Tooth extraction before heart surgery carries risks
Dental extraction before cardiac surgery may not be as benign a procedure as some clinicians might think, with review findings showing that it is associated with major adverse outcomes. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - February 28, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension common in severe heart failure
Pulmonary hypertension is common in patients with heart failure and is likely to include a pre-capillary component, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - February 7, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

ECG abnormalities progress during pulmonary arterial hypertension course
Researchers have identified a number of electrocardiography variables that progress between diagnosis and death in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - February 4, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Morning blood pressure tied to target-organ damage
Physicians should ask patients to take home blood pressure readings in the morning as well as the evening before making therapeutic decisions, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - February 3, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Chest radiography highly predictive of pulmonary hypertension
Chest radiography is very accurate for predicting pulmonary hypertension, report researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - February 3, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Home blood pressure best guide to metabolic risk
Home blood pressure is a good guide to which patients are likely to have the metabolic syndrome, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 20, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Oral opioid use sufficient following cardiac surgery
Oral opioids are as effective as intravenous opioids for relieving pain in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery, randomized trial findings show. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 20, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Clinical rule stratifies CAP patients’ cardiac risk
Researchers have generated and validated a clinical rule that accurately stratifies patients hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia according to their risk for cardiac complications. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 20, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Gouty tophi predict cardiovascular remodeling
Research shows that the severity of gout, rather than uric acid level, is significantly associated with changes in left ventricular diastolic function and left atrial volume. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 16, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Obesity interferes with blood pressure control
Patients who are overweight or obese have a high risk for uncontrolled blood pressure, despite often taking multiple antihypertensive agents, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 13, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Cardiovascular conditions may be overlooked in bipolar disorder
Cardiovascular comorbidities may be going under-recognized and undertreated in patients with bipolar disorder, say UK researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 11, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Chronic musculoskeletal pain increases CVD risk
Chronic musculoskeletal pain is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, researchers have found. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 6, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Tight blood pressure control urged in patients with cardiovascular disease
Intensive antihypertensive treatment to a systolic blood pressure target of 130 mmHg is equally beneficial for patients with and without established cardiovascular disease, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - January 6, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Two-armed approach to vascular risk prediction
People with different blood pressures in their left and right arms have an increased risk for cardiovascular events, even if they do not have hypertension, shows a population-based analysis. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - December 9, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Hypertension organ risk revealed in Chinese patients
A study of Chinese patients warns of the risk for target organ damage from untreated hypertension, especially for younger patients. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - December 2, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news