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Post-Heart Attack Surgery: Delaying Elective Procedures Can Reduce Risks for Older Adults
Research from the University of Rochester suggests that older adults who have suffered a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) should delay elective noncardiac surgeries for …
Revolutionary Robotic System Offers New Hope for Treating Heart Disease
A new robotic system at SickKids enables high-throughput screening of potential therapies for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, promising to personalize treatment and reduce the need for …
Making a game of it: Contests help new moms increase their steps
Fun and games could be a solution to serious problems like preeclampsia and hypertension among pregnant people and holds promise for significant progress, according …
Novel treatment effective for sidewall brain aneurysm, study finds
A novel mesh plug that has been traditionally used to treat brain aneurysms occurring where the blood vessels branch out was found to be …
Study finds infertility history linked with increased risk of heart failure
A woman's reproductive history can help predict her future risk of heart disease.
Obesity significantly increased heart failure risk among women with late menopause
While women who enter menopause before age 45 are known to be at higher risk of heart failure, obesity significantly increased heart failure risk …
Increased aortic diameter raises risk of heart attack, stroke
The diameter of the thoracic aorta is a biomarker for heart attacks and other adverse cardiovascular events in women and men, according to a …
Cell-derived therapy may help repair abnormal heart rhythm
Vesicles secreted from human heart cells may repair damaged tissue and prevent lethal heart rhythm disorders, according to a new study.
Heart inflammation rare among people hospitalized with COVID-19, study finds
A new study found that 54 out of nearly 57,000 adults (a rate of 2.4 of every 1,000) hospitalized due to COVID-19 infection developed …
Heart issues after COVID-19 uncommon in children and young adults, more research needed
The new scientific statement details what has been learned about how to treat, manage and even likely prevent cardiovascular complications from the SARS-CoV-2 virus …
AI predicts if -- and when -- someone will have cardiac arrest
A new artificial intelligence-based approach can predict, significantly more accurately than a doctor, if and when a patient could die of cardiac arrest. The …
New hope for predicting and treating heart failure in babies born with deadly heart defect
Almost one third of babies born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS, die from heart failure before their first birthday. By uncovering cellular …