Heart Disease Weekly
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . November 3rd, 2002
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Cardiac Surgery - Routine use of leukodepleted transfusion products offers little benefit
Cardiomyopathy - Gene linked to alcoholic's vulnerability to heart failure
Acute Myocardial Infarction - Exhaustion's effect on blood increases risk
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia - Hopkins researchers study heart defect that kills athletes
Diabetes Survival and Mortality - Diabetes patients benefit from iridium-192 after restenosis treatment
Diabetic Neuropathy - Patients with type 2 diabetes find walking easier after sulodexide treatment
Hypertension - Ethnicity, gender differences in blood pressure also seen in youth
Appointments - Thoratec names Jon Shear VP, business development
Atherosclerosis - Developer of HDL therapies begins second clinical study of RLT peptide (ETC-642)
Atrial Flutter - Progress made in efforts to obtain FDA approval of cardiac ablation system
Cardiac Arrest - Benefit of public defibrillators is marginal
Cardiology - Terumo expands portfolio through distribution agreement with Pall Medical
Cell Biology - Mayo Clinic develops blood vessel cells from adult progenitor cells
Congenital Heart Disease - Gene that regulates development of heart cells identified, described by Penn researchers
Congestive Heart Failure - Key blood pump technology patent granted
Coronary Artery Disease - British group promotes soy consumption to reduce blood cholesterol
Coronary Artery Disease - Skin cholesterol test cleared for sale in Europe
Diabetes Survival and Mortality - Stent use better than balloon angioplasty alone for diabetic patients
Diabetic Nephropathy - FDA approves Avapro (irbesartan) to slow kidney disease
Dyslipidemia - New patent granted for Niaspan-based cholesterol products
End-Stage Renal Disease - Disease management services offered for members
Finance - Third quarter net loss: CAN$0.55 per common share
Genomics - Genomics Collaborative, Celera ink clinical materials agreement
Healthcare Costs - Study focuses on the lifetime medical costs for women
Heart Disease - Can an aspirin a day keep atherosclerosis at bay?
Heart Disease - Research collaboration seeks to identify CAD proteins
Hemodialysis - Xtrak Medical announces FDA clearance for mechanical thrombectomy catheter
Hypertension - Fitness level may predict women's risk
Hypertension - License agreement inked with Celera Diagnostics
Hypertension - Study disputes link between increased birth weight and reduced blood pressure later in life
Hypertension - Targacept acquires Inversine
Information Management - Heartlab internationalizes its Encompass Cardiac Network
Intracoronary Thermography - First patients enrolled in Volcano's intracoronary thermography trial
Nicotine Addiction - Continuing smokers show strikingly lower lung function levels
Obesity - Five-year-old girls with high cholesterol more likely to be overweight at age 12
Peripheral Vascular Disease - Autologous bone marrow transplantation favorable for ischemic relief
Quality Assurance - Patient race is a determinant in receiving coronary angiography referral
Syncope - Research underscores fainting risk
Type 1 Diabetes - High nighttime blood pressure can be an ominous sign, study says
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