News articles tagged with 'coronary'
Alternate route to blocked arteries safe and effective for angioplasty
— 4 Apr 2011 18:42 | HealthIn the future you may hear the doctor say: 'Give me your arm and I'll do some heart surgery.' A landmark international study coordinated by the Population Health Research Institute…
International collaborative identifies 13 new heart-disease-associated gene sites
— 6 Mar 2011 19:18 | HealthAn international research collaboration has identified 13 new gene sites associated with the risk of coronary artery disease and validated 10 sites found in previous studies. Several…
Leicester leads on heart attack genetic link discovery
— 6 Mar 2011 19:08 | HealthThe largest-ever study of its type into coronary heart disease, involving scientists from the University of Leicester, has uncovered 13 new genes that increase risk of heart attacks…
New gene regions identified that predispose people to heart attacks
— 6 Mar 2011 19:02 | HealthThirteen new gene regions have been convincingly linked to coronary atherosclerosis in a massive, new, international genetics study involving investigators from the Stanford University…
New non-surgical autopsy technique set to revolutionise post-mortem practice
— 1 Mar 2011 17:45 | HealthA new non-surgical post-mortem technique that has the potential to revolutionise the way autopsies are conducted around the world has been pioneered by forensic pathologists and radiologists…
Drug-eluting stents are preferred therapy for revascularisation of chronic total occlusions
— 9 Feb 2011 16:44 | HealthA systematic review of medical evidence has determined drug-eluting stents (DES) outperform bare metal stents (BMS) for revascularisation of chronic total occlusions. Researchers found…
Maternal stroke history tied to women's heart attack risk
— 2 Feb 2011 16:25 | HealthIf you're a woman and your mother had a stroke, you may have a risk of heart attack in addition to a higher risk of stroke, according to new research on family history and heart disease…
Altered gene protects some African-Americans from coronary artery disease
— 28 Jan 2011 16:24 | HealthA team of scientists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere has discovered that a single alteration in the genetic code of about a fourth of African-Americans helps protect them from coronary…
Casualties of war: Wounded veterans more likely to die of coronary heart disease
— 27 Jan 2011 17:32 | HealthWar-time stress may lead to an increased risk death by coronary heart disease in later life. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Health Services Research…
Occurrence of stroke after coronary artery bypass graft surgery appears to be decreasing
— 26 Jan 2011 18:34 | HealthAn analysis of data on more than 45,000 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery at an academic medical centre over the past 30 years finds that the occurrence…