Latest Cardiovascular diseases Stories

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CR2, LLC announced the acquisition of CardioReady, a pioneer in Cardiac Emergency Response and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) deployment since 2004. Using a patented suite of solutions, CardioReady assists organizations across the United States in protecting the lives of their customers, employees, and other visitors to their sites against Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) - the leading cause of death in America. CardioReady's...

Variation rates not fully explained by community rates for risk factors, heart attack, or cardiac mortality ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Regional differences in rates of cardiac procedures have increased in Michigan over the past decade--not fully explained by differences in health risk factors, heart attack or cardiac mortality rates--according to a report released today by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT). The report...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cameron Health, Inc. ("Cameron Health"), a pioneer in the development, manufacture and distribution of next generation implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel voted 7-1 that sufficient data exists demonstrating the efficacy and safety of the S-ICD System for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). "We are pleased with the...

IRVINE, Calif., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviir Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to the prevention of cardiovascular disease through innovative laboratory assessments, along with Guard A Heart, a non-profit foundation committed to heart disease prevention, will join forces with the community service organization Red Eye Inc. for its South Central Gardening Day. The event will take place on Saturday, April 28th at 10:00 a.m. at 2301 Bellevue Avenue, in the South Central...

Study compared 1,225 residents living in city center, urban and rural areas City center residents who took part in a study were almost twice as likely to suffer from coronary artery calcification (CAC), which can lead to heart disease, than people who lived in less polluted urban and rural areas, according to research published in the May issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine. Researchers spoke to 1,225 men and women aged 50 and 60 years of age, including 251 (20%) who lived in the...

Successfully treating heart rhythm disorder improves long-term survival for cardiac surgery patients with atrial fibrillation A recent study conducted by Northwestern Medicine® researchers published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, reveals that patients with an abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (A-fib) who are undergoing cardiac surgery, have a lower long-term survival rate compared with patients who are in sinus rhythm, which is the normal beating...

Experts are proposing a new model of care collaboration to diagnosis, treat and follow patients who present with various emergent cardiovascular conditions which require rapid, resource-intensive care and confer a high risk of mortality, in an article published April 24 in Circulation. Specifically, cardiovascular emergencies, such as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-STEMI/unstable angina, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), acute aortic dissection (AAD), abdominal...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- diaDexus, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DDXS), a company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary cardiovascular diagnostic products, today announced the inclusion of its vascular-specific inflammatory marker Lp-PLA2 in the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists ("AACE") medical guidelines for clinical practice published in the March/April 2012 issue of Endocrine Practice. "The AACE's guidelines...

There are lots of ways to treat a heart attack – CPR, aspirin, clot-busters and more. Now CU medical school researchers have found a new candidate: Intense light. "The study suggests that strong light, or even just daylight, might ease the risk of having a heart attack or suffering damage from one," says Tobias Eckle, MD, PhD, an associate professor of anesthesiology, cardiology, and cell and developmental biology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. "For patients, this...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. and SYDNEY, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HeartWare International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTWR; ASX: HIN), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Advisory Committee voted 9 to 2 that the benefits outweigh the risks for the use of the HeartWare® Ventricular Assist System...