Heart Disease Weekly

Cardiac Devices - Biventricular ICDs offer survival benefit compared to biventricular pacing alone

Cardiac Devices - Thin filament is key modulator of contractile performance in failing human heart

Drug Therapy - Large study will evaluate n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and rosuvastatin

Heart Failure - The burden of heart failure is greater in ethnic minority populations

Ventricular Fibrillation - Radiofrequency ablation in children with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome studied

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Estrogen protects male rats from aneurysm

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - FDA approves medical device to treat AAA

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - New technique to repair aneurysms safer

Adverse Drug Events - Study suggests caution against using certain drugs to unclog heart arteries

Alzheimer Disease - Pharma company's long-term study of Celebrex expected to continue

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - CytRx adds three drug candidates with acquisition of Biorex assets

Aneurysm - Company introduces low permeability AAA Device

Angiology - Human endothelial cells from different types of vasculature warrant study

Angiology - System may aid therapies to lower incidence of acute coronary artery diseases

Angioplasty - Augmented beta-endorphin is found in patients with coronary artery disease

Antiphospholipid Syndrome - Abnormal homocysteine metabolism not key factor in autoimmune disorder

Arrhythmias - FDA approves first U.S. implants of Philos II DR-T pacemaker

Arthritis - Research shows gelatine stimulates synthesis of type II collagen

Artificial Hearts - Company addresses possible reimbursement for VentrAssist LVAS

Atherosclerosis - Drug for rheumatism possible boon to heart patients

Atherosclerosis - MRI and spatially enhanced cluster analysis provide method to quantify plaque

Atherosclerosis - Results presented on antibody-based treatment of atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis Vaccine - Cholesteryl ester transfer protein induces long-lasting antibodies

Atrial Fibrillation - Alcohol consumption may be associated with irregular heartbeat in men

Atrial Fibrillation - Anisotropic, decremental conduction occurs during onset of atrial fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation - Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation infrequent

Atrial Fibrillation - Biphasic cardioversion allows comparable success rates with lower energies

Atrial Fibrillation - Wave characteristics were repeatable from ECG to ECG for stable patients

Atrial Flutter - Beta-radiation can create linear lesions that are contiguous and nonthrombogenic

Atrial Tachycardia - Atrial hemodynamic burden is a determinant of sustained ANP response

Autonomic Nervous System - Colic infants do not have abnormal autonomic reactivity to stimuli while asleep

Bacteriology -  Enterococcus faecalis fsr two-component system controls biofilm development

Bacteriology - Swedish company presents mass screening tests at investment conference

Bariatric Surgery - Obesity surgery can cure diabetes, high blood pressure and other ills

Blood Clotting Disorders - Gen-Probe signs licensing agreements

Breast Cancer - Study links low HDL levels with increased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer

Brugada Syndrome - Epicardial cooling could be an in vivo experimental model of Brugada syndrome

Business Update - Cardiology instrument designer and manufacturer added to Russell Indices

Business Update - Medical monitoring service changes stock symbol

Cancer Imaging Technology - Changes made to computed radiography system

Cardiac Anomalies - Toddler with uncommon condition showing improvement

Cardiac Arrest - Ephedrine linked to sudden cardiac death

Cardiac Devices - Long-term monitoring of SvO₂ by implanted devices may be feasible

Cardiac Hypertrophy - Responses may influence cardiac performance during eccentric cardiac hypertrophy

Cardiac Monitors - FDA approves marketing a newly developed cardiac monitor

Cardiac Virus Detection - Real-time PCR is an efficient method to detect PVB19 infection in heart tissue

Cardiology - After initial damage, protective mechanisms within the heart were initiated

Cardiology - Columbus Regional Hospital receives Chest Pain Center accreditation

Cardiology - Correlation found between exhaled NO changes with exercise and peak V_O²

Cardiology - Electroporation of hepatocyte growth factor DNA treats cardiomyopathy

Cardiology - Endogenous Ang II may modulate inward calcium current in the failing heart

Cardiology - European pharmaceutical awards $1.3M for electrocardiographic services

Cardiology - Heart rate, load effects on viscoelastic properties studied in animal model

Cardiology - LV systolic dysfunction was a strong predictor of mortality and morbidity

Cardiology - New catheter available for crossing chronic total occlusions

Cardiology - New treatment may help prevent blood clots

Cardiomyopathy - P-wave dispersion was higher in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Cardiovascular Disease - Biopharmaceutical company announces CARE 2 study

Cardiovascular Disease - Biosciences company enters collaboration to study genetics of heart disease

Cardiovascular Disease - Data on Thelin presented at American College of Rheumatology Meeting

Cardiovascular Disease - Decline in subarachnoid hemorrhage mortality is different in men than in women

Cardiovascular Disease - Prospective cohort study of the MONICA population published in Circulation

Cholesterol - Cholesterol guidelines become a morality play about conflict of interest

Cholesterol - New drug designed to reduce cholesterol levels launched

Congestive Heart Failure - Questionnaire is sensible and valid for estimation of daily energy expenditure

Congestive Heart Failure - Sinus node remodeling is characterized by reduced functional sinus node reserve

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Fasudil attenuates post-CABG coronary artery spasm

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Pericardial/serum myoglobin ratio may mark perioperative myocardial infarction

Coronary Artery Disease - 3-D fusion imaging is useful in decisions about coronary artery disease

Coronary Artery Disease - Ascending aortic BP waveform may be related to CAD risk in women, but not men

Coronary Artery Disease - Pharma company releases phase 1 results for coronary atherosclerosis treatment

Cystic Fibrosis - Company announces final research report on cystic fibrosis treatment

Diabetic Ketoacidosis - Cardiac troponin I concentration increases in diabetic ketoacidosis

Diabetic Nephropathy - Therapies for ventricular hypertrophy compared in diabetic patients

Diabetic Nephropathy - Treating albuminuria may prevent heart disease in diabetic patients

Diagnostics - Life sciences company announces Nanobacteria blood test manufacturing agreement

Disease Management - Program improved management of patients hospitalized for heart failure

Drug Development - Sense oligonucleotides targeting VEGF may help patients with ischemic tissues

Drug Development - Thelin for vascular constriction promising in patients failing bosentan therapy

Drug Therapy - A number of agents can modulate the expression of CD40 ligand

Drug Therapy - Levosimendan activates potassium flux to the mitochondrial matrix

Drug Therapy - Tezosentan at 1-25 mg/h improves hemodynamics and reduces B natriuretic peptide

Drug Therapy - Ventricular function and NYHA class, rather than age, predict low tolerability

Echocardiography - 3D echocardiography can aid selecting a pacing site in resynchronization therapy

Electrocardiography - Estimates of sensitivity and specificity varied greatly in individual studies

Embryonic Development - Connexin expression maintains lens quality and heart function in embryogenesis

Finance - Biotherapeutics announces third-quarter 2004 results

Fitness & Wellness - Medical device company introduces Premium Pedometer

Fitness & Wellness - Online survey shows restaurants struggling to keep dieting customers

Fitness & Wellness - Seapoint Farms introduces dry roasted edamame

Flavonoids - Artichoke flavonoids may represent the ingredients mediating eNOS up-regulation