2012

April

• EKG Can Help Predict Heart Attacks in Healthy Elderly People -

• Research offers new clues to prevent infection in cardiac devices -

• Fish Oil No Help for Secondary CVD Prevention -

• Could Starving the Heart Make It Resistant to Damage? -

• Why Don’t More Women Take a Daily Aspirin to Prevent Heart Disease? -

• Increased risk of cardiovascular disease for relatives of cancer patients -

March

• Starvation linked to greater risk of cardiac complications -

• Evidence for Coronary CTA in the ED Builds -

• Early dose of glucose thwarts cardiac arrest: study -

• Bypass patients outlive those who get stents: study -

• Solution does not reduce rate of progression to development of heart attack after chest pain -

• Whitney Houston Autopsy Reveals Heart Disease -

• Merck Blood Thinner Stops Heart Attacks With Risk of Bleeding -

• Complicating Tears during Coronary Angioplasty: Where are they Most Prevalent and how do They Affect Patient Outcomes? -

• Study Examines Treatment of Heart Failure with Bone Marrow Cells -

• Mayo Clinic Studies Climbers on Everest to Help Heart Patients at Home -

• BP Drop When Rising Linked to Heart Failure -

• Study finds state wealth affects women’s heart disease risk -

• Taking vitamin E does not impact women’s heart failure risk -

• Canadian Journal of Cardiology publishes new atrial fibrillation guidelines -

• Meeting Greater Number of Recommended Cardiovascular Health Factors Linked with Lower Risk of Death -

• No rise in heart deaths after 2008 market crash in LA -

• Hospital survival differs among Hispanic and non-Hispanic heart failure patients -

• Risk of death from heart failure is lower in women than in men -

• Lifestyle Choices Made in Your 20s Can Impact Your Heart Health in Your 40s -

• Nutrient Found in Dark Meat of Poultry, Some Seafood, May Have Cardiovascular Benefits -

• Chocolate may be good for your heart: study -

February

• Pills as good as stents for stable heart patients: analysis -

• Women Die More of Heart Attack than Men -

• Woodchucks and sudden cardiac death -

• Injectable Gel Could Repair Tissue Damaged by Heart Attack -

• Is broadcasting heart procedures at meetings safe? -

• Big Breakthrough for the Tiniest Hearts -

• Pancreatic hormone linked with severe heart disease in obese and diabetic patients -

• New ability to regrow blood vessels holds promise for treatment of heart disease -

• Hot Topics in Heart Disease Prevention and Treatment -

• Calcium Scoring Can Help Defeat Heart Disease -

• Stem Cell Study in Mice Offers Hope for Treating Heart Attack Patients -

• New guidelines developed for improved DVT diagnosis -

• Study shows fainting factor in cardiac arrests -

• Warfarin and aspirin are similar in heart failure treatment -

• Heart failure linked to thinner bones and fractures -

• Elevated Glucose Associated with Undetected Heart Damage -

• Omega-3 fatty acids tied to lower heart arrhythmia risk -

• How to Prevent 500,000 Heart Attacks a Year -

January

• Edwards says new heart valve data encouraging -

• Deaths from heart attacks halved in last decade -

• Rapid urbanisation as well as cultural habits explain Gulf states’ rise in heart disease prevalence -

• High fructose consumption by adolescents may put them at cardiovascular risk -

• Plant compounds tied to fewer heart deaths -

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