Red Wine Ingredient Keeps Hearts Young
How do the French get away with a clean bill of heart health despite a diet loaded with saturated fats? Scientists have long suspected that the answer to the so-called "French paradox" lies in red wine. Now, the results of a new study bring them closer to understanding why.
Heart Failure Patients Optimistic About Life Expectancy
An article published in the June 4 issue of JAMAreports on the discordance between the clinical predictions and patientexpectations of life expectancy and survival of heart failure patients.Larry A. Allen, M.D., M.H.S. (Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, N.
Red Wine Nutrient Helps Keep Heart From Aging
Resveratrol, a natural part of many foods including grapes, pomegranates, and red wine, may influence aging on a genetic level andcould give protection to the heart, according to a study released onJune 4, 2008 in the open-access journal PLoS ONE.
Cook Medical Announces First-In-Man Use Of Next Generation Aortic Aneurysm Endograft And Delivery System
Cook Medical, the established world leader in developing advanced technologies to treat diseases of the aorta, announced another breakthrough with its first-in-man use of a radically smaller endograft system. The successful case was the first human use of Cook's new Zenith Low Profile AAA Endograft System.
Korman's Death Raises Awareness About Deadly AAAs
More than 15, 000 people die each year in the U.S. from rupture of an aortic aneurysm (AAA). It is estimated that more than one million people are living with undiagnosed AAA and at least 95 percent of these can be successfully treated if detected prior to rupture.
Study Results Demonstrate Ability Of Innovative RF Ablation Catheter To Quickly And Easily Isolate Pulmonary Veins In Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Ablation Frontiers, Inc., announced that data on the first five patients enrolled in a study involving its novel RF ablation catheter and generator were presented by Dr. Stefania Riva at the 7th Annual Session of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing on April 3, 2008 in Milan.
Novel Catheter Ablation System - Safety And Efficacy Of Ablation Frontiers Technology In 230 Patients
Ablation Frontiers, Inc. announced that four presentations at the Heart Rhythm Society's 2008 Scientific Sessions reported positive early results using its novel Catheter Ablation System, and that these findings aligned well with each other and supported previous experience from the field.
National CPR AED Awareness Week
Sudden cardiac arrest claims the lives of more than 166, 000 people in this country every year. Sadly, an astonishing 94 percent of people who suffer sudden cardiac arrest die before reaching a hospital. If ordinary people act immediately with Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), instead of just waiting for help to arrive, many thousands of lives can be saved every year.
Finger Clubbing: Leeds Medics Solve An Ancient Riddle And Offer New Tool For Diagnosis
A puzzling medical condition, identified more than 2, 000 years ago by Hippocrates, has finally been explained by researchers at the University of Leeds.The phenomenon of "finger clubbing", a deformity of the fingers and fingernails, has been known for thousands of years, and has long been recognized to be a sign of a wide range of serious diseases - especially lung cancer.
New Study Linking 'High Normal' Blood Pressure To Significant Cardiovascular Risk
A new study of more than 10, 000 patients, conducted by the Universities of Cambridge and Cardiff in the United Kingdom using AtCor Medical Holdings Limited's SphygmoCor(R) has found that more than 70 percent of patients identified as having "high normal" systolic blood pressure through traditional cuff blood pressure measurement may be at serious cardiovascular risk.