Physically simulating human organs on computer chips in a lab setting and studying their reactions to drugs and other stimuli could be the future of medical research.
Imagine using stem cells to rebuild the heart following severe heart failure or coronary heart disease. James T. Willerson, MD, President and Medical Director of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s…
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For conversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation, vernakalant acted more rapidly and was more effective than amiodarone in an international study. As reported in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic stable heart failure (HF) due to nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, a year’s treatment with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs)…
Rosuvastatin should be considered for HIV-positive people with dyslipidemia — and guidelines should be updated to reflect that, suggests a new study. Although guidelines from the Infectious Diseases…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with atrial fibrillation, strict heart rate control provides no advantage over more lenient control, according to a focused update of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Spironolactone use is associated with improved long-term survival in patients with systolic heart failure, researchers from Japan report in the December American Heart…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a prospective study, the beta-1 selective blocker bisoprolol proved more effective than the non-selective beta-blocker carvedilol in preventing atrial fibrillation after coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Smoking does not affect outcomes after early clopidogrel use in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), according to findings published in the November…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The management of heart failure guided by an individualized target level of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) doesn’t lead to clinically significant improvements…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the short term, cryoablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is as effective as radiofrequency catheter ablation, but 6-month recurrence rates are…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elevated systolic blood pressure and low diastolic blood pressure are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among patients with type 2…
