A double-dose of the anti-clotting treatment clopidogrel, also known as Plavix, significantly reduces complications in heart patients undergoing angioplasty to clear blocked arteries. Shamir R. Mehta, an interventional cardiologist and associate professor of medicine of the Michael G… Read The Full Article…Double-Dose Clopidogrel Reduces Risk Of Death, Heart Attack Or Stroke In Patients Undergoing Angioplasty Read more »

A team of researchers, led by Yizheng Wang, at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, has identified a way to preserve nerve cells in a rat model of stroke. Stroke is most commonly caused by impaired delivery of oxygen to part of the brain as a result of disruption to the blood supply (a condition [...] Read more »

As families return to the frenzied back-to-school pace, the American Heart Association is urging Hispanics to make time for the most important test they can take: a simple online health assessment to help them avoid heart disease and stroke… Read The Full Article…New Online Health Test Helps Hispanics Cut Risk Of Heart Disease, Stroke Read more »

One in 20 Americans over age 50 has Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), a condition that robs them of their independence and mobility by increasing the risk of heart attack, stroke, amputation and death. The Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM) is working to increase awareness of PAD, its diagnosis and treatment… Read The Full Article…Society For [...] Read more »

HeartWare International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTWR; ASX: HIN), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that the U.S… Read The Full Article…HeartWare Receives Second Patient Allotment Under Continued Access Protocol For Pivotal U.S. Bridge-To-Transplant Clinical Trial Read more »

Cortisol levels in hair may be the first biomarker to measure chronic (long-term) stress, which is linked to a higher risk of having a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction), according to a new study published in the medical journal Stress… Read The Full Article…Cortisol Levels In Hair Linked To Heart Attack Risk Read more »

Cardiogenesis Corporation (OTCQB: CGCP), released comments regarding the STAR-heart study… Read The Full Article…Cardiogenesis Comments On The STAR-Heart Study Presented At European Society Of Cardiology (ESC) 2010 Congress Read more »

Three new analyses of subgroups from the SORT OUT III study presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, provide additional detail on longer-term follow-up subgroup safety and efficacy outcomes in the SORT OUT III trial in three high-risk subgroups (diabetes, acute coronary syndrome and multiple lesion)… Read The Full Article…Long [...] Read more »

A double-dose of the anti-clotting treatment clopidogrel, also known as Plavix, significantly reduces complications in heart patients undergoing angioplasty to clear blocked arteries. Shamir R. Mehta, an interventional cardiologist and associate professor of medicine of the Michael G… Read The Full Article…Double-Dose Clopidogrel Reduces Risk Of Death, Heart Attack Or Stroke In Patients Undergoing Angioplasty Read more »

As families return to the frenzied back-to-school pace, the American Heart Association is urging Hispanics to make time for the most important test they can take: a simple online health assessment to help them avoid heart disease and stroke… Read The Full Article…New Online Health Test Helps Hispanics Cut Risk Of Heart Disease, Stroke Read more »