2011

April

• Working long hours? Watch out for your heart -

• Working long hours? Watch out for your heart -

• Are ICDs up to par with patients living longer? -

• Exercise preserves, builds heart muscle -

• Post-Katrina heart attack rate three-times higher: study -

• Abbott absorbable stent shows good results -

March

• Cost of heart drugs makes patients skip pills, putting themselves at risk -

• Scientists find cause of fatal inflammation of the heart muscle -

• Congestive Heart Failure Can Strike Anyone -

• Preventing Congestive Heart Failure -

• Study shows living at high altitude reduces risk of dying from heart disease -

• Outcomes improved by longer delays between heart attacks and elective surgeries -

• Do all student athletes need heart screenings? -

• Heart disease screens don’t change treatment -

• Heart attack treatment as good during off-hours? -

• A Dose of Safflower Oil Each Day Might Help Keep Heart Disease at Bay -

• Study Shows Polypill to be Safe and Accepted by Physicians and Patients in Developing Countries -

• Hopkins Nursing Lab Admits Harvey the Cardiac Simulator -

• Study Examines Outcomes of High-Dose Antiplatelet Drug After Stent Placement -

• Inflammation behind heart valve disease -

• The Five Hospital Factors that Affect Heart Attack Survival -

• Study suggests alternative to invasive heart test -

• Erectile dysfunction drug improves exercise tolerance in young people with congenital heart disease -

• Pinpointing Air Pollution’s Effects on the Heart -

• Effects of alcohol on risk factors for cardiovascular disease -

• Studies find gene links to world’s biggest killer -

• Drug Could Help Preserve Brain Function After Cardiac Arrest -

• Women get short shrift in many heart device studies, despite requirement -

• FDA finds no heart attack risk with HIV drug -

• Simple blood test at discharge could help reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients -

• Adult care for congenital heart disease patients should begin in adolescence -

February

• Newborn heart muscle can grow back by itself, UT Southwestern researchers have found -

• Protein could be new target to reduce damage after heart attack -

• Middle-Aged Hearts Are in Poor Shape -

• Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than cocaine -

• Scientists identify new marker for heart disease -

• Aspirin, Cost-Effective Heart Disease Prevention -

• Many stick with fast food after heart attack: study -

• Stent blood clot risk may be higher in the morning -

• Gender Does Not Increase Risk of Death from Heart Attack -

• Cancer-related pathways reveal potential treatment target for congenital heart disease -

• ‘Healthy’ patients at high risk of cardiac death identified -

• Updated heart disease prevention guidelines for women focus more on ‘real-world’ recommendations -

• Heart Patients Should be Referred to Cardiac Rehabilitation Before Leaving Hospital -

• Cancer breakthrough to prevent heart failure and increase survival rates -

• Short time on antipsychotics may up heart disease -

• Drug-eluting stents are preferred therapy for revascularization of chronic total occlusions -

• Therapy to prevent heart failure more effective in women than men -

• Findings of global study on obesity, heart risks -

• New Pulmonary Valve Delays Need for Open-Heart Surgery -

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