People recovering from acute heart problems such as heart attack and heart surgery are more likely to develop habits to control heart attack risk factors when they meet regularly with cardiac %26quot;disease managers,%26quot; according to researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. These managers are nonphysician cardiac rehabilitation specialists who lead long-term follow-up programs that last [...]
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Many patients with heart failure — especially younger ones and those with more severe disease — significantly overestimate how long they are going to live, say Duke University Medical Center researchers.
%26quot;It’s a bit of a puzzle,%26quot; says Larry Allen, M.D., a cardiologist at Duke and the lead author of the study. %26quot;As physicians, we know [...]
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The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) holds its 19th Annual Scientific Sessions June 7-11 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The event provides a forum for the world’s leading researchers in cardiovascular medicine to present their most-recent findings. This year’s presentations include several that will have significant impact on diagnosis and [...]
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Men with low levels of vitamin D are more likely to suffer from fatal heart attack than those with normal levels of Vitamin D.
Eat food that is rich with vitamin D and get some sun exposure (ask you doctor how much sun) because new research shows that low vitamin D levels are linked with heart [...]
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Heart transplants save the lives of more than 2,100 Americans every year. But many more patients are still waiting for a new heart to become available, and hundreds will die without ever getting a second chance at life.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands more people aren’t sick enough to need a transplant, but struggle every day with [...]
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