Cardiovascular Business Week

Wolfson Inst. of Preventive Medicine - High blood pressure is a poor predictor of heart disease

WellSpring Pharmaceutical Corporation - Dyrenium diuretic drug to be marketed to physicians online

Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Angiotensin II causes oxidative stress in hypertension patients

University of Washington - PET can help determine regional sympathetic function during heart disease

University of Warwick, England - Rural South Africa faces stroke crisis similar to affluent Western countries

University of Vienna - Polymorphism in gene promoter linked to increased bilirubin and HDL levels

University of Verona - Lipid profiles are significantly related to bone mass in women and men

University of Pennsylvania - Study links lung disease with heart problems

University of Pennsylvania - Inhibition of myocardial cytochrome C oxidase involved in sepsis

University of Pennsylvania - Effects of tPA and PAI-1 on blood vessel tone described

University of Nottingham - Prostaglandin E₁ enhances inhibition of platelet aggregation

University of Nebraska - A large-sample QTL study in mice examined body composition

University of Milan - High heart rate reduces arterial distensibility

University of Michigan - Implanted defibrillators not covered for patients who could benefit

University of Manchester - ACE gene polymorphism linked to damage in Alzheimer disease

University of Lyon - Resuscitative transverse thoracotomy helps control circulatory arrest

University of Leipzig - Daily aerobic activity treats chest pain, at half the cost of stenting

University of Iowa - America's teens are growing up and out

University of Illinois - Antithrombins suppress angiogenesis by down-regulating perlecan

University of Illinois - Angiotensin II attenuates caspase-3 activation in cortical neurons

University of Florida - World Trade Center attack linked to rise in irregular heartbeats in Florida patients

University of Florida - Angiotensin II increases tyrosine hydroxylase production in rat adrenal medulla

University of Edinburgh - New treatment may help patients with kidney failure

University of Cincinnati - New drug helps smokers quit while limiting post-cessation weight gain

University of California - Donation of patents may accelerate new treatment for global health problem

University of Birmingham - Tedisamil has multiple cardioprotective effects

Univ. of Texas, Houston - Problems controlling anger lead to weight gain for teens

University of Alberta - Drug appears safe for some men with congestive heart failure

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Rate of LV hypertrophy progression to heart failure evaluated

Univ. of Texas Health Science Cntr., San Antonio - Antisense knockdown in zebrafish models mammalian prothrombin deficiency

Univ. of Michigan Health System - National medical privacy law makes health research harder, more expensive

Univ. of Michigan Health System - Following care guidelines reduces risk of death within 1 year of heart attack

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Multicenter trial compares three medications in patients with heart failure

Univ. of California, Davis - Antioxidant therapy helps manage diabetic cardiovascular disease

U.S. National Institutes of Health - African Americans unaware of high kidney disease risk

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Poor diet, physical inactivity may soon overtake tobacco as leading cause of death

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Folic acid fortification may have lowered stroke deaths

Turku University - Myocardial perfusion not linked to peripheral endothelial function

Tufts University - GATA-4 transcription factor regulates cardiac myocyte apoptosis

Tulane University - High blood pressure in China looks like U.S. 25 years ago

TriZetto Group, Inc. - HMO upgrades management software to offer members broader products, services

Thoratec Corporation - Heartmate XVE shipping with new inflow valve

Thomas Jefferson University - Metabolic "footprint" may be new measure of heart risk in obese kids

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center - Leukocyte counts may have prognostic value in acute CVD

Thermogenesis Corp. - Trial completed on CryoSeal system in Japan

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Pharmaceuticals company announces new scientific advisory board members

Stem-Cell Research - U.S. lawmakers want to ease stem cell research restrictions

Stanford University - Study looks at cost of high blood pressure therapy

Sono-Tek Corporation - AccuMist Stent Coating System sales announced

Skejby University Hospital - Cardiac troponin I mutation linked to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Shiga University of Medical Science - AT₁ receptors linked to insulin resistance-induced vascular dysfunction

San Raffaele H. Science Institute - Chromogranin A offers vessels protection against TNF-alpha-induced leakage

Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research - Implanted defibrillator reduces heart failure deaths

Ruhr University of Bochum - AT₂ -receptor antagonists block Ang II effects on atrial noradrenaline release

Rubicon Medical Corp. - Martin Leon to lead studies of Rubicon Filter

Research Institute of Cardiology, Minsk - Interstitial purine metabolites elevated during post-MI LV remodeling

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences - MCIP1 overexpression preserves post-infarction cardiac function

Regulatory Issues - 'Certificate of Need' laws lead to improved patient outcomes for some procedures

Point Biomedical Corp. - CARDIOsphere evaluated for diagnosing coronary artery disease

Personnel - Jacque J. Sokolov, MD, named to MedCath board

Personnel - Northwestern Memorial names Patrick McCarthy as chief of cardiac surgery

Obesity - Obesity could top smoking as No. 1 cause of preventable death in the U.S.

Nutrition 21, Inc. - Research: Lower chromium levels linked to increased risk of disease

Northwestern University - Questions raised about do-not-resuscitate orders and shorter hospital stays

New Jersey Medical School - The symptoms of spinal cord infarction warrant caution in pregnant women

Neoprobe Corp. - FDA meeting to discuss RIGScan CR49 development

Nebraska Medical Center - Microalbuminuria is marker of heart and kidney disease risk in diabetes

National Yang Ming University - Endothelial catalase overexpression attenuates oxidant-mediated injury

Nagoya University - Peptide array used to identify Ang II inhibitory peptide