statins from ‘trigger happy’ docs

March 11, 2013 10:04 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many doctors prescribe statins to people who have little chance of benefiting from the cholesterol-lowering drugs, a new study suggests. In a survey of 202 ... Read more