Heart Disease Weekly

Healthcare Coverage - Program for chronically ill elderly patients cuts healthcare costs

Heart Attack - Blood-forming stem cells fail to repair heart muscle

Heart Attack - Cardiac device firm launches completely automatic AED

Heart Disease - Central Ohio hospital granted designation of Accredited Chest Pain Center

Heart Disease - Drug delivery firm completes trial for optimization of paclitaxel stent

Heart Disease Risk - New tool predicts and manages cardiovascular disease risk

Heart Disease Risk - Repeated treatment of gum disease reduces levels of inflammatory factors

Heart Disease Risk - Study questions value of inflammation test

Heart Disease Risk Factor - Signs of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation reported

Heart Disease Therapy - Antarctic fish study may aid cardiac research

Heart Failure - Company reports preliminary results for EMOTE; doesn't reach primary endpoint

Heart Failure - Positive results reported in preclinical trial of Anginera

Heart Health - Research questions value of test to predict heart attacks

Heart Valve Prosthesis - Researchers develop a porcine model for a bileaflet heart valve prosthesis

Hematology - Central role of the P2Y₁₂ receptor in platelet activation

Hypercholesterolemia - Moderate-intensity exercise does not reduce cholesterol

Hypertension - Primary endpoints met in PW2101 hypertension study

Hypertension Pathogenesis - Endothelin-1 plays role in regulating blood pressure in obese rats

Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy - Gene mutations that "ignore" stress lead to heart failure

Information Technology - Frankford Hospitals activate Sunrise Clinical Manager software solution

Kidney Disease - Swedish authorities approve FOSRENOL

Lipid Studies - Safflower phenolic compounds improve lipid profiles

Men's Health -  Harvard Heart Letter urges caution on testosterone therapy

Obesity Genomics and Genetics - Genetics of obesity in Mexican Americans explored

Organ Transplant - Clarian Health organ transplants rank fourth in nation

Patents - New nanobacteria patent announced

Personnel - Donahue named VP of cardiovascular marketing at biotech firm

Personnel - Thousands sign petition asking for reinstatement of Kentucky heart surgeon

Quality Assurance - Dramatic health gains predicted for Texas Medicare Demonstration Project

Quality Assurance - Software company receives ISO certification

Stents - Company expands Endeavor trial program in Europe

Stroke - Carotid stenting better at lowering cardiac risk in diabetics than surgery

Stroke - Consider tumor embolization in differential diagnosis of stroke after lung cancer surgery

Sudden Cardiac Death - Heartbeats warn of sudden death risk

Transplant Medicine - Babies can get hearts with wrong blood

Vascular Disease - One in four study participants at risk for abdominal aortic aneursym