Cardiovascular Business Week

Medical Research Center, Warsaw - Ambulatory impedance cardiography gives useful values of stroke volume

Medical University of Gdansk - Natural killer cell activity unaffected by ozonated autohemotherapy

Medical University of Lubeck - The pleiotropic effects of erythropoietin warrant more analysis

Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Study underscores palliative care critical for patients with defibrillators

Mt Sinai Hospital - The delta-like 4 ligand may be a target for controlling arterial angiogenesis

Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto - Growth hormone improves muscle oxygen utilization during exercise in HIV wasting

Nanjing Medical University - Cardioprotective effects of urocortin may be related to L-type calcium channels

National Cardiovascular Center, Japan - External jugular vein cannulation improves catheterization in infants

National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka - Cavitation in monoleaflet valves with electrohydraulic TAH characterized

NeoPharm, Inc. - First patient given dose in phase I study of LErafAON

New York University - Betamethasone decreases several indices of placental eNOS function

New York University - The benefit/risk ratio for anti-TNF-alpha agents has been favorable

Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Preterm infants lack heparin-dependent platelet-activating antibodies

Northwestern University - Healthcare costs higher for adults who were overweight or obese when younger

Novartis Pharma, AG - Certican MRP expanded to include 10 new E.U. member states

Novartis Pharma, AG - Diovan receives approval in Sweden to treat high-risk heart attack patients

Ohio State University - More evidence points to red wine's cardiac health benefits

Oregon State University - Inositol phosphate accumulation desensitized in vascular cells

Osaka Medical College - Chymase inhibition might treat diseases stemming from vascular remodeling

PBM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Supplement containing omega-3 fatty acids, B vitamins is alternative to Vioxx

Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co. - Pharma company announces beta blocker trial did not meet endpoint

PhytoMedical Technologies, Inc. - Pharma company expands research scope to include obesity and diabetes

Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas - Understanding toxicities that occur with TNF inhibition will minimize morbidity

Project Concern International (PCI)/India - Year-long AIDS awareness campaign launched in India

Publicis Selling Solutions - Contract granted for commercialization services to launch BiDil

Pusan National University - Age-related increases in prostanoids may be behind weakened antioxidant capacity

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. - Wound healing drug proven to improve cardiac function after heart attack

Rice University, Houston - Computational fluid dynamics is being used to design ventricular assist devices

Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust - Plasma selenium decreases in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass

Rush Medical College, Chicago - Cardiac pacing is poised to help millions of patients worldwide to live better

Semmelweis University of Medicine - Carotid artery stiffening doesn't explain baroreflex impairment in preeclampsia

Semmelweis University of Medicine - RNA targeting Fas protects mice from renal ischemia-reperfusion injury

Seoul National University - Novel motor speed controller improves AnyHeart performance

Sickle Cell Disease - Federal health agency halts sickle cell study after subjects suffer strokes

St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg - Beneficial effects are associated with prevention of myofibrillar remodeling

St. Jude Medical, Inc. - U.S. medical devices company gets approval from Japan for launch of pacemakers

St. Mary's University, London - The Ross II procedure appears a good alternative for low-risk young patients

State Univ. of New York, Downstate Medical Center - Magnesium works as a calcium channel blocker and as a statin

Surgical Information Systems - Texas hospital purchases fourth surgical communications software module

Tampere University of Technology - ECG method resulted in improvement of more than 4.5 dB in signal-to-noise ratio

Technical University of Munich - PET provides advantages for mapping of presynaptic sympathetic innervation

Technion Israel Institute Technology - Rasagiline, in doses equivalent to selegiline, is less likely to be hypotensive

Technion Israel Institute Technology, Haifa - ESC-derived cardiomyocytes restore myocardial electromechanical properties

TNO Prevention & Health - CYP7A1 gene changes influence lipids and cholesterol in select populations

Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology - Swimming exercise fluctuated radioligand-receptor binding in heart and muscle

Toshiba America Medical Systems - Imaging systems maker announces new technologies, programs

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Almost half of Americans use at least one prescription drug

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Prevalence of overweight increasing in young children from low-income families

U.S. National Institutes of Health - NHLBI stops sickle cell anemia transfusion study

UMR 6594, Marseille - Study suggests using dedicated bifurcated stents to treat bifurcation lesions

Univ. of Rochester - Gene defect may be a cause of miscarriage

University at Buffalo - New system reduces risk of burns during interventional X-rays

University Clinic, Ulm - MRI allows exact volumetry independent from regional wall motion abnormalities

University General Hospital of Valencia - Method has advantages in patients with atheromatous disease of ascending aorta

University Hospital of Berne - Study evaluated whether impaired pulsatility was normal after coarctation repair

University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Germany - Three types of vital reactions in wound healing can be distinguished

University Hospital, Berne - Normalizing the betaAR system prevents ventricular remodeling in heart failure

University Hospital, Geneva - Salt sensitivity varies during menstrual cycle, differs pre- and postmenopause

University Medical Center, Nijmegen - Study explored the mechanism by which homocysteine causes vascular disease

University of Alabama, Birmingham - Prevalence of diabetes in Asian Indians living in U.S. reported

University of Alberta - Gas exchange was not related to cardiovascular function during exercise

University of Amsterdam - An increase in central venous pressure while standing reopens the jugular veins

University of Amsterdam - Pressure-overload on the late-fetal heart induces limited proliferative growth

University of Bologna - Group that played violent video games showed increased state-of-anxiety scores

University of Bologna - Method resulted in fast and reliable estimations of LV dimensions

University of California, Davis - Goose heart rates began to increase most rapidly 5 sec prior to taking flight

University of Cambridge - Study sought to determine presence of CRF₂ receptors in human CV system

University of Cantabria - The main developmental features of the sturgeon heart have been registered

University of Chicago - ITGB3 may be an important serotonin quantitative trait loci

University of Foggia Ospedali Riuniti - Clozapine-induced hypersensitivity myocarditis led to man's death

University of Heidelberg - NF-kappaB, evoked by psychosocial stress, may directly target vessels, kidneys

University of Illinois - Nitric oxide levels in endothelial cells stimulated by kinin receptors

University of London - Method gives sensitive index of circulating leucocytes in whole blood

University of Lund Hospital - In newborn infants, there are advantages in using standard 12-lead ECG settings

University of Marburg - Goal of proposed system is to minimize perioperative complications