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Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today
Latest Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today.
Neurosurgeon Available For Comments About Aneurysms Dr. Anand Germanwala, assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, is available to reporters to comment on aneurysms, including mechanisms, national statistics and new therapies. He can also define and explain the sometimes controversial issue of "brain death." Germanwala is also chief of cerebrovascular neurosurgery with extensive training and experience in brain aneurysms. For more on Dr. Primary Care Health Consultations Can Be Cost-Effective And May Help Reduce Cardiovascular Risk, Say Doctors Offering health tests and health consultations in primary care settings can be cost-effective and may help in the fight against the increased burden of lifestyle diseases, according to new research published today in the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health (August issue published this week by SAGE). UCSF Faculty Receive $13.7M From CIRM For Stem Cell Research Five UCSF stem cell scientists have received New Faculty grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, support that will allow them to pursue lines of investigation ultimately aimed at developing treatment strategies for such conditions as cancer, heart disease, tooth regeneration, liver disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The UCSF grants, which range from about $2 million to $3 million each, total $13. St. Jude Medical Announces CE Mark Approval And FDA Clearance For New Family Of HIFU Surgical Ablation Products St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) has received European CE Mark approval and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the Epicor(TM) LP Cardiac Ablation System, a second generation technology that uses HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound) to surgically ablate cardiac tissue to disrupt abnormal electrical impulses in the heart. Attacking Heart Failure In The Young Pediatric cardiology experts from around the world will gather at the Indiana University School of Medicine for the inaugural Riley Heart Center Symposium on Cardiac Development Sept. 8-9 at Riley Hospital for Children. The symposium, organized by the Riley Heart Research Center, is targeted to basic scientists, clinical cardiologists and heart surgeons, and will focus on issues pertaining to the onset and treatment of heart failure in infants and children. Free Heart Screening On September 22 Offered By Rush University Medical Center And The Larry King Cardiac Foundation A free preventive heart screening and education event will be held Monday, September 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rush University Medical Center. The screening will be held in room 994 of the Armour Academic Center, 600 S. Paulina, Chicago. The free screening is a collaboration between Rush University Medical Center, Life Line Screening and The Larry King Cardiac Foundation. Journal Of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Publishes Data Showing Ranolazine Shortened QT Interval And Improved Cardiac Relaxation CV Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVTX) announced that the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology has published a study of ranolazine showing that ranolazine significantly (p Predicting Heart Attack Risk With Ultrasound Repeat exams using widely available and inexpensive ultrasound imaging could help identify patients at high risk for a heart attack or other adverse cardiovascular events, according to a study published in the September issue of the journal Radiology. Researchers performed ultrasound imaging on the carotid arteries of 1,268 patients who were asymptomatic but at high risk for cardiovascular disease. New Reasons To Avoid Grapefruit And Other Juices When Taking Certain Drugs Scientists and consumers have known for years that grapefruit juice can increase the absorption of certain drugs - with the potential for turning normal doses into toxic overdoses. Now, the researcher who first identified this interaction is reporting new evidence that grapefruit and other common fruit juices, including orange and apple, can do the opposite effect by substantially decreasing the absorption of other drugs, potentially wiping out their beneficial effects. Starion Instrument's Tissue Ligating Shears Ideal Solution For Endoscopic Radial Artery And Saphenous Vein Harvesting Starion Instruments, a leading surgical device company, today announced that a study presented at the 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) found Starion's Tissue Ligating Shears provides a safe and effective solution for endoscopic harvesting of the radial artery and saphenous vein.

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