UNSW Associate Professor Izzy Jayasinghe has been awarded a $1 million NSW Health Cardiovascular Elite Research Leadership Grant. The funding will be used to develop an AI-assisted tool to help identify treatments to restore function, or reverse damage, to failing hearts. “Current treatments for poor cardiac function focus on alleviating the burden on the weakened […]
<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/japanese-registry-find.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/japanese-registry-find.jpg" data-sub-html="Graphical Abstract. Credit: Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (2023). DOI:10.1016/j.jscai.2023.101190″> Graphical Abstract. Credit: Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (2023). DOI:10.1016/j.jscai.2023.101190 A novel study conducted by a Japanese multicenter registry has revealed the significant benefits of using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in coronary intervention procedures. The […]
“The Aurora EV-ICD system is a tremendous step forward in implantable defibrillator technology,” Bradley P. Knight, MD, medical director of electrophysiology at Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and a researcher with experience evaluating the newly approved device, said in a prepared statement. “Placing the leads outside of the heart, rather than inside the heart and […]
Research affirms Implicity’s algorithm* is highly effective at identifying patterns and classifying AF episodes into medically relevant events that require clinical action CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Implicity, a leader in remote patient monitoring (RPM) and cardiac data management solutions, today announced the results of a clinical study published in the Cardiovascular Digital […]
The NHS Long Term Plan identifies cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a clinical priority and the single biggest opportunity to save lives. The disease affects seven million people and is a major cause of disability and death. It costs the health system an estimated £7.4 billion and the wider economy £15.8 billion every year, but is […]
Stephen Silberstein, MD Data from a single-center, retrospective cohort study published in Headache reported no significant cardiovascular adverse events (AEs) or EKG change among patients with a higher risk of ischemic events who were treated with dihydroergotamine (DHE) for their chronic migraine condition. All told, patients achieved significant rates of pain freedom and reduction; however, […]
Construction of a new 71,000-square-foot, three-story Cardiovascular Institute Health Center on the Edward Hospital campus in Naperville is underway. The health center at 10 W. Martin Ave. will help meet the community’s needs for outpatient cardiac care, Curt Pascoe, vice president of real estate development for Ryan Cos., said in a news release. Advertisement The […]
In a recent study published in JAMA, researchers investigated whether the Million Hearts payment model reduced the incidence of cardiovascular events (CVS), including strokes, myocardial infarctions (MIs), and Medicare expenditure among Medicare beneficiaries. Study: Effects of the Million Hearts Model on Myocardial Infarctions, Strokes, and Medicare Spending: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Image Credit: chayanuphol / Shutterstock.com Background Cardiovascular diseases […]
Newswise — A Miller School of Medicine cardiovascular medicine physician is showing how technology can help make a doctor’s work more precise. In a comprehensive review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions, Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chief of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Miami Miller […]
Data from the 87,899 participants of the 12 RCTs failed to show any link between calcium supplementation and heart attack, stroke, heart failure admission, and all-cause/cardiovascular mortality. “These findings are consistent with the most recent meta-analysis of RCTs, which did not find any significant relationship between calcium supplementation and all-cause/cardiovascular mortality or cardiovascular disease,” wrote […]