Insomnia symptoms linked to increased mortality
Certain aspects of insomnia are associated with an increased risk for mortality, shows an analysis of a large cohort of US men. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - December 2, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Call for greater beta blocker use in COPD
Researchers say that stubbornly low rates of beta-blocker prescribing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could be contributing toward increased mortality in these patients following myocardial infarction. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - November 27, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Call for greater ß-blocker use in COPD
Researchers say that stubbornly low rates of beta-blocker prescribing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could be contributing toward increased mortality in these patients following myocardial infarction. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - November 27, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Grave prognosis for heart patients with treatment-resistant hypertension
Patients with coronary artery disease have a particularly high risk for poor outcomes if they have treatment-resistant hypertension, shows an analysis of the Treating to New Targets trial. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - November 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
‘Pioneering’ non-invasive coronary plaque imaging revealed
Combined 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography–computed tomography allows physicians to visualize high-risk or ruptured coronary atherosclerotic plaques in patients with myocardial infarction or stable angina, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - November 14, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Ambulatory BP best for assessing diabetes CV risk
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring should be used to monitor patients with Type 2 diabetes who have a high risk for developing cardiovascular complications, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - November 4, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Insomnia concerns go unaddressed in heart failure patients
The impact of insomnia on health and function is a major concern for patients with heart failure, qualitative and quantitative research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - November 4, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Cardiometabolic risk high for schizophrenia patients
The risk for abdominal obesity may be increased as much as fourfold for patients with multi-episode schizophrenia compared with the rest of the population, reveal findings from a meta-analysis. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - October 16, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Six-month surgery delay ‘acceptable’ after DES implantation
The recommendation to delay noncardiac surgery for a year after receipt of a drug-eluting stent, compared with just 6 weeks for a bare-metal stent, may be too conservative, suggests research indicating that stent type does not influence the longer term risk for major adverse cardiac events. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - October 13, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Doubt cast on worth of BP load
Blood pressure load may not be a useful clinical measure, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - September 8, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
BP variability a long-term challenge
Blood pressure variability over the long term predicts mortality among patients receiving treatment for hypertension, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - September 2, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Sleep role in depression-related death risk
Poor sleep may partially explain the association between depressive symptoms and death from cardiovascular causes, research indicates. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - August 25, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Caveat for blood pressure treatment in chronic kidney disease
Physicians should keep a close eye on diastolic blood pressure when attempting to reduce systolic blood pressure in patients who have chronic kidney disease, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - August 25, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Milestone for ischemic preconditioning
A randomized, controlled trial provides the first strong evidence that remote ischemic preconditioning can reduce mortality among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. (Source: MedWire News - Cardiology)
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - August 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
