Catheterization Programs Often Overlap
New interventional cardiac catheterization services offered by U.S. hospitals generally duplicate existing programs and do not help patients gain access to timely emergency cardiac care, according to a new study. Examining new cardiac catheterization programs nationally from 2004 to 2008, researchers found the programs were most likely to be introduced in areas that had existing services, near populations that had higher rates of private health insurance and in states where there is little oversight of hospitals... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Research Examines Differences In Rates Of Cardiac Catheterization Between New York State And Ontario
The increased use of cardiac catheterization in New York relative to Ontario appears related to selecting more patients at low risk of obstructive coronary artery disease, with the subsequent diagnostic yield (i.e., the proportion of tested patients in whom disease was diagnosed) of this procedure in New York significantly lower than in Ontario, according to a study in the July 10 issue of JAMA. "The continuing increase in health care expenditures is threatening the sustainability of the health care system and the economy of many developed countries... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Gene Marker IDs Aspirin Response, Predicts MI (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A collection of 60 co-expressed genes -- called the Aspirin Response Signature (ARS) -- predicted both response to aspirin treatment and the risk of death or MI among patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today State Required CME)
Source: MedPage Today State Required CME - July 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Logical sequence of tests helps identify heart disease
Doctors can't easily "open the hood" and peer into the heart, making it difficult to determine the cause of chest pain or identify a person at high risk of having a heart attack. As explained in the May 2013 issue of the Harvard Heart Letter, certain tests can spot the presence or absence of heart disease, help gauge the risk of having a heart attack, and guide what treatment, if any, is needed.
The first test is usually noninvasive, meaning nothing is put into the body and it is not opened in any way. This starter, the treadmill stress test, records how well the heart performs when it is forced to work harder. It may be c...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - April 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bypass surgery better than angioplasty in people with diabetes and heart disease
Diabetes and heart disease often go hand in hand. A big unanswered question for people who have both conditions is what procedure is best for severely blocked coronary arteries. The answer is bypass surgery, explains the April 2013 issue of the Harvard Heart Letter.
Results from the Future Revascularization Evaluation in People with Diabetes Mellitus (FREEDOM) trial showed that among people with diabetes and heart disease, rates of heart attack and death were lower five years after coronary artery bypass surgery than after artery-opening angioplasty plus stenting.
The FREEDOM results are important because doctors have been...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - April 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
STREAM Trial: Treatment With Tenecteplase Before Hospital Transfer Benefits Some
A clot-busting therapy may benefit some heart attack patients who cannot have immediate angioplasty, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. "Drug therapy before transfer is at least as effective as [angioplasty], and an urgent catheterization was avoided in two-thirds of patients," said Frans Van de Werf, MD, PhD, professor of cardiology at University of Leuven, Belgium, and the study's lead investigator. "It gives [clinicians] time to consider other options, such as [coronary artery bypass graft] and medical therapy... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
Tanzania: New Cath Lab to Cut Cardiovascular Treatment Costs
[Daily News]TREATMENT for cardiovascular diseases, including coronary heart disease and stroke will be made easy and available locally at affordable costs thanks to plans to open up a catheterization lab at Aga Khan Hospital, next year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
For Diagnostic Cardiac Test, Mayo Clinic Physicians Take New Route to the Heart Through Wrist Artery
Cardiologists are performing angioplasties with a new procedure by accessing an artery in a patient's wrist rather than near the groin, eliminating potential complications that can occur in traditional catheterization. (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 14, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
For Diagnostic Cardiac Test, Mayo Clinic Physicians Take New Route to the Heart Through Wrist Artery
Cardiologists are performing angioplasties with a new procedure by accessing an artery in a patient's wrist rather than near the groin, eliminating potential complications that can occur in traditional catheterization. (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - February 14, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
For Diagnostic Cardiac Test, Mayo Clinic Physicians Take New Route to the Heart Through Wrist Artery
Cardiologists are performing angioplasties with a new procedure by accessing an artery in a patient's wrist rather than near the groin, eliminating potential complications that can occur in traditional catheterization. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - February 14, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Love Your Heart 2013: Promoting Heart Health in Europe
This is the 2013 Valentine's Day Campaign initiated by the MEP Heart Group in the European Parliament. It aims at ensuring that cardiovascular diseases (CVD), the n°1 killer in Europe, are given the appropriate attention on the EU policy agenda.You are warmly invited to join the MEP Heart Group Twitter & Facebook campaign on 13 & 14 February for raising awareness.
Topics:
Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Basic Science, Cardiac Tumours, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management, Cardiovascular Nursing, C...
Source: ESC News and Press - February 12, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Have a Neanderthal baby and save humanity | Naomi McAuliffe
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – simply rent your womb out to Prof George Church, Harvard, and a Nobel prize is yoursIf you're a young, single and adventurous female human and wondering what to do with the womb you have just lying around inside you collecting dust, an opportunity has arisen. You can bear a Neanderthal baby.This is a once in an aeon chance to have your very own bundle of fur; a little Ug Jnr with your eyes and smile but the back hair of its great-great-great-great-great (etc) grandfather.Prof George Church of Harvard Medical School believes that he can reconstruct Neanderthal DNA, and is seeking...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 21, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Naomi McAuliffe Tags: Comment Genetics Evolution guardian.co.uk Anthropology Neanderthal man Science Comment is free Source Type: news
Apply for the WIN grant before the end of January
The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions offers a training and research programme to give the opportunity to young cardiologists to broaden their clinical and research skills. Apply now
Topics:
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Intervention (PCI), Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Invasive Imaging: Cardiac Catheterisation and Angiography (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 7, 2012 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Apply for the grant before the end of January
The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions offers a training and research programme to give the opportunity to young cardiologists to broaden their clinical and research skills. Apply now
Topics:
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Intervention (PCI), Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Invasive Imaging: Cardiac Catheterisation and Angiography (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 7, 2012 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Revised Article-Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac catheterization is a medical procedure used to diagnose and treat some heart conditions. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - January 30, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
