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Depression and extremes of blood pressure predict highest rates of harmful vascular events
(European Society of Cardiology) Depressive symptoms and extremes of blood pressure predict the highest rates of harmful vascular events in patients with existing heart disease, diabetes or stroke, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr. Bhautesh Jani, clinical academic fellow in the Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, UK.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 29, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Working long hours 'increases stroke risk'
Conclusion This systematic review with meta-analysis aimed to assess the association between long working hours and the risk of developing heart disease and stroke.  Overall, the study found longer working hours above 55 hours a week was linked to a third increased risk of stroke. The link with heart disease was weaker.  It also found the influence of long hours on heart disease risk was higher for those of lower socioeconomic groups than it was for those of intermediate or high socioeconomic groups. This study has several strengths. This includes the large overall sample size and the inclusion of both published a...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Neurology Source Type: news

Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation of Interventions to Prevent and Control CVD in Low-Resource Settings A Report From CESCAS in Argentina
Publication date: March 2015 Source:Global Heart, Volume 10, Issue 1 Author(s): Adolfo L. Rubinstein , Vilma E. Irazola , Rosana Poggio , Pablo Gulayin , Analía Nejamis , Andrea Beratarrechea In Argentina, cardiovascular diseases cause an estimated 100,000 deaths and more than 250,000 coronary heart disease and stroke events annually, at a cost of more than $1 billion international dollars. Despite progress in the implementation of several programs to combat noncommunicable diseases in Argentina over the past few years, most health resources are still dedicated to infectious diseases and maternal and child health. The I...
Source: Global Heart - April 13, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation of Interventions to Prevent and Control CVD in Low-Resource Settings
In Argentina, cardiovascular diseases cause an estimated 100,000 deaths and more than 250,000 coronary heart disease and stroke events annually, at a cost of more than $1 billion international dollars. Despite progress in the implementation of several programs to combat noncommunicable diseases in Argentina over the past few years, most health resources are still dedicated to infectious diseases and maternal and child health. The Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, an independent academic institution affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires medical school, runs the South American Centre of Excelle...
Source: CVD Prevention and Control - March 1, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Adolfo L. Rubinstein, Vilma E. Irazola, Rosana Poggio, Pablo Gulayin, Analía Nejamis, Andrea Beratarrechea Tags: Review Source Type: research

Inactivity 'twice as deadly' as obesity
Conclusion This study’s strengths included its large size and long follow-up period. Researchers also took into account a large number of factors (called confounders) that might have influenced the risk of death, such as diet, smoking history and alcohol intake, although it is still possible that both measured and unmeasured confounders influenced mortality rates. The study had one important limitation. It only measured people’s BMI (calculated by combining their weight and height) and their physical activity once, at the start of the study. It is quite possible that people’s BMI changed over time, and that this wou...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Prevention Science Should Be a Higher Federal Funding Priority
This study highlights inadequate investment of federal funding for science that will help us better prevent chronic disease. Investing in prevention -- and prevention science -- should become a much higher priority for federal research. It's essential if the United States is to improve the health of our population and save future generations of Americans from the burden of preventable disease.
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Case Files: When a Spade is Not a Spade
Turrin, Danielle DO; Sattler, Steven DO; Amodeo, Dana DO A 25-year-old Hispanic man presented to the emergency department with a complaint of three days of left-sided precordial chest pain. He described the pain as a constant 6/10 with pressure-like discomfort radiating to his left arm and the left side of his neck. He also experienced nausea, but denied any provocative or palliative factors. He said he had not experienced anything similar to this before. He had no family history of heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, or sudden cardiac death. He admitted to a 1.5 pack-per-day smoking history and social alcohol use,...
Source: The Case Files - August 26, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research

Open Transapical Approach to Transcatheter Paravalvular Leakage Closure: A Preliminary Experience Structural Heart Disease
Conclusions— The open transapical approach to PVL closure in high-risk patients has a high procedural success rate with an acceptable risk of adverse outcomes. This is the first study to prove an increased functional capacity and quality of life after transapical PVL closure. Residual PVL is associated with 1-year mortality.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - August 19, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nijenhuis, V. J., Swaans, M. J., Post, M. C., Heijmen, R. H., de Kroon, T. L., ten Berg, J. M. Tags: Congestive, Valvular heart disease, Catheter-based coronary and valvular interventions: other Structural Heart Disease Source Type: research

Model-based Automatic Segmentation Algorithm Accurately Assesses the Whole Cardiac Volumetric Parameters in Patients with Cardiac CT Angiography: A Validation Study for Evaluating the Accuracy of the Workstation Software and Establishing the Reference Values
Rationale and Objectives: The cardiac chamber volumes and functions can be assessed manually and automatically using the current computed tomography (CT) workstation system. We aimed to evaluate the accuracy and precision and to establish the reference values for both segmentation methods using cardiac CT angiography (CTA).Materials and Methods: A total of 134 subjects (mean age 55.3 years, 72 women) without heart disease were enrolled in the study. The cardiac four-chamber volumes, left ventricular (LV) mass, and biventricular functions were measured with manual, semiautomatic, and model-based fully automatic approaches....
Source: Academic Radiology - April 7, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Song Shou Mao, Dong Li, Mani Vembar, Yanlin Gao, Yanting Luo, Franklin Lam, Younus Saleem Syed, Christine Liu, Kelly Woo, Fred Flores, Matthew J. Budoff Tags: Original Investigations Source Type: research

Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Early and Midterm Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (from a Multicenter Registry)
In conclusion, DM does not significantly affect rates of complications in patients who underwent TAVI. Insulin-treated DM, but not orally treated DM, is independently associated with death and myocardial infarction at midterm follow-up and should be included into future TAVI-dedicated scores.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - November 13, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Federico Conrotto, Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Francesca Giordana, Stefano Salizzoni, Corrado Tamburino, Giuseppe Tarantini, Patrizia Presbitero, Marco Barbanti, Valeria Gasparetto, Marco Mennuni, Massimo Napodano, Marco L. Rossi, Michele La Torre, Gaetana Ferrar Tags: Valvular Heart Disease Source Type: research

Comparison of Two Antiplatelet Therapy Strategies in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
The objective of this study was to compare 2 strategies of antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing TAVI. A strategy using monoantiplatelet therapy (group A, n = 164) was prospectively compared with a strategy using dual antiplatelet therapy (group B, n = 128) in 292 consecutive patients undergoing TAVI. The primary end point was a combination of mortality, major stroke, life-threatening bleeding (LTB), myocardial infarction, and major vascular complications at 30 days. All adverse events were adjudicated according to the Valve Academic Research Consortium. The primary end point occurred in 22 patients (13.4%) in the...
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - October 28, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eric Durand, Didier Blanchard, Stephan Chassaing, Martine Gilard, Marc Laskar, Bogdan Borz, Antoine Lafont, Christophe Barbey, Matthieu Godin, Christophe Tron, Rachid Zegdi, Didier Chatel, Olivier Le Page, Pierre-Yves Litzler, Jean-Paul Bessou, Nicolas Da Tags: Valvular Heart Disease Source Type: research

No evidence Nordic diet prevents heart disease
Conclusion This was a well-designed randomised controlled trial that took place across several Nordic locations. The study took careful clinical measures of elements of metabolic syndrome at several points during the trial, and used food diaries at regular intervals to check compliance to the assigned diet. However, it provides no reliable proof that the ‘healthy’ Nordic diet is any better than the ‘average’ Nordic diet at improving components of metabolic syndrome and, in turn, no proof that it reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. Importantly, this study found no significant results for its main aim (which...
Source: NHS News Feed - May 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Lifestyle/exercise Heart/lungs Source Type: news

Jekyll into Hyde: Breathing auto emissions turns HDL cholesterol from 'good' to 'bad'
Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to clogged arteries.    In addition to changing HDL from "good" to "bad," the inhalation of emissions activates other components of oxidation, the early cell and tissue damage that causes inflammation, leading to hardening of the arteries, according to the research team, which included scientists from UCLA and other institutions.   The findings of this early study, done in mice, are available in...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 15, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Validation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule in Two Hospital Emergency Departments in an Asian Population
ConclusionsIn this study, SFSR rule had a sensitivity of 94.2%. This suggests caution on the strict application of the rule to all patients presenting with syncope. It should only be used as an aide in clinical decision‐making in this population. Resumen Validación en una Población Asiática de la Escala de Síncope de San Francisco en Dos Servicios de Urgencias HospitalariosObjetivesValidar externamente la capacidad de la Escala de Síncope de San Francisco (San Francisco Syncope Rule (SFSR)) para identificar con certeza los pacientes que experimentarán un evento clínico grave a los 7 días siguientes en una poblac...
Source: Academic Emergency Medicine - May 14, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Camlyn Tan, Tiong Beng Sim, Shin Ying Thng Tags: Original Research Contribution Source Type: research