Ventric Health, a cardiovascular health-focused medical technology company, recently announced that its Vivio system has received FDA 510(k) clearance to aid in the diagnosis of heart failure. Vivio is a non-invasive diagnostic device that uses advanced algorithms to detect elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) in clinical and home healthcare environments. Heart failure — defined […]
In a new 3-part video series on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with Christine E. Seidman, MD, FACC, FAHA, Managing Editor Christine Book sat down with the cardiovascular research leader to learn more about the critical work and research she is conducting in this field. In the first of this 3-part “One on One” series, Dr. Christine Seidman — recognized as […]
International Research Collaboration Aims to Personalise Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s no secret that a good night’s rest can do wonders for one’s health, but those who struggle with insomnia have a nearly 50% increased risk of cardiovascular disease. One scientist in the School of Science at IUPUI will spend the next five years trying to figure out how those risks can be […]
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been one of the hottest topics in interventional cardiology for years now, and the large crowds at TCT 2023 in San Francisco suggest that will still be the case for many years to come. The first four late-breaking clinical trials presented at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference all […]
image: The research team: (from right) Dr Youngwon Kim, Mengyao Wang, Haeyoon Jang, Dr Shan Luo and Dr Shiu Lun Au Yeung view more Credit: The University of Hong Kong A research team led by Dr Youngwon Kim, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology from the School of Public Health at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine […]
BYLINE: Valerie Goodwin Newswise — Over 10% of the population in the United States has been diagnosed with diabetes according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Around 7.5% of these diabetic patients will experience cardiovascular events like heart attack or stroke in their lives. Research from rheumatologists, cardiovascular pharmacologists and nephrologists at the […]
Analyzing more than 50 years of pregnancy and mortality data, researchers found that excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) was associated with increased risk for earlier death. For women with a normal pre-pregnancy weight, excessive GWG was associated with a 9% (95% CI 1.01-1.18) increase in all-cause mortality, according to Stefanie Hinkle, PhD, of the University […]
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You can’t blame Jack Merendino for being nervous when he stepped on the treadmill for an exercise stress test last year. Just a few months earlier his younger brother had major heart surgery, both his parents died of heart disease, and his cardiac calcium score—which reflects calcium deposits and plaques clogging his arteries—was slightly elevated. […]