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Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today
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BG Medicine And Abbott To Develop Galectin-3 Test For The I-STAT(R) System
BG Medicine, Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) to extend its current development and commercialization collaboration to include the development of a galectin-3 test for Abbott Point of Care's i-STAT® System. Galectin-3 is a novel biomarker that may play a role in detecting the development and progression of heart failure...
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ECG Screening Of Hyperactive Children Borderline Cost-effective
Evaluating children for underlying heart problems before prescribing stimulant medications can identify children at risk for sudden cardiac death, but electrocardiogram (ECG) screening is of borderline cost-effectiveness compared to current practice, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association...
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Medicine To Lower Blood Pressure Significantly Decreases Risk For Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke
A long-acting ACE inhibitor used to reduce blood pressure significantly decreased the risk for cardiovascular disease, including stroke, in normal weight, overweight and obese patients, according to research reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...
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DASH Diet, Exercise, Calorie Restriction May Help Improve Mental Function, Heart Health In Overweight, Hypertensive Adults
The DASH diet, combined with exercise and calorie restriction, improved mental functioning by 30 percent in overweight adults with high blood pressure compared to those who didn't diet or exercise, researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...
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Racial Differences In Hospice Use For Heart Failure
Building on previous studies that found racial differences in hospice use, a new study from the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife and Boston University School of Medicine finds that blacks and Hispanics use hospice for advanced heart failure at a rate of up to 50 percent less than whites, despite a markedly higher rate of incidence of the disease in these populations...
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Intermountain Healthcare And Toshiba Announce Ultrasound Substudy Of FaCTor64 - Speckle Tracking By Echo
Cardiovascular death is the most common cause of mortality among Type 2 diabetics and claims the lives of millions each year, with many diabetics experiencing their first "symptom" as a heart attack or sudden death. Understanding that diabetics are at high risk for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and that many with the disease are asymptomatic, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc...
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Accumetrics To Host Industry-Expert Theater Presentation At 59th Annual American College Of Cardiology 2010 Scientific Sessions
Accumetrics, Inc., a privately-held developer and marketer of the VerifyNow® System, the first rapid and easy-to-use diagnostic system for measuring platelet reactivity to multiple antiplatelet agents (e.g. Plavix® and aspirin), announced that the company will host an industry expert theater presentation on Monday, March 15, during the 59th annual American College of Cardiology Meeting...
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New Heart Valve Replacement Technologies Offer Hope For High-risk Patients
A significant number of people with heart disease will benefit from less invasive transcatheter heart valve replacements in future, finds a review of updated practices in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...
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Stentys Self-expanding Stent Receives CE Marking To Treat Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
Medical device pioneer Stentys announced that it has received CE Marking for its self-expanding and disconnectable stent to treat acute coronary syndrome (ACS)...
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ChanTest CEO To Speak On New Pre-Clinical Assays For Predicting Cardiotoxicity At Society Of Toxicology Annual Meeting
Arthur "Buzz" Brown, founder, president and CEO of ChanTest and renowned authority on cardiotoxicity in drug development, will speak on the subject at the annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 8. Dr. Brown's session, which addresses the problem of sudden cardiac death due to non-cardiac drugs (a major safety issue for the pharmaceutical industry and U. S...
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