Cardiovascular Week articles from February 2003

Cardiovascular Week archives from February 2003

Patients enjoy postoperative survival without return of heart failure after AVR.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "left ventricular dysfunction is an indication for aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with severe aortic regurgitation (AR). However, the...

CABG can be used successfully to improve life expectancy of end-stage patients.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Germany, "Left ventricular function is the most important predictor of survival in patients with coronary artery disease. It is also an important indicator for...

Electron beam computed tomography can detect small coronary vessels.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Stenosis or obstruction of the sinus node artery (NA) of the heart can cause cardiac arrhythmia and even sudden death. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the detectability of the SNA using...

Left ventricular mass reduction associated with reduced rate of complications.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "it is uncertain whether reduction of left ventricular (LV) mass during antihypertensive treatment predicts reduction in cardiovascular complications...

Beta-blockers have beneficial effect on MI patient survival.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "beta-Blockers are known to reduce total mortality and sudden death in survivors of recent myocardial infarction. The effects of these agents in patients at...

Vitamin supplements effective in reducing homocysteine among heart recipients.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "transplant coronary artery disease (TCAD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among heart transplant recipients. A variety of immunologic and...

Former WebMD executive producer joins NewsRx.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A former WebMD executive producer and medical editor has joined Atlanta-based NewsRx, along with three board-certified editors. Dominique Walton Brooks, MD, with WebMD until 2001, will serve as...

Occurrence at home strong independent predictor of adverse outcome.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent study, researchers in Sweden conducted a study "to describe the characteristics and outcome of patients who have a cardiac arrest at home compared with elsewhere out of hospital. ...

Waiting may lead to major adverse events.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Canada, "few large, systematic, prospective studies have documented the characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients awaiting cardiac catheterization and the delays that...

Calreticulin, endoplasmic reticulum may play important role.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Canada, "Calreticulin is a Ca[superscript]2+ binding/storage chaperone resident in the lumen of endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The protein is an important component of the...

State-of-the-art pacemaker makes its debut.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Protos Pacemaker uses a proprietary Closed Loop Stimulation (CLS) technology for rate-adaptive pacing. Unlike traditional pacemakers, CLS translates cardiac signals, sent directly from the...

Transcranial color-coded sonography as senstive as contract-enhanced TEE.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Germany conducted a study "to determine the sensitivity of contrast material-enhanced transcranial color-coded sonography (c-TCCS) compared with that of contrast-enhanced transesophageal...

Elevated left atrial pressure causes rapid fluid accumulation.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Cardiogenic pulmonary edema is caused by the increase in left atrial pressure when the left heart fails. "However, over the following days to...

FIESTA-ET is high-resolution, does not require off-line reconstruction.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to researchers from the United States, "This work describes a technique that combines multishot echo-planar imaging (EPI) with steady-state free precession (SSFP, also known as TrueFISP,...

CVProfilor DO-2020 CardioVascular Profiling System approved in China.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hypertension Diagnostics, Inc., (HDII) announced that it has been advised that ShenZhen Filiale ShenYong Medical-Pharmacal Co., HDI's exclusive distributor in China, has received approval from the...

Risk-adapted prevention based on individual assessment becoming more important.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Germany, "Prevention is equivalent to causal treatment of cardiovascular disease. Nowadays, guidelines are elaborated on the basis of large-scale long-term intervention...

Use of L. plantarum could help in prevention of atherosclerosis in smokers.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The short-chain fatty acids formed in the human colon by the bacterial fermentation of fiber may have an antiinflammatory effect, may reduce insulin production, and may improve lipid metabolism. We...

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 implicated in myocardiopathy.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Brazil, "Cardiac dysfunction with progressive fibrosis is a hallmark of Chagas disease. To evaluate the involvement of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 in this disease,...

Direct stenting has lower rate of angiographic restenosis up to 6 months later.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Germany, "Direct stenting without antecedent dilatation may reduce procedural time, costs, and radiation exposure, and may result in less vessel injury. The purpose of this...

Tissue factor expressed by cardiac myocytes protects the heart from hemorrhage.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Exposure of blood to tissue factor (TF) activates the extrinsic (TF:FVIIa) and intrinsic (FVIIIa:FIXa) pathways of coagulation. In this study, we...

True aneurysm may be result of trauma, late dacron fiber degeneration.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Infection and anastomotic pseudo-aneurysm formation are the usually reported complications in the use of dacron prosthesis in arterial by-pass surgery," researchers in England report. "We report...

Transesophageal echocardiography can be used to assess septic coronary embolism.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Septic coronary embolism is a rare complication of endocarditis. Aortic valve (AV) vegetations have been described as a source of coronary embolism resulting in myocardial infarction. The use of...

Nitric oxide production protective at vascular level during early-stage.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "In a porcine model of endotoxic shock, we evaluated the circulatory and respiratory effects of NO synthase (NOS) blockade. Twenty anesthetized pigs were divided into three groups and studied for 240...

Increased blood flow could lead to healthier blood vessels.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have found a new way in which exercise may protect against heart disease. Increased blood flow can mimic the powerful anti-inflammatory actions of certain glucocorticoid steroid drugs,...

Ca[superscript]2+ alternans represents mechanism for generation of arrhythmogenic waves.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Ca[superscript]2+ alternans is a potentially arrhythmogenic beat-to-beat alternation of the amplitude of the action potential-induced...

Angiogenix acquires nitrate products.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angiogenix, Inc., a privately held, biopharmaceutical company developing products for peripheral and cardiac ischemia, announced that it had acquired Acclaim from NitrOSystems, Inc. Acclaim is a...

Higher induced immunologic response with cardiopulmonary bypass than off pump.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Turkey, "Cell-mediated immunity responses decrease after all kinds of surgical procedures. Either anesthesia or surgical trauma plays an important role in this...

Patent foramen ovale may be cause of unexplained postoperative hypoxia.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "We describe two patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting complicated by postoperative hypoxemia due to a patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunting. We discuss different...

Depression important as a predictor of return to work.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Sweden, "The importance of depression in coronary artery disease (CAD) outcomes is being increasingly recognized. The aim of this study was to investigate the power of...

Anticoagulation may decrease the inflammatory response.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "There are two components to the reperfusion syndrome, which follows extremity ischemia. The local response, which follows reperfusion, consists of...

N-butylamine hydrochloride causes damage; n-butylamine does not.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Pregnant Wistar rats were administered 0, 100, 400 or 1000 mg mono-n-butylamine hydrochloride/kg body weight/day by gavage on days 6 through 15 post coitum (sperm-positive = day 0), or inhaled...

Preventing events in high-risk people requires lifestyle changes, drug therapy.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Australia, "Despite the rapid advances that have been made in the treatment of coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction remains the major cause of death in the developed...

Dietary restriction of fatty acid-enriched diets may be toxic to cardiac tissue.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Brazil, "The present study examines the effects of caloric restriction in cardiac tissue evaluation markers of oxidative stress. High-fat dietary restrictions can have a...

Beta[subscript]1 subunit modulates cardiac, neuronal channels in different regions.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Germany, "The alpha subunit of voltage-gated Na+ channels of brain, skeletal muscle, and cardiomyocytes is functionally modulated by the accessory beta[subscript]1, but not...

A-bomb survivors have impaired ability to maintain their naive T-cell pools.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Japan, "We found previously that the peripheral CD4 T-cell populations of heavily exposed A-bomb survivors contained fewer naive T cells than we detected in the...

Final results of vascular wrap GLP study released.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ANPI; ANP) announced promising results from its preclinical study of paclitaxel-loaded perivascular wraps for the treatment of restenosis associated with bypass...

nCPAP study reveals sleep disorder linked to hypertension.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ResMed, Inc., (RMD), a manufacturer and developer of products for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), has announced the release of compelling new clinical data...

Estrogen administration improves acute hemodynamic indices in male patients.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Although there are many studies concerning the effects of long-term estrogen administration on systemic hemodynamics in postmenopausal women, the effects of estrogen in patients with chronic heart...

Unit increases in BMI increase the relative risk of stroke in adults.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "although obesity is an established risk factor for coronary heart disease, its role as a risk factor for stroke remains to be proven. "We...

Off-pump coronary revascularization reduces inflammatory response.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from England, "right ventricular assist devices (RVADs) have been proposed to improve exposure of the coronary arteries in off-pump surgery. In this study we investigated...

LDL receptor mutations contribute only partly to variation in CVD risk.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "A large cohort of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), free from selection for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and their unaffected relatives was collected by genetic cascade screening and...

Ezetimibe, plus a statin, may make extra reductions in plasma cholesterol.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Ezetimibe is the first of the cholesterol absorption inhibitors, a novel class of lipid modifying drugs, which potently inhibit the absorption of biliary...

Patients still at equal risk of mortality, further evaluation needed.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Our aim was to evaluate the occurrence of implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shock and antitachycardia pacing (ATP), the effect of ICD therapies on mortality, and the impact of...

Preoperative complications are major determinants of surgical mortality in AADA.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Turkey, "this study was undertaken to identify the perioperative risk factors for death in patients with acute type A aortic dissection. "Between 1993 and 2001,...

Systemic LDL upregulates LRP expression in vascular smooth muscle.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-related protein (LRP) is highly expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) of both normal and atherosclerotic lesions. However, little is known about LRP...

Atricure bipolar radiofrequency clamp useful for intraoperative ablation.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research in the United States, "this work reports our initial evaluation and clinical experience with the Atricure bipolar radiofrequency (RF) system for intraoperative ablation of...

Extracardiac conduit with a limited maze procedure for the failing Fontan.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from New Zealand, "atrial arrhythmias are a frequent late complication of Fontan procedures. Conversion to an extracardiac conduit combined with reducing right atrial size...

Increase in afterload, decrease in heart rate responsible for absence in kids.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent report, researchers in France conducted a study "to investigate whether "overshoot" occurs also after maximal exercise, and whether it is age-dependant. "Ten healthy young men (mean...

E-/L-selectin blockade reduces neutrophil-dependent postreperfusion injury.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to authors in the United States, "this study examined the effect of local intracoronary delivery of a unique monoclonal antibody (mAb) to both E- and L-selectin (EL-246) on neutrophil...

Increased oxidative stress, enhanced cytokine production seen in operations.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Czech Republic, "the purpose of this study was to compare systemic inflammatory responses after heart transplantation and nontransplant cardiac operations, both...

Scientists have determined crystal structure of ACE.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AngioDesign, Inc., a recently incorporated biotechnology company, announced that two of its founders, Ravi Acharya and Edward Sturrock, have determined the 3-dimensional crystal structure of...

Myocardial infarction prevention, hypertension control important for prevention.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "congestive heart failure (CHF) is an increasing public health concern. "Among Framingham Heart Study subjects who were free of CHF at...

Enhanced external counterpulsation may be a viable treatment option.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Patients with coronary artery disease have a variety of treatment options available to them. These include medications to control anginal episodes and,...

Clampless proximal anastomosis in CABG device introduced.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Continuing its commitment to improving patient outcomes in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery, Coalescent Surgical introduced the IPAD Proximal Assistant for clampless anastomosis in CABG...

Inherited coagulation disorders in neonate with thrombotic complications.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "We present the case of a newborn male with D-transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and subpulmonary stenosis who experienced two...

Measurement of ulnar flow can predict ischemia after radial artery harvest.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Japan, "despite a negative Allen test, some patients develop hand ischemia after radial artery harvesting. The presence of large interosseous collaterals may reduce...

Plant-fish oil combination better for female heart disease prevention.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Combined fish (omega 3) and plant (omega 6) derived fatty acids are more effective for combating heart disease than fish oils alone according to a new study in women. The study, titled "Effects of...

Adipose tissue is a mediator of cardiovascular risk.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Working with overweight patients to reduce abdominal fat mass would improve their cardiovascular risk profile and general health, according to a report from Canada. "Two key findings regarding the...

New guidelines recommend multidisciplinary approach to care.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) released new comprehensive guidelines that recommend a coordinated team approach to the continuum of care for patients with lung cancer. Based on a...

Roles of calcineurin pathway in compensatory myocardial hypertrophy.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The calcineurin-mediated signaling pathway has been implicated as one of the crucial pathways in cardiac hypertrophy. However, the role of calcineurin pathway on cardiac remodeling after myocardial...

Obesity prevention must start early in life.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- To prevent obesity and keep risk of heart disease low, parents must start protective measures when children are infants, according to researchers in Germany. "The prevalence of nutrition-related...

Additional Remodulin efficacy, safety data published.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- United Therapeutics Corporation (UTHR) announced that the article "Efficacy and Safety of Treprostinil: An Epoprostenol Analog for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension" has been published in the current...

Spinal cord stimulation, CABG offer improvement in quality of life.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent study, researchers in Sweden conducted a study "to assess the long-term outcome regarding quality of life and survival in patients who were included in the ESBY study 1992-1995. "The...

Learning to recognize early symptoms key in 15- to 35-year-old people.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Sweden conducted an investigation "to study the incidence, pathogenesis and symptoms preceding sudden cardiovascular death among 15-35-year-olds without substance abuse in Sweden during...

Myocardial fibrosis blunts NOS2-related recruitment of LV preload reserve.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The purpose of the study was to investigate interactions between myocardial nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and myocardial fibrosis, both of which determine left ventricular (LV) preload reserve in...

Glycine availability is critical for normal cardiovascular development.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "When rat dams consume a diet low in protein during pregnancy, their offspring develop high blood pressure. On a low-protein diet, the endogenous formation of the amino acid glycine is thought to...

Rapid quantification of ABC mRNAs by real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research in the United States, "Several ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are critically involved in cholesterol and phospholipid efflux, reverse cholesterol transport, and...

Chan Su, a traditional Chinese medicine, alters cardiomyocyte calcium stores.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study in the United States, "Extracts of Chan Su, a traditional Chinese medication used as a topical anesthetic and cardiac medication, were incubated with cardiomyocytes that had been...

Functional imaging shows distribution of velocities in RV diastolic flow field.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to researchers in the United States, "We describe a novel functional imaging approach for quantitative analysis of right ventricular (RV) blood flow patterns in specific experimental animals...

Endogenous and exogenous PTHrP impact on the function of stunned myocardium.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The effect of synthetic parathyroid hormone (PTH) related peptide [PTHrP(1-34)] on regional myocardial function was studied in 11 anesthetized pigs. Intracoronary infusion of PTHrP (cumulative dose:...

Potential mechanisms and methods of investigating epidemiologic associations.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study in the United States, "A recent series of epidemiologic reports have shown associations between fine particulate matter (PM) levels and increased cardiovascular morbidity and...

Effects of levobupivacaine, ropivacaine and bupivacaine on HERG channels.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study in Spain, "Levobupivacaine and ropivacaine are the pure S(-) enantiomers of N-butyl- and N-propyl-2',6'-pipecoloxylidide, developed as less cardiotoxic alternatives to bupivacaine....

Anastomotic assist device cleared for multiple-vessel CABG.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novare Surgical Systems, Inc., announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Enclose Cardiac Anastomosis Assist Device for use with multiple vessels...

FDA approves Powerheart AED for use on young children.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac Science, Inc., (DFIB) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market its Powerheart AED for use on children under 8 years old. ...

Software application released for preoperative cardiovascular risk calculation.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Armus Corporation launched a personal data assistant (PDA)-based preoperative cardiovascular risk calculator at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting in San Diego. The Armus Risk...

Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors mediate LPS-induced cardiovascular and organ damage.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research in Germany, "The present study aimed to determine the relevance of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)-derived prostanoids for the adverse effects of lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) on...

Acquisition of rights completed for phase II GLP-1 program.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (AMLN) announced that it has completed the acquisition from Restoragen, Inc., of rights to a phase II program using continuous infusion of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1),...

Drug may induce NO generation in cardiac cells by modifying iron homeostasis.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Italy, "Doxorubicin is an anthracycline antibiotic generally used in the treatment of solid tumors, but its use is limited by a severe cardiotoxicity, which has been...

Heart rate variability may be index for cardiotoxicity of antipsychotic drugs.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study in North Ireland, "Most antipsychotic drugs have cardiac effects as a consequence of their pharmacological actions. Recently, thioridazine has been subjected to a restricted...

Controlling blood pressure aids diabetics.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lowering the blood pressure of type 2 diabetics with peripheral artery disease can significantly reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new study reported in the January issue of...

Thoratec reports record quarterly revenues.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thoratec Corp. (THOR), a developer of products to treat cardiovascular disease, reported record quarterly revenues for the fourth quarter of 2002. Product sales for the quarter ended December 28,...

Deficiency may create increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adults who suffer from growth hormone deficiency may be at greater risk for cardiovascular disease if they are not treated, said David Cook, MD, professor of medicine, Oregon Health and Science...

Survey of women heart patients reveals widespread dissatisfaction.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first-ever national survey of women heart patients found more than half (52%) were dissatisfied with some aspect of their healthcare, particularly physician communications styles. Most...

Ambulatory blood pressure can be used to assess severity, prognosis of disease.
February 24, 2003... 2003 FEB 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research in Austria, "Whereas clinic blood pressure (CBP) above normality is divided into stages, no corresponding classifications are available for 24-hour ambulatory blood...