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Tag: Myocardial infarction
Heart Failure Awareness Survey – Great Britain 2014
Heart Failure awareness survey: Great Britain 2014 TNS UK Limited, March 2014. 11,000 members of the public aged 50+ years old in Europe Question 1: Describing heart failure Which of […]
Types of Heart Failure
There are two kinds of heart failure – the kind where the heart does not relax well (diastolic heart failure), and the kind where the heart does not pump well […]
If you could shrink your heart?
A pioneering operation that shrinks the heart without surgery has been carried out in Britain for the first time – and may help people with heart failure. A drawstring-like device […]
New Heart Scan
New Heart Scan A scan has been developed that could help doctors identify fatty build-ups (plaques) in the arteries. These plaques are characteristic of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease and can trigger a heart attack if they […]
Breakfasts and a healthy heart
Breakfasts and a healthy heart The BBC has reported that research conducted in the US shows that people who eat breakfast stand a chance of keeping their heart healthy. The […]
Multi-Functional Epelerone / Inspra
Multi-Functional Epelerone / Inspra Eplerenone appears to reduce the risk of cardiovascular mortality and heart failure after a heart attack by more than one-third, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology‘s 62nd […]
Ventricular re-modelling at its most exciting
Ventricular re-modelling at its most exciting! Ventrix, Inc. announced today that its VentriGel™cardiac repair scaffold safely and effectively mitigated left ventricular remodeling and improved cardiac function in pigs after myocardial infarction, or […]
Pioneering new heart treatment
Pioneering new heart treatment Carl Jordan, of Tunstall, below, is one of just 96 patients from 30 hospitals worldwide to take part in a trial in which he has been […]