2012

January

• Is it the alcohol or polyphenols in red wine that decreases cardiovascular disease? -

• Cardiovascular Health: Waiting Room Patient Education Video Saves a Life -

• Heart risk during marathons low, but rising: study -

• Heart disease more likely in people with psoriasis: study -

• To optimize exercise, heed your heart rate training zone -

• Heart Attack Risk Rises after Loss of Loved One -

• MU Researchers Find Unique Protein Organization In Arteries Associated with Cardiovascular Disease -

• Gene Analysis Helps Identify Basis of Rare Infant Heart Disorder -

• When It Comes to Heart Health, How Much Is Too Much Vitamin D? -

• Professor Publishes Citation Classic 24 Years After His First Discovery that Aspirin Prevents a First Heart Attack -

2011

December

• Tests for biomarker may help determine diagnosis of heart attack within hours -

• Mutation in gene that’s critical for human development linked to arrhythmia -

• How do you mend a broken heart? -

• MRI scan ‘better’ for heart patients -

• FDA requires precaution on Boston Sci stent -

• A simple clip could increase quality of life for thousands of patients with a common heart problem -

• Heart attack rates were up three years post-Katrina -

• ADHD drugs do not up heart risks in adults: study -

• Echocardiography offers the future for infarct size quantification -

• Stopping dangerous cell regrowth reduces risk of further heart attacks -

• American first at the Montreal Heart Institute: A patient treated with a disappearing heart device -

• Low “good” cholesterol doesn’t cause heart attacks -

November

• What Can I Do to Lower My Risk of Heart Disease? -

• Top Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease -

• St Jude advises doctors of heart lead problems -

• Heart attack risk differs between men and women -

• One in 10 stent patients readmitted within a month -

• Life-saving transfer of heart patients lagging -

• Environment and diet leave their prints on the heart -

• Heart patients prefer longevity over quality of life -

• Low vitamin D linked to heart disease, death -

• Similar effects of beer and wine on the risk of cardiovascular disease -

• New Design for Mechanical Heart Valves -

• Device Sands Away Plaque, May Prevent Heart Attacks -

• FDA sees rare but serious issue with stents -

• Broken heart syndrome becoming more common -

• Broken Heart Syndrome Affects Women The Most -

• Heart rate recovery predicts clinical worsening in pulmonary hypertension -

• Life-saving prescriptions lagging in heart patients -

• UI study explains how heart attack can lead to heart rupture -

• More “healthy” patients die after a heart attack -

• New medication increases HDL cholesterol and decreases LDL cholesterol levels -

• 2 statin drugs similarly effective in reversing coronary heart disease -

• Better understanding of neurologic defects improves post-cardiac-arrest discharge -

• Hypothermia remains effective in cardiac arrest patients with preexisting cardiomyopathy -

• Sugar-sweetened beverages may increase cardiovascular risk in women -

• Professional dental cleanings may reduce risk of heart attack, stroke -

• Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy live into their 90s -

• Reduction in risk of coronary heart disease from alcohol consumption -

• Heart procedures linked to cognitive decline -

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