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Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Scaffolds Emerging As The Dominant Device Of The Future For Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
The DESolve bioresorbable coronary scaffold system achieves good efficacy and safety with low rates of late lumen loss and major coronary adverse events at six months, show first results from the pivotal DESolve Nx trial reported at EuroPCR 2013. DESolve (Elixir Medical Corporation) is the first bioresorbable PLLA-based polymer scaffold that releases novolimus, a major metabolite of sirolimus... (Medical News Today)

Superiority Of Bivalirudin Over Heparin Questioned
Results from a large observational study reported at EuroPCR 2013 question whether bivalirudin is superior to heparin in the absence of GPIIb/IIIa blockade, showing similar 30-day mortality in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)... (Medical News Today)

Results Of The BIOFLOW-II Substudy: Biodegradable Stent Proves Non-Inferior To Drug-Eluting Stent
The Orsiro stent, which is a novel stent platform eluting sirolimus from a biodegradable polymer, demonstrated non-inferiority to the Xience Prime everolimus-eluting stent for the primary angiographic endpoint of in-stent late lumen loss at nine months in the results of an imaging substudy reported at EuroPCR 2013 today... (Medical News Today)

1-Year TAVI Outcomes Post-Approval Showed A Large Treatment Effect In Terms Of Symptom Relief And Improved Quality Of Life
One-year results from SOURCE XT - one of the largest, post-approval transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) registries to-date - reported today at EuroPCR 2013 show good clinical outcomes in routine clinical practice, with high rates of device success for all access approaches, valve sizes and delivery systems... (Medical News Today)

Omega Oils Protect The Heart From Mental Stress
The American Heart Association recommends that people eat at least two servings of fish every week. The omega 3 fatty acids in fish oil are thought to have very good properties that can help prevent cardiovascular disease. Fish oils come from fatty fish, also called "oily fish". They are found in the tissue of these fatty fish, such as trout, tuna, mackerel, herring, salmon, and sardines... (Medical News Today)

Patients At Risk Of Heart Disease Set To Benefit From Clinical Trial
Patients suffering from high blood pressure - the single most important risk for death worldwide - could be helped by a UK-wide clinical trial aimed at improving treatments. Clinicians have recruited the 500th patient to the trial, which is evaluating the most effective drug combinations for newly diagnosed patients... (Medical News Today)

Heart Condition Induced By Stress, Anxiety, Treated With Antidepressant
A drug commonly used to treat depression and anxiety may improve a stress-related heart condition in people with stable coronary heart disease, according to researchers at Duke Medicine... (Medical News Today)

Nationwide Study Maps Atherosclerotic Disease Heredity
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have mapped the significance of heredity for common forms of atherosclerotic disease. No studies have previously examined whether different forms of the disease share heredity... (Medical News Today)

Antidepressant Escitalopram Helps Heart Problem Caused By Stress
Researchers at Duke Medicine have revealed that a commonly prescribed antidepressant - escitalopram (Lexapro) - could be used to treat a heart condition caused by stress among people suffering from stable coronary heart disease... (Medical News Today)

Drug-coated Balloons May Provide New Method To Open Clogged Arteries
A new treatment method that combines the advantages of angioplasty balloons and drug-releasing stents, and offers fewer risks, has been examined as a way to open clogged arteries... (Medical News Today)

Treatment With Antidepressant Results In Lower Rate Of Mental Stress-Induced Cardiac Ischemia
Among patients with stable coronary heart disease and mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia (MSIMI), 6 weeks of treatment with the antidepressant escitalopram, compared with placebo, resulted in a lower rate of MSIMI, according to a study in the May 22/29 issue of JAMA... (Medical News Today)

New Role For ECMO In Treating Patients With Cardiac Arrest And Profound Shock
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest victims in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Now, a novel study of this technique in the U.S... (Medical News Today)

New App Diagnoses Heart Attacks
An experimental, inexpensive iPhone application transmitted diagnostic heart images faster and more reliably than emailing photo images, according to a research study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013... (Medical News Today)

Clinical Trial Finds Fluid And Sodium Restrictions Have No Effect On Weight Loss Or Clinical Stability Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
A clinical trial of 75 patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) suggests that aggressive fluid and sodium restriction has no effect on weight loss or clinical stability at three days but was associated with an increase in perceived thirst, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication... (Medical News Today)

Researchers Identify Target To Prevent Hardening Of Arteries
The hardening of arteries is a hallmark of atherosclerosis, an often deadly disease in which plaques, excessive connective tissue, and other changes build up inside vessel walls and squeeze off the flow of oxygen-rich blood throughout the body... (Medical News Today)

Sensors For Heart Devices, Consumer Electronics, Vulnerable To Certain Security Risks
The type of sensors that pick up the rhythm of a beating heart in implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are vulnerable to tampering, according to a new study conducted in controlled laboratory conditions. Implantable defibrillators monitor the heart for irregular beating and, when necessary, administer an electric shock to bring it back into normal rhythm... (Medical News Today)

Yoga Can Help Lower Blood Pressure
According to a new study presented at the "28th Annual Scientific Meeting", yoga can help lower a person's blood pressure. Desirable or normal blood pressure is generally considered to be below 120/80 (one-twenty over eighty). Where 120 represents the systolic measurement and 80 represents the diastolic measurement... (Medical News Today)

Heart Health Monitored Using Paper-Thin Flexible 'Skin'
Most of us don't ponder our pulses outside of the gym. But doctors use the human pulse as a diagnostic tool to monitor heart health. Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill and no wider than a postage stamp... (Medical News Today)

In Patients With Kidney Disease, LDL Cholesterol Is A Poor Marker Of Heart Health
Other measures are needed to assess patients' cardiovascular risks Among patients with chronic kidney disease, those with very low kidney function had a higher risk of having a heart attack than those with higher kidney function over a four-year period... (Medical News Today)

Breathing Emission Particles Turns HDL Cholesterol From 'Good' To 'Bad'
Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to clogged arteries... (Medical News Today)

Better Than Expected Long-Term Outcomes In Patients With Advanced Coronary Artery Disease
Death rates associated with patients with refractory angina, or chronic chest pain, are lower than previously considered; therefore, physicians should focus on relieving the chest pain symptoms and improving the quality of life in these patients according to an article published online in the European Heart Journal... (Medical News Today)

Too Much Body Fat Makes Arteries Become Stiff After Middle Age
In young people, blood vessels appear to be able to compensate for the effects of obesity. But after middle age, this adaptability is lost, and arteries become progressively stiffer as body fat rises - potentially increasing the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease... (Medical News Today)

Before Heart Attacks Young Women Often Less Healthy Than Young Men
Young women tend to be less healthy and have a poorer quality of life than similar-aged men before suffering a heart attack, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. "Compared with young men, women under 55 years are less likely to have heart attacks... (Medical News Today)

Exercise Lowers Risk Of Lung And Colorectal Cancer Among Middle Aged Men
New research conducted by researchers at the University of Vermont reveals that middle-aged men who engage in a lot of cardiovascular exercise are at a reduced risk of suffering from lung and colorectal cancer. In addition, those who exercise are less likely to die from prostate cancer (although their risk of contracting the disease remained the same)... (Medical News Today)

Hysterectomy Does Not Raise Heart Risk
Contrary to some previous research, a new study from the US finds women's risk of cardiovascular disease does not go up after having a hysterectomy in mid-life, with or without ovary removal. The risk is no higher than that faced by women who reach the menopause naturally, says the new study. Lead author Karen A... (Medical News Today)

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