2011

July

• Predictors of dying suddenly versus surviving heart attack identified -

• Return to smoking after heart attack ups death risk -

• Heart failure: Doing what your doctor says works -

• Modified Fat Diet Key to Lowering Heart Disease Risk -

• Doctors overuse heart treatment, despite guidelines -

• Artery-Opening Procedure Still Widely Used In Spite of Changed Guidelines -

• Indoor air pollution linked to cardiovascular risk -

• A change of heart: Penn researchers reprogram brain cells to become heart cells -

• Lifestyle may affect sudden cardiac death risk -

• Many U.S. heart stents inappropriate: study -

• Higher daily dose of aspirin could play key role in preventing heart attacks for those with diabetes -

• Chantix associated with 72 percent increased risk of serious CV events -

June

• Heart transplant patients at risk for serious skin cancers -

• Researchers Develop New Gene Therapy for Heart Failure -

• Experimental Heart Pump Saves Alabama Girl -

• New Procedure Treats Atrial Fibrillation -

• Black heart attack patients wait longer for advanced treatment, University of Michigan study shows -

• Using magnets to help prevent heart attacks -

• New sound synchronization technology holds the key to earlier diagnosis of heart disease -

May

• New Drugs Target Delay of Huntington’s Symptoms -

• No heart benefit seen in adding niacin to statin -

• Dairy consumption does not elevate heart attack risk, study suggests -

• Pneumonia Patients At Risk for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest -

• Simple new bedside screening effectively identifies patients with acute aortic dissection -

• Pneumonia patients at risk for in-hospital cardiac arrest -

• Lack of exercise linked to higher heart disease risk in healthy children as young as 9 -

• Doctors rush to heart procedure before proven drugs -

• Heart failure patients’ osteoporosis often undiagnosed, untreated -

• 6 percent of Spanish workers have high cardiovascular risk -

• New guidelines for cardiovascular genetic testing -

• More Knowledge Not Always Helpful for Women Dealing with Heart Disease -

• More knowledge not always helpful for women dealing with heart disease -

• Exercise Protects the Heart Via Nitric Oxide -

• Damaged Hearts Pump Better When Fueled With Fats -

• Tailored medicine could prevent more heart attacks -

• Mayo Clinic CPR efforts successful on man with no pulse for 96 minutes -

• Animal studies reveal new route to treating heart disease -

• Dirty mouths lead to broken hearts -

• Chemical found in crude oil linked to congenital heart disease -

April

• Nationwide Children’s Hospital Study Identifies Second Gene Associated with Specific Congenital Heart Defects -

• Black cardiac arrest patients more likely to be admitted to hospitals with lowest survival rates -

• Increase in Evidence-Based Treatments Followed by Decreased Risk of Death in Heart Attack Patients -

• How common is cardiac arrest in college athletes? -

• Aspirin cuts heart attacks, not deaths or strokes -

• Heart risk factors high in young Indian adults -

• Study adds weight to link between calcium supplements and heart problems -

• Study of Nonsurgical Heart Valve Replacement -

• Heart needs work after heart attack: U of A study challenges the notion that the heart must rest -

• Short-term, high-fat diet may initiate protection during heart attack -

• Study links heart disease risk factors to some cognitive decline -

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