Heart Disease News

December 6, 2023

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Decades After Blood Pressure-Related Pregnancy Complications, Women Can Have Changes in Heart Structure and Function

Dec. 4, 2023 — Hispanic/Latina women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) -- conditions marked by high blood pressure during pregnancy -- are more likely to have abnormalities in their heart ...

Novel Study Finds Aspirin-Free Regimen Benefits Patients With LVAD

Nov. 29, 2023 — The ARIES-HM3 Randomized Clinical Trial assessed the safety and efficacy of excluding aspirin from the antithrombotic regimen in patients with advanced heart failure who have undergone implantation of a fully magnetically levitated left ventricular ...

Coronary Heart Disease Before Age 45 May Increase Risk of Dementia Later in Life

Nov. 29, 2023 — Having coronary heart disease at a younger age was associated with an increased risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, finds a new ...

Alcohol Consumption May Have Positive and Negative Effects on Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Nov. 28, 2023 — A new study found that alcohol consumption may have counteractive effects on CVD risk, depending on the biological presence of certain circulating metabolites -- molecules that are produced during ...

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Endovascular Catheter Opens Blocked Arteries Deep Within Lungs

Dec. 4, 2023 — A new endovascular catheter, recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is paving the way to more effective and safe treatment for acute pulmonary embolism. Already shown to be ...

First Multi-Chamber Heart Organoids Unravel Human Heart Development and Disease

Nov. 28, 2023 — Heart disease kills 18 million people each year, but the development of new therapies faces a bottleneck: no physiological model of the entire human ...

Radiation Therapy May Be Potential Heart Failure Treatment

Nov. 28, 2023 — In diseased hearts, low-dose radiation therapy appears to improve heart ...

Heart Over Head? Stages of the Heart's Cycle Affect Neural Responses

Nov. 28, 2023 — Optimal windows exist for action and perception during the 0.8 seconds of a heartbeat, according to new research. The sequence of contraction and relaxation is linked to changes in the motor system ...

Measuring Long-Term Heart Stress Dynamics With Smartwatch Data

Nov. 27, 2023 — Biomedical engineers have developed a method using data from wearable devices such as smartwatches to digitally mimic an entire week's worth of an individual's heartbeats. The new 'digital twins' ...

Heart Repair Via Neuroimmune Crosstalk

Nov. 17, 2023 — Unlike humans, zebrafish can completely regenerate their hearts after injury. They owe this ability to the interaction between their nervous and immune systems, as researchers now ...

Lab-Grown 'Small Blood Vessels' Point to Potential Treatment for Major Cause of Stroke and Vascular Dementia

Nov. 16, 2023 — Scientists have grown small blood vessel-like models in the lab and used them to show how damage to the scaffolding that supports these vessels can ...

Researcher Helps Solve 60-Year Mystery Inside Heart

Nov. 14, 2023 — Scientists have solve a 60-year-old mystery about one of the body's most vital organs: the ...

Reducing Systolic Blood Pressure to Less Than 120 Mm Hg Reduced Cardiovascular Event Risk

Nov. 13, 2023 — An intensive three-year intervention to lower the top blood pressure number to less than 120 mm Hg was more effective at preventing death, heart ...

Cut Salt, Cut Blood Pressure

Nov. 13, 2023 — Nearly everyone can lower their blood pressure, even people currently on blood pressure-reducing drugs, by lowering their sodium intake, reports a new study. It found 70-75% of all people, ...

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Ground-Breaking Discovery Could Pave the Way for New Therapies to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

Nov. 13, 2023 — Researchers have discovered the mechanism by which cholesterol in our diet is absorbed into our cells. This discovery opens up new opportunities for therapeutic intervention to control cholesterol ...

New Medication Given Every 1-3 Months May Slash Stubborn High Cholesterol

Nov. 13, 2023 — While currently available PCSK9 inhibitor medications to lower cholesterol must be administered every few weeks by injection, a new, investigational PCSK9 inhibitor called recaticimab safely lowered ...

Study Finds Poor Ventilation Use During CPR for out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Nov. 13, 2023 — The ventilation technique, also known as rescue breathing, commonly used during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for people with cardiac arrest is often performed poorly by professional emergency ...

Semaglutide Reduced Cardiovascular Events by 20% in Certain Adults

Nov. 13, 2023 — Semaglutide reduced cardiovascular events by 20% in adults with overweight or obesity and established cardiovascular disease who do not have diabetes, according to new research. Semaglutide is ...

Cardiologists Reveal New Heart Disease Risk Calculator

Nov. 10, 2023 — The new American Heart Association PREVENTTM risk calculator estimates the 10- and 30-year risk of total cardiovascular disease for people aged 30 years and older. The calculator estimates the risk ...

Any Activity Is Better for Your Heart Than Sitting -- Even Sleeping

Nov. 9, 2023 — Replacing sitting with as little as a few minutes of moderate exercise a day tangibly improves heart health, according to new ...

Allergic Responses to Common Foods Could Significantly Increase Risk of Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Death

Nov. 9, 2023 — Allergic responses to common foods such as dairy and peanuts can increase the risk for heart disease and cardiovascular death as much or more than smoking, new research suggests. And these dangerous ...

Artificial Intelligence May Help Predict -- Possibly Prevent -- Sudden Cardiac Death

Nov. 6, 2023 — Predicting sudden cardiac death may be possible using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze medical information in electronic health records, according to preliminary research. Researchers analyzed ...

Practicing Mindfulness Can Help People Make Heart-Healthy Eating Choices

Nov. 2, 2023 — A study found that participants in a mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction program improved health behaviors that lower blood pressure. When people who had elevated blood pressure participated ...

What Happens When We Pass Out? Researchers ID New Brain and Heart Connections

Nov. 1, 2023 — Researchers have for the first time identified the genetic pathway between the heart and brain tied to fainting. They found that vagal sensory neurons trigger fainting, laying a foundation for ...

Combining Cell Types May Lead to Improved Cardiac Cell Therapy Following Heart Attack

Oct. 31, 2023 — Researchers have harnessed a combination of lab-grown cells to regenerate damaged heart muscle. The study addresses major challenges of using heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, grown from ...

First Classification of Four Stages of Heart Attack Based on Heart Muscle Damage Is Released

Oct. 31, 2023 — Heart attacks, or acute myocardial infarction (MI), are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The newly released classification system presents a four-stage classification of heart attack ...

Wearing Your Heart (Monitor) on Your Sleeve

Oct. 31, 2023 — By detecting cardiovascular ailments and helping assess overall cardiac health, wearable electrocardiograms save lives, not to mention exorbitant hospital care costs. Researchers now present a novel ...

New Evidence Explains How Warming-Up Enhances Muscle Performance

Oct. 25, 2023 — Researchers have investigated the effect of increased cell temperature on the contractility of skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle by heating the muscle proteins using advanced microscopical ...

Study Shows Engineered Gut Bacteria Can Treat Hypertension

Oct. 24, 2023 — Newly published research proves that it's possible to treat high blood pressure by using specially engineered Lactobacillus paracasei to produce a protein called ACE2 in the gut, reducing gut ...

AI Can Identify People With Abnormal Heart Rhythms

Oct. 18, 2023 — Investigators found that an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can detect an abnormal heart rhythm in people not yet showing symptoms. The algorithm, which identified hidden signals in common ...

Genetic Risk Scores Not Useful in Predicting Disease

Oct. 17, 2023 — A new study looked at 926 polygenic risk scores for 310 diseases. It found that, on average, only 11% of individuals who develop disease are identified, while at the same time 5% of people who do not ...

Team Finds a Stem-Cell Derived Mechanism That Could Lead to Regenerative Therapies for Heart Damage

Oct. 17, 2023 — A team has identified an essential internal control mechanism that can promote the maturation of human stem cell-derived heart muscle cells, possibly leading to new therapies for heart disease and ...

Fluctuating Blood Pressure: A Warning Sign for Dementia and Heart Disease

Oct. 16, 2023 — The link between high blood pressure and a range of health problems is well known, and researchers have now found that fluctuating blood pressure can be just as risky and a potential precursor to ...

Not Getting Enough Sleep? Your Vascular Cells Are Drowning in Oxidants

Oct. 13, 2023 — A new study of sleep in women shows that delaying bedtime by just 90 minutes each night damages cells that line the blood vessels, supporting the hypothesis that poor sleep is linked to heart ...

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