Search Tag: cardio
Diet-and-blood-pressure-vegetarians-have-lower-bp
2014 25 Feb
In a recent study published online in the JAMA Internal Medicine issue of February 24, a team of researchers led by Yoko Yokoyama, PhD, MPH, of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Osaka, Japan, has found a link between a vegetarian diet and lower blood pressure. As the development of hypertension is influenced by factors such...Read more
Heart-disease-on-a-chip-modelled-from-patient-stem-cells
2014 14 May
By merging stem cell and 'organ-on-a-chip' technologies Harvard scientists have, in a world premiere, successfully grown functioning human heart tissue that carries an inherited cardiovascular disease. A major development for personalised medicine, this research, which was published in Nature Medicine, provides working proof that laboratory-based...Read more
Zoom-on-nancy-brown-ceo-american-heart-association
2014 11 Aug
Nancy Brown is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Heart Association (AHA), the oldest and largest voluntary health organisation dedicated to building healthier lives, free of heart disease and stroke. Brown is the first woman CEO in the history of AHA. She has been holding this position since 2009. Brown has a Bachelor of Science degree in...Read more
Meaningful-innovation-philips-commitment-to-modern-healthcare
2014 02 Sep
Interview with Duncan Porter, Head of Field Marketing Philips During the Affiniti product launch, you mentioned that Philips wants to play a role in the management of cardiology through leverage of Big Data. How can an equipment-driven company make such a bold statement? There is an explosion of chronic diseases, which makes the current healthcare...Read more
Chest-pain-in-ed-initial-diagnostic-testing-not-tied-to-future-risk-of-mi
2015 26 Jan
Patients sent to hospital emergency departments for chest pain, but who did not have a heart attack, appeared to have a low risk of experiencing any heart attacks during subsequent short-term and long-term follow-up periods, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine . The risk was not affected by the initial diagnostic testing strategy....Read more
The-tyks-neonatal-icu-deploys-ascom-alert-messaging-solution
2015 22 Jun
The neonatal intensive care unit at Turku University Hospital (TYKS) has deployed the Unite Cardiomax solution, provided by Ascom Miratel, with the goal of promoting a safer patient environment for newborns who require a hospital stay. The Unite Cardiomax solution integrates with the hospital’s patient monitoring system to send alarm messages to a...Read more
Third-international-en-face-oct-and-oct-angiography-congress
2015 11 Dec
The First and Second “En Face” OCT and OCT Angiography Congresses held in Rome December 2013 and 2014, were successful: intense two days meetings with 670 (2013) and 780 (2014) attendees. They were academic feasts with world renowned faculty. Presentations brought in many new concepts in “En face Imaging” and OCT Angiography that appear to have huge...Read more
Healthmanagement-org-s-most-clicked-stories-2
2016 25 Aug
Every week HealthManagement.org publishes top healthcare management, leadership and best practice news of the week in dedicated newsletters. We know you’re busy, so we do all the work and pick the best three stories to send you. Read on for a variety of topics that piqued record interest recently. MRI-Guided Ultrasound to Treat Tremor...Read more
Site-2017-international-symposium-on-endovascular-therapeutics
2017 29 Mar
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British-heart-valve-society-bhvs-annual-conference-2018
2018 20 Sep
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Esc-congress-2019-together-with-world-congress-of-cardiology-esc-wcc-2019-world-heart-federation
2019 31 Aug
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Heart-rhythm-scientific-sessions-2019
2019 08 May
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Machine-learning-tool-to-recognise-cardiac-arrest-in-emergency-calls
2019 15 Feb
Emergency medical dispatchers fail to identify approximately 25% of cases of out of hospital cardiac arrest, thus lose the opportunity to provide the caller instructions in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This study examined whether a machine learning framework could recognize out-of-hospital cardiac arrest from audio files of calls to the emergency...Read more
Cardio-oncology-managing-non-heart-failure-toxicities
2019 27 Feb
New drugs and therapies have led to improvement in cancer patients’ survival; however, cardiovascular toxicity is a reality that impacts on the quality of life of these patients. Cardio-oncology, the multidisciplinary cardiovascular care of cancer patients, has been proposed as a new approach to improve prevention, early identification and management...Read more
Ehra2019-escape-net-study-nifedipine-increases-risk-of-sudden-cardiac-arrest
2019 27 Mar
A new study by the European Sudden Cardiac Arrest network (ESCAPE-NET) has found that a widely used heart drug, nifedipine, is associated with an increased risk of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. Nifedipine is often used to treat high blood pressure and angina (chest pain). But ESCAPE-NET researchers urged caution when interpreting these results,...Read more
14th-annual-scientific-meeting-of-the-society-of-cardiovascular-computed-tomography-scct-2019
2019 21 Jun
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British-cardiovascular-society-bcs-annual-conference-2020
2020 01 Jun
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS Find BCS on Social Media Read more
Hypertension-prevention-is-better-than-cure
2019 26 Aug
How can we get the most common, costly, and modifiable cardiovascular risk factor under control? Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death with an upward trend beyond 30% and a tripling in costs between 2010 and 2030, placing a significant economic burden on public healthcare services. 1,2,3 The most common risk factor...Read more
Euroheartcare-2020
2020 04 Jun
EURO HEART CARE 2020 HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS Find European Society of Cardiology on Social Media Read more
Nordic-cardiac-imaging-nci
2020 21 Apr
POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT SPRING 2021 DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS NEW DATES TO BE CONFIRMED SOON Read more
International-experts-call-for-enhanced-covid-19-therapy-cnsystems-provides-tailor-made-solution
2020 29 May
International experts treating COVID-19 patients have concluded that hemodynamic optimization plays a major role in the management of the complex interaction of respiratory and cardiovascular factors. CNSystems, a global market-leader for noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring, provides a tailor-made solution to support the diagnostic and therapy-guiding...Read more