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Heart Valve Disease Facts and Statistics: What You Need to Know

Heart Valve Disease Facts and Statistics: What You Need to Know

Heart Valve Disease Facts and Statistics: What You Need to KnowByAngela Ryan Lee, MDPublished on November 28, 2022Medically reviewed byJeffrey S. Lander, MDAccording to the Cen

Heart Valve Disease Facts and Statistics: What You Need to Know

Heart Valve Disease Facts and Statistics: What You Need to KnowByAngela Ryan Lee, MDPublished on November 28, 2022Medically reviewed byJeffrey S. Lander, MDAccording to the Cen
Palliative care beneficial to manage symptoms, improve quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease

Palliative care beneficial to manage symptoms, improve quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease

byAmerican Heart AssociationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainImplementing patient-centered palliative care therapies, including prescribing, adjusting or discontinuing medications as needed, ma

Palliative care beneficial to manage symptoms, improve quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease

byAmerican Heart AssociationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainImplementing patient-centered palliative care therapies, including prescribing, adjusting or discontinuing medications as needed, ma
Higher BMI variability linked to adverse cardiovascular disease events

Higher BMI variability linked to adverse cardiovascular disease events

by Elana GotkineHigher body mass index (BMI) variability is associated with adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, according to a study published online March 21 inJAMA Network Open.Zakari

Higher BMI variability linked to adverse cardiovascular disease events

by Elana GotkineHigher body mass index (BMI) variability is associated with adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, according to a study published online March 21 inJAMA Network Open.Zakari
Research finds preventive angioplasty does not improve prognosis

Research finds preventive angioplasty does not improve prognosis

byKarolinska InstitutetCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor heart attack patients, treating only the coronary artery that caused the infarction works just as well as preventive balloon dilation

Research finds preventive angioplasty does not improve prognosis

byKarolinska InstitutetCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor heart attack patients, treating only the coronary artery that caused the infarction works just as well as preventive balloon dilation
Surprising discovery pinpoints when good cholesterol becomes harmful

Surprising discovery pinpoints when good cholesterol becomes harmful

byHouston MethodistHDL-free cholesterol (FC)spontaneously transfers to other phospholipid surfaces on a time scale of minutes. This schematic illustrates the consequences of FC transfer from FC-

Surprising discovery pinpoints when good cholesterol becomes harmful

byHouston MethodistHDL-free cholesterol (FC)spontaneously transfers to other phospholipid surfaces on a time scale of minutes. This schematic illustrates the consequences of FC transfer from FC-
First-in-human study demonstrates reduction of hard-to-reach ventricular tachycardias

First-in-human study demonstrates reduction of hard-to-reach ventricular tachycardias

byEuropean Society of CardiologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new technology using ultralow temperature cryoablation (ULTC) has eliminated clinical ventricular tachycardia (VT) in 94% of pa

First-in-human study demonstrates reduction of hard-to-reach ventricular tachycardias

byEuropean Society of CardiologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new technology using ultralow temperature cryoablation (ULTC) has eliminated clinical ventricular tachycardia (VT) in 94% of pa
Risk of adverse pre-eclampsia outcomes accurately identified through new AI model

Risk of adverse pre-eclampsia outcomes accurately identified through new AI model

byUniversity of Strathclyde, GlasgowCredit: MART PRODUCTION from PexelsA potentially lifesaving model for identifying maternal risk in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia has been developed by res

Risk of adverse pre-eclampsia outcomes accurately identified through new AI model

byUniversity of Strathclyde, GlasgowCredit: MART PRODUCTION from PexelsA potentially lifesaving model for identifying maternal risk in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia has been developed by res
AI proves better than humans at analyzing long-term ECG recordings in large international study

AI proves better than humans at analyzing long-term ECG recordings in large international study

byLund UniversitySankey diagram showing arrhythmic event durations for critical arrhythmias as detected by each of the two methods. Cardiologist panel annotations are used to classify DeepRhythm

AI proves better than humans at analyzing long-term ECG recordings in large international study

byLund UniversitySankey diagram showing arrhythmic event durations for critical arrhythmias as detected by each of the two methods. Cardiologist panel annotations are used to classify DeepRhythm
Blood pressure variability linked to accelerated vision loss in glaucoma

Blood pressure variability linked to accelerated vision loss in glaucoma

by Justin Jackson , Medical XpressCredit: Antoni Shkraba from PexelsUniversity of California, San Diego-led research suggests that long-term variability in blood pressure is associated with accelerate

Blood pressure variability linked to accelerated vision loss in glaucoma

by Justin Jackson , Medical XpressCredit: Antoni Shkraba from PexelsUniversity of California, San Diego-led research suggests that long-term variability in blood pressure is associated with accelerate
Trial reports mixed results with nerve ablation for high blood pressure

Trial reports mixed results with nerve ablation for high blood pressure

byAmerican College of CardiologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new system that uses dehydrated alcohol to deactivate certain nerves surrounding the kidneys' arteries in order to control high blo

Trial reports mixed results with nerve ablation for high blood pressure

byAmerican College of CardiologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new system that uses dehydrated alcohol to deactivate certain nerves surrounding the kidneys' arteries in order to control high blo
Study finds infertility history linked with increased risk of heart failure

Study finds infertility history linked with increased risk of heart failure

by Massachusetts General HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study finds that a history of infertility is associated with increased risk of heart failure. Published in theJournal

Study finds infertility history linked with increased risk of heart failure

by Massachusetts General HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study finds that a history of infertility is associated with increased risk of heart failure. Published in theJournal
Two-medication combo pill lowered blood pressure among adults in India

Two-medication combo pill lowered blood pressure among adults in India

byAmerican Heart AssociationCredit: Pavel Danilyuk from PexelsMedication variations that combined two of three different blood pressure-lowering medications into a single pill worked equally wel

Two-medication combo pill lowered blood pressure among adults in India

byAmerican Heart AssociationCredit: Pavel Danilyuk from PexelsMedication variations that combined two of three different blood pressure-lowering medications into a single pill worked equally wel