Cardiovascular Week

Heart Surgery - Leukocyte mitochondrial alterations after cardiopulmonary bypass characterized

Heart Surgery - Novel cryoprobe shows promise for intraoperative AF treatment

Heart Surgery - Temporary assist device useful for managing postcardiotomy heart failure

Heart Valve Replacement - Tissue engineering may create semilunar heart valves

Hemorrhagic Fever - Bovine aortic endothelial cells susceptible to Hantaan virus infection

Hypercholesterolemia - Could vitamins raise levels of bad cholesterol?

Hypercholesterolemia - Final approval given for Niaspan in Germany

Hypertension - Caffeine consumption associated with increases in blood pressure in adolescents

Hypertension - High blood pressure in children on the rise

Hypertension - Ranbaxy receives approval to market fosinopril sodium tablets

Hypertension Model - Combined AT₁ and ET_A receptor antagonists lower blood pressure in rats

Immunology - Angiotensin II major target to control pathological inflammation in colon

Immunology - Human anti-GM IgM antibodies detected in children after 1 month of age

Ischemic Events - Researchers develop guidelines for antiplatelet therapy in stable disease

Lipid Research - Dissociated apoA-I involved in ABCA1-dependent HDL lipid release

Lipid Research - Role of n₃ PUFAs in oxidative protein modification clarified

Lipid Studies - Pre-beta HDL has two metabolic fates in vivo

Macular Degeneration - SnET2 trial shows promise for AMD

Medical Devices - Effects of manual pressure on arterial photosensor accuracy clarified

Metabolic Syndrome - Scientists push forward understanding of "epidemic" diseases

Myocardial Infarction - Cytokine therapy stimulates neovascularization in heart attack models

Myocardial Infarction - Exercise helps heart attack patients who are depressed, without social support

Myocardial Infarction - Genetic trigger for heart attack proposed

Myocardial Infarction - Heart attack models benefit from therapy suppressing tumor necrosis factor

Myocardial Infarction - Hopes dampened for transplanting bone marrow stem cells in heart attacks

Myocardial Ischemia - Elevated cardiac troponins in renal disease patients may predict a poor outcome

Organ Transplant - Artificial heart implanted in patient at Jewish Hospital in Louisville

Patient Education - Most women unaware of health concerns that affect them differently than men

Pediatric Cancers - The true incidence of mitoxantrone-induced cardiotoxicity is unknown

Peripheral Vascular Disease - FDA approves laser technology for total occlusions in leg arteries

Personnel - Drug-delivery company names Isaacson director, design & development engineering

Personnel - MedCath taps Grant Wicklund as senior VP and chief administrative officer

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - PCOS patients have increased risk of cardiovascular disease, studies show

Radiology - Novel phased array coil provides MR device tracking and imaging

Regulatory Issues - Company gets $1.1M for cardiac safety monitoring and services

Septicemia - Bacterial nucleic acids induce contraction depression in rat cardiac myocytes

Signalling Pathways - Multiple signaling pathways involved in hypertrophic effect of hsp56

Statins - Statins show potential for over-the-counter status

Stem Cell Research - Interleukin-10 gene therapy engenders tolerance to heart transplantation

Stem-Cell Research - Cell fusion, not transdifferentiation, causes BM-derived cell regeneration

Stroke - Too few Americans aware of stroke warning signs

Transplant Medicine - Hyperhomocysteinemia common in pediatric renal transplant recipients

Transplant Medicine - Skeletal growth and maturation can lag behind after pediatric heart transplant

Transplantation Medicine - Long-term hypertriglyceridemia common after organ transplantation in children

Transplantation Medicine - Safety and efficacy of everolimus reviewed

Type 1 Diabetes - C-peptide and insulin exert synergistic effects on coronary flow

Type 2 Diabetes - Low heart rate variability increases risk factor of cardiac death

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factor - Metabolic syndrome predicts type 2 diabetes in middle-aged Japanese men

Vascular Disease - Vascular aging may be related to oxidative stress

Ventricular Assist Devices - NIH awards contract to develop heart pump for children

Ventricular Assist Devices - NIH awards contract to develop implantable blood pump for babies