Cardiovascular Week articles from December 2003

Cardiovascular Week archives from December 2003

Electroporation improves DNAzyme delivery to vascular tissue.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Electroporation improves DNAzyme delivery to vascular tissue. According to published research from the United States, "the development of inexpensive and effective approaches to transiently...

Rho-kinase mediates angiotensin II-induced cardiovascular hypertrophy in rats.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rho-kinase plays a key role in mediating angiotensin II-induced cardiovascular hypertrophy in rats. "Intracellular signaling pathway mediated by small GTPase Rho and its effector Rho-kinase plays...

Role of kinin system in cardiovascular disease reviewed.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The role of the kinin system in the development of cardiovascular disease has been reviwed. "All the components of the kallikrein-kinin system are located in the cardiac muscle, and its deficiency...

Genetic background influences how VEGF promotes new vessel growth.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genetic background influences how VEGF promotes new vessel growth. "Therapeutic angiogenesis has emerged as a promising therapy, but some patients are refractory to exogenous growth factors. In...

ET-1 mediates cardiac MMP upregulation during onset of hypertension.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ET-1 mediates cardiac MMP upregulation during the onset of hypertension in rats. "Degradation of the extracellular matrix proteins by matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) is an important regulatory step...

Elementary signs of heart disease found in children.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About one in eight schoolchildren have three or more risk factors of metabolic syndrome, a precursor of cardiovascular disease, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Scientific...

Drug proved to benefit heart attack victims vastly underused.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After analyzing data of more than 56,000 U.S. patients who arrive at emergency rooms with heart attack symptoms, researchers from a Duke University Medical Center-led patient registry have found that...

Newer formulation of heparin improves outcomes for suspected MI patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newer, more convenient formulation of the blood thinner heparin appears to improve outcomes with fewer complications - when combined with a platelet receptor blocking drug and invasive management -...

Women and men differ in heart disease traits and treatment.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study shows just how different men and women really are - when it comes to their hearts, that is. It also helps solve several mysteries about women and heart problems, and highlights the need for...

High-dose methadone linked to QT prolongation and Torsades de Pointes in HIV patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High-dose methadone therapy may cause QT prolongation and Torsades de Pointes in HIV patients. According to published research from Spain, "Four patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus...

Diabetics have worsening symptoms prior to acute cardiac event.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data presented by Emory researchers at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions abstract poster sessions address angina-related quality of life in diabetic and nondiabetic patients...

Protein S deficiency presents as deep vein thrombosis.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report a case of protein S deficiency presenting as deep vein thrombosis. "A rare case of spontaneous bilateral internal jugular vein (IJV) thrombosis is presented in absence of oral...

CREST study finds cilostazol reduces restenosis by almost 40%.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new and highly effective weapon in the war on heart disease could be on the horizon, according to results of the "Cilostazol for RESTenosis" (CREST) study presented at the American Heart Association's...

Michigan project cuts problems and deaths.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angioplasty patients in Michigan are getting far better care - and suffering far fewer complications - than they used to, thanks to a cooperative quality improvement project involving local hospitals...

Doctors use cryotherapy to treat irregular heartbeats.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors with The Cardiac Centers of Mercy & Unity Hospitals began using cryotherapy to treat patients who suffer from an irregular heartbeat, a condition also known as an arrhythmia. The hospitals...

Excess body iron linked to elevated oxysterol levels.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High serum ferritin concentrations are linked to elevated levels of circulating oxysterols. "Cholesterol oxidation products, oxysterols, are thought to play a part in the initiation and development...

Heat shock protein 60 mediates atherogenic effects of C. pneumoniae.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The heat shock protein (HSP) HSP60 mediates the atherogenic effects of Chlamydia pneumoniae. C. pneumoniae infection "has been linked with atherosclerosis," scientists in Canada explained....

Infusions of synthetic HDL may remove plaque from coronary arteries.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study appearing in the November 5 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association provides strong evidence that five weekly infusions of a synthetic form of "good cholesterol," or HDL,...

Phase II data from study of ETC-216 show plaque accumulation can be reversed.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., (ESPR) announced the results of a study providing significant evidence that its investigational product candidate, ETC-216 (ApoA-I Milano/phospholipid complex or AIM),...

Stimulation of reverse cholesterol transport can result in regression of plaque.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lipid Sciences, Inc., (LIPD), announced that an article published on November 5, 2003, in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), supports the premise on which its Vascular Lipid Removal...

Smooth muscle cells infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae increase MMP-1, MMP-3.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smooth muscle cells infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae increase MMP-1, MMP-3; not MMP-2, MMP-9, or TIMPs. According to recent research published in the journal Fems Immunology and Medical...

Nicotine exposure makes aging hearts more vulnerable.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Large numbers of Americans still smoke cigarettes or use over-the-counter nicotine products such as patches and gums to satisfy their craving for nicotine. However, serious and sometime fatal cases of...

Procedure cures AF by counteracting haywire electrical signals.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An innovative procedure completely cures the overwhelming majority of patients with the most common form of irregular heartbeat, by stopping haywire electrical signals in areas of heart muscle and some...

Scientists link heart condition with decrease in nitrous oxide.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Emory University research presented at the Abstract Oral Sessions of the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida, offers a possible explanation for one of the most serious,...

Warfarin efficacy matched by new thrombin inhibitor ximelegatran.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Richard Hyer, NewsRx correspondent - In the largest trial of atrial fibrillation ever conducted, the new oral direct thrombin inhibitor ximelegatran compared favorably with dose-adjusted warfarin in...

Myxoma of the right atrium could be due to fusion of giant cells.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Myxoma of the right atrium could be due to fusion of giant cells. "Myxoma is the commonest primary tumor of the heart, arising more frequently in the left than the right atrium," researchers in...

Iloprost therapy given once a month at maximal dose improves systemic sclerosis.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Iloprost therapy given once a month at maximal dose improves systemic sclerosis. According to recent research published in the journal Hautarzt, "systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of...

Unresponsive thrombocytopenia patients may have GPIX mutation, Bernard-Soulier.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Unresponsive thrombocytopenia patients may have GPIX mutation, Bernard-Soulier. "Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS) is a rare inherited disorder with giant platelets, thrombocytopenia, and a prolonged...

Perfluorocarbon-based blood substitute undergoes phase I clinical trial.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synthetic Blood International Inc. (SYBD) announced that a phase I clinical trial of Oxycyte, its perfluorocarbon-based blood substitute, started on October 30, 2003, and believes that Oxycyte may be...

Higher blood levels of sitosterol may be dangerous.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from a nested, case-control study showed that patients with both high coronary risk and higher blood levels of sitosterol (a plant sterol) were at an increased risk of a major coronary event...

Survey shows significant gap between patient education and action.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A nationwide survey suggests that American adults are overly optimistic about their risk of heart disease and give themselves an inflated "report card" for their current personal risk profile and...

COX-2, cAMP and protein kinase A traverse integrins to regulate angiogenesis.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- COX-2, cAMP and protein kinase A traverse integrins to regulate angiogenesis. According to recent research published in the journal Thrombosis and Haemostasis, "angiogenesis, the development of new...

Genetic loci mark host response to angiogenic control.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genetic loci mark host response to angiogenic control. "Angiogenesis is regulated by the balance between angiogenic stimulators and inhibitors. Numerous reports have demonstrated that tumors induce...

Ion channel-related gene expression during heart failure characterized.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The expression profile of ion channel-related genes during heart failure has been elucidated. According to published research from Germany, "Electrical conductance is greatly altered in end-stage...

Menstrual cycle influences baroreflex heart rate control.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Baroreflex regulation of cardiac activity is influenced by the menstrual cycle in women. Researchers in Japan conducted a study "to determine baroreflex control of heart rate (HR) to hypotensive and...

Model for computing motion of mechanical heart-valve leaflets developed.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed an impulsive-motion model for computing the closing motion of mechanical heart-valve leaflets. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Biomedical...

Notch signaling activates heart regeneration in zebrafish.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Notch signaling activates cardiac regeneration in zebrafish. "Several vertebrates display the ability to regenerate parts of their body after amputation," scientists in California explained....

Cardiac patient with complications delivers healthy baby.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the age of 25, Nancy DePrete was told that she had a 10% chance of having a baby. After suffering a stroke at the age of 24 and being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 25, Nancy's...

Defibrillators may improve survival in nonischemic disease.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research from Northwestern University suggests that implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can improve the survival rate of people who have a weakened heart muscle caused by factors unrelated to...

Adenosine receptor stimulation attenuates myocardial hypertrophy in mice.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adenosine receptor stimulation ameliorates myocardial hypertrophy in mice. "Sympathomimetic stimulation, angiotensin II, or endothelin-1 is considered to be an essential stimulus mediating...

Amino terminus of beta-ARK1 needed for beta-AR regulation.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The amino terminus of beta-ARK1 plays a key role in beta-AR regulation. "The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) kinase beta-adrenergic receptor (beta-AR) kinase-1 (beta-ARK1) is elevated during heart...

Factors underlying social status-induced heart disease identified.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some of the factors underlying social status-induced heart disease have been identified. According to published research from England, "Social position and psychosocial factors are associated with...

Oxidative stress assay predicts cardiovascular events in study.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists report that glutathione peroxidase (GPx) was a strong predictor of the risk of cardiovascular events among the 636 patients...

Serum paraoxonase does not mediate cardioprotective effects of red wine.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serum paraoxonase does not mediate the cardioprotective effects of red wine. "Although there is a general consensus concerning the lower risk for cardiovascular disease in moderate drinkers, the...

Enoxaparin improves vascular reactivity in aged and diabetic rats.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Enoxaparin treatment improves vascular reactivity in aged and diabetic rats. In a recent study, scientists in Romania sought to determine "whether the low molecular weight heparin enoxaparin acts...

Newly discovered pathway provides insight into heart disease.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new signaling pathway appears to play a critical role in the development of heart disease, according to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine. Now that this marker of cardiac...

Study: Bone marrow may aid damaged hearts.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors can boost the heart's pumping power after a heart attack by injecting bone marrow scavenged from the victim's own hip, the most rigorous test yet of the technique. The idea, called cell...

Niaspan launched in the United Kingdom.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (KOSP) announced that Merck Pharmaceuticals, UK, a subsidiary of Merck, KGaA, Germany, has launched Niaspan (extended-release niacin) in the United Kingdom (U.K.), a...

Pennsylvania partnership announces agreement to build relationship with Roche.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health Network Laboratories (HNL), a regional provider of medical diagnostics in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, announced a 5-year strategic alliance agreement with Roche Diagnostics. Together the...

Ethnicity does not affect accuracy of molecular test for 22q11.2 deletion.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ethnicity does not affect the accuracy of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based test for 22q11.2 deletion. "Congenital heart defects are the most common of all human birth defects," scientists in...

Gene raises risk of neurologic problems after infant heart surgery.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with heart conditions who require surgery as infants may be more vulnerable to neurologic problems if they have a particular variety of a gene. The gene variant may decrease the ability of...

Big cut in heart failure problems seen after 1 hour of education.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A single hour of individualized education before heart failure patients leave the hospital appears to make a major difference in how well they take care of themselves once they get home - and cuts by...

Care inconsistent for heart patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A third of heart failure patients left hospitals without some of the tried-and-true therapies that could add years to their lives, according to one of the largest studies of its kind, reported at the...

Future bright for cardiac care.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Richard Hyer, NewsRx correspondent - The future of heart transplants may include using the once-discarded right ventricle to form what is being called "a heart and a half". The future of...

Low infection rate seen in Arrow Lionheart European trial.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of the first study of the Arrow LionHeart, a heart assist device conceived of and developed at Penn State College of Medicine in cooperation with Arrow International, Inc., show low...

Company reports positive phase II clinical trial results of Aquavan Injection.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (GLFD) announced that it has completed a preliminary analysis of results from two phase II clinical trials of Aquavan Injection, a novel sedative/hypnotic. The...

Successful intracoronary bone marrow cell transplant leads late-breaking clinical trials.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Richard Hyer, NewsRx correspondent - Intracoronary autologous bone marrow cell transplant, a monoclonal antibody to block complement activation, and an angiotensin II receptor blocker were among the...

Variable distal microvascular resistance linked to heightened CAD severity.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Variable distal microvascular resistance is linked to heightened coronary artery disease severity. According to recent research from the Netherlands, the "homogeneity of microvascular resistance in...

Depressive symptoms - not disease severity - determine quality of life for CHD patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depressive symptoms - not disease severity - determine the quality of life for CHD patients. Researchers in Finland conducted a study "to investigate factors associated with life dissatisfaction in...

Simple tests could signal and prevent heart disease in women.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A few safe and simple tests could identify, and possibly prevent, coronary heart disease in middle-aged women, study findings suggest. "Most women gain one to two pounds per year as they approach...

Pressures' variations comparable as blood loss indicators in mechanically ventilated patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Respiratory-related arterial pressure variability and percentile systolic pressure variation have similar utility as blood loss indicators in mechanically ventilated patients, and both rely on autonomic...

Diabetes underdiagnosed in coronary artery disease patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preliminary findings from the European Society of Cardiology Euro Heart Survey entitled "Diabetes and the Heart" suggest that diabetes is not only grossly underdiagnosed in coronary artery disease...

In organ transplant complications, histology is often needed to assess cause.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In organ transplant complications, histology is often needed to assess cause. According to recent research published in the journal Springer Seminars in Immunopathology, "immunopathology techniques...

Tumor oxygen use, hypoxia, can be observed by MRI with FREDOM.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor oxygen use, hypoxia, can be observed by MRI with FREDOM. The MRI FREDOM (Fluorocarbon Relaxometry Using Echo Planar Imaging for Dynamic Oxygen Mapping) measures oxygen tension; variability in...

IGF-I activity may be a key determinant of stroke risk.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vegans may face a higher risk of stroke due to reduced IGF-I activity. According to a study from the United States, "IGF-I acts on vascular endothelium to activate nitric oxide synthase, thereby...

Infection can lead to immune attack on heart.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new report reveals the molecular mechanisms by which infection can lead to heart inflammation and failure. Dilated cardiomyopathy, the most common cause of heart failure in young patients, can...

Quality improvement program enhances heart care, closes gender gap.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using a low-cost, hospital quality improvement program substantially improved care for heart attack patients and significantly reduced treatment differences for men and women in 1 year, study results...

More risk factors for heart disease increase Medicare cost.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preventing heart disease risk factors in younger adults could be a money-saving investment for the federal Medicare program, researchers reported in two studies presented at the American Heart...

Company announces results of clinical trial with HE2200.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals (HEPH) announced preliminary results of an exploratory phase II clinical trial with the company's investigational immune regulating hormone, HE2200, in patients with...

Borrelia burgdorferi induces inflammatory cytokines during erythema migrans.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inflammatory cytokines are induced in PBMC of newly infected patients with erythema migrans from Borrelia burgdorferi. According to recent research from the United States, "in a study of cytokine...

C-terminal pro-ghrelin peptides in human plasma; altered during cardiovascular disease.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- C-terminal pro-ghrelin peptides have been identified in human plasma. In a recent study from New Zealand, scientists discovered "the first evidence for the existence in human plasma of peptides...

Estrogen-induced vessel remodeling protects the cardiovascular system.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Estrogen-induced vessel remodeling protects the cardiovascular system. According to a study from the United States, "estrogen increases proliferation and migration of cultured endothelial cells and...

For smokers, air pollution is a drag on the heart.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Short-term rises in air pollution might trigger heart attacks - especially among smokers - according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2003 in Orlando,...

Severe pneumonitis, cerebral hemorrhage is a risk with Epstein-Barr virus.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Severe pneumonitis, cerebral hemorrhage is a risk with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), even in apparently healthy individuals. According to a study from Switzerland, "EBV is a ubiquitous human...

Biopharma company announces exercise of underwriter's over-allotment option.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Myogen, Inc., (MYOG) announced that the underwriters of its previously announced initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common stock have fully exercised their over-allotment option and acquired...

CardioSEAL maker announces increased revenue, decreased losses in third quarter.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NMT Medical, Inc., (NMTI), a designer, developer, and marketer of minimally invasive solutions for the treatment of cardiac sources of stroke, announced financial results for the third quarter and 9...

Lipid-focused company reports improved results in third quarter.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lipid Sciences, Inc., (LIPD) reported results for the third quarter and 9 months ended September 30, 2003. Lipid Sciences is a development-stage biotechnology company that is conducting research...

Women and men differ in heart disease traits and treatment.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study led by researchers from the University of Michigan (U-M) Cardiovascular Center shows that women who suffer chest pain or a heart attack are more likely than men with the same conditions to have...

Heart attacks appear to have more serious impact on women than men.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who have heart attacks appear to be more seriously affected than men. Unstable angina (UA) is a heart condition caused by insufficient oxygen reaching the heart muscle and causing periodic...

Hantavirus in Brazilians may be asymptomatic or cause cardiopulmonary syndrome.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Equal amounts of rural and urban population in a Brazilian county are seropositive for hantavirus; prevalence is not associated with disease in most. "Hantaviruses are the causative agents of severe...

Nitric oxide mediates relaxin-induced suppression of endothelial adhesion.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nitric oxide (NO) mediates the suppressive effects of relaxin on endothelial adhesion during heart attacks. "Neutrophil margination within blood vessels is an early finding during myocardial...

Unusual fatigue, other symptoms could warn of impending heart attacks in women.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) report that women in a study who had heart attacks remembered having unusual fatigue or other new symptoms as much as a month...

Albumin reduces mortality in coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a recently published study, albumin, used as a blood volume expander in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, is associated with a significantly lower incidence of mortality compared...

Role of immune processes in diabetic macrovascular disease reviewed.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have reviewed the role of immune and inflammatory processes in the development of macrovascular disease in diabetes in a recent issue of the journal Frontiers in Bioscience. "Diabetes...