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Extreme weather linked to cardiovascular deaths: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Extremely hot and cold temperatures both increased the risk of death among people with cardiovascular diseases, such as ischemic heart disease (heart problems caused by narrowed heart arteries), stroke, heart failure and arrhythmia, according to new research published today in the American H
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Hearts and bodies change with age, heart disease treatments may need to ch
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
For people ages 75 and older, age-related changes in general health and in the heart and blood vessels require consideration and likely modifications in how heart attacks and heart disease are treated, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in the Associ
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Decline in deaths from cardiovascular disease anticipated in Japan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A key requirement of health policy-makers preparing budgets, and of great interest to those with family histories of cardiovascular disease (CVD), are predictions of future prevalence of this disease. Now, researchers from Japan have used new statistical modelling approaches that have predi
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Study explains why adults' hearts don't regenerate
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As heart cells mature in mice, the number of communication pathways called nuclear pores dramatically decreases, according to new research from University of Pittsburgh and UPMC scientists. While this might protect the organ from damaging signals, it could also prevent adult heart cells from
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Shakira posts cryptic clip of heart getting stomped following split from G
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): Columbian singer-songwriter Shakira recently expressed her pain by posting a cryptic video of a human heart getting walked over, claiming she "knew this would happen."
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Rotating spiral waves in live human hearts
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): Electrical signals cause the heart to beat and can cause severe cardiac events like tachycardia and fibrillation as they spiral outward in spiral waves. The first high-resolution images of steady spiral waves in human ventricles are helping researchers ge
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Researchers map rotating spiral waves in live human hearts
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI): Electrical signals tell the heart to contract, but when the signals form spiral waves, they can lead to dangerous cardiac events like tachycardia and fibrillation. Researchers are bringing a new understanding to these complicated conditions with the first
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Study finds how human tissue models can be used to improve treatment, diag
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 30 (ANI): A heart attack, also known as a myocardial infarction, is one of the main causes of death globally, accounting for 18 million death each year. These figures are projected to rise in the coming years as a result of COVID-19, according to a study.
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Study reveals two protein pathways downregulated in postnatal heart
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): Researchers discovered two signalling pathways that are downregulated in human hearts after birth.
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New heart model to aid heart failure patients
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): Researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have created a new lab-based model of a heart and circulatory system that will aid in the testing of devices to treat one of the most common types of heart failure.
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Researchers find fabrication of artificial heart for transplant
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): Unlike other organs, the heart cannot heal itself after injury. Heart disease is the top cause of mortality in the U.S and is particularly deadly. For this reason, tissue engineering will be crucial for the development of cardiac medicine, ultimately leading t
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Scientists find vesicles secreted from heart may prevent lethal heart rhyt
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 16 (ANI): Scientists have found that vesicles secreted from human heart cells may repair damaged tissue and prevent lethal heart rhythm disorders.
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