Cardiovascular Week articles from September 2003

Cardiovascular Week archives from September 2003

Ex vivo gene transfer improves cardiac function in a swine ischemia model.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ex vivo gene transfer improves cardiac function in a swine ischemia model. "We previously reported adenovirus-mediated ex vivo gene transfer of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) as a new...

GATA4 mutation linked to congenital heart defects.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutations in the GATA4 gene have been linked to an increased risk of congenital heart defects (CHDs). CHDs "are the most common developmental anomaly and are the leading non-infectious cause of...

Natural hormone could reverse heart damage.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- By altering the signaling pathway of the natural hormone leptin, Johns Hopkins researchers say doctors may one day be able to minimize or even reverse a dangerous enlarged heart condition linked to...

Poverty increases risk of complications and death after CABG.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Poverty increases the risk of complications and death after heart bypass surgery, finds new research. The researchers base their findings on more than 3,500 patients in need of coronary artery...

Most CHD patients have at least one major risk factor.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Contrary to a common perception, the vast majority of patients who either die from coronary heart disease (CHD) or have a nonfatal coronary event (such as a heart attack) have at least one of the four...

Aortic valve may need to be replaced after arterial switch operation.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The aortic valve may need to be replaced after arterial switch operation. According to a study from Germany, "An 11-month-old infant had undergone a primary arterial switch operation, including the...

Ventracor reports on first patient.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical investigators have provided a progress report on the pilot trial of Ventracor's artificial heart being conducted at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. Chief medical investigators Professor...

Patient enrollment completed in phase IIb CART-2 study with AGI-1067.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AtheroGenics, Inc., (AGIX) has recently completed enrollment in a phase IIb clinical trial evaluating its proprietary v-protectant drug candidate, AGI-1067, as a treatment for atherosclerosis and...

Vitamins restore blood vessel performance in kids with high cholesterol.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Moderate doses of vitamins C and E can slow progression of atherosclerosis in children with a genetic predisposition to high cholesterol, according to new research. This is the first randomized...

First patient dosed in phase III atrial arrhythmia studies.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiome Pharma Corp. announced that it has commenced patient dosing in its initial phase III efficacy study of RSD1235 for the acute treatment of atrial fibrillation. The initial study, called ACT...

Exogenous SERCA gene expression depends on CAR levels in cardiac myocytes.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exogenous SERCA gene expression depends on CAR levels in cardiac myocytes. "We demonstrate that the efficiency of adenovirus-assisted exogenous Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) and reporter (EGFP) gene...

Premenopausal women have good outcomes after heart attacks with PTCA.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Premenopausal women have good outcomes after heart attacks with PTCA. "Prospective, systematic studies of the pathophysiology and prognosis of premenopausal women vs. young men who suffer an acute...

Endothelial cells overcome hypoxia-induced apoptosis because of CD105.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endothelial cells overcome hypoxia-induced apoptosis because of CD105. According to a study from England, "CD105, a marker of endothelial cells, is abundantly expressed in tissues undergoing...

Peak heart rate low in obese girls.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Peak heart rate was low in obese girls, results similar to those found in adults. "The purpose of this study was to compare heart rate peak in obese (n=43) and normal weight (n=45) female youth,"...

Study calls for major reforms in marketing of ephedra.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found that some web sites that advertise dietary herbal supplements containing the popular weight-loss agent ephedra fail to disclose potential adverse effects and make misleading...

RABBIT trial started to evaluate b-type natriuretic peptide.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biosite Incorporated (BSTE) announced the start of the RABBIT (Rapid Assessment of Bedside BNP in Treatment of congestive heart failure) clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate measurements of...

Study looks at role of intra-abdominal fat in heart disease in women.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Illinois, are following middle-aged women from the Southside of Chicago to determine if the location of the fat in their bodies affects their...

Internal thoracic artery can be developed by an inferior epigastric AV fistula.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An internal thoracic artery can be developed by an inferior epigastric AV fistula. "Arteriovenous fistulae increase the diameter of their feeding artery. It may be advantageous to increase the...

Clue found as to why small babies have increased risk of heart disease as adults.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The reason why small babies have an increased risk of heart disease as adults may lie in abnormal parental gene transfer, suggests preliminary research. The researchers studied almost 500 babies...

PEDF could potentially treat a variety of angiogenesis-related disorders.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PEDF could potentially treat a variety of angiogenesis-related disorders. According to a study from the United States, "blood vessel growth and stability are under the exquisite control of a network...

Ketogenic diet raises cholesterol, lipid levels in children.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center report that the rigorously high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet known as the ketogenic diet, shown to reduce or eliminate difficult-to-control seizures in...

Midaortic syndrome and cardiomyopathy can give nonimmune fetal hydrops.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Midaortic syndrome and cardiomyopathy can give nonimmune fetal hydrops. According to recent research published in the journal Pediatrics, "Nonimmune hydrops fetalis is the final common pathway of...

Scientists develop greater accuracy in recording baby's heart rates in the womb.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A team from Imperial College London based at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea, Hammersmith and the Royal Brompton Hospitals has worked with equipment developed by scientists at QinetiQ, Europe's largest...

Counseling helps older adults add exercise to their lives.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Behavioral counseling combined with exercise therapy may help older adults at risk for heart disease increase their weekly exercise by as much as 45 minutes a week compared with adults who only...

Influenza A recurrence in myocarditis may cause cardiogenic shock.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reinfection with influenza A following recovery from acute influenza A myocarditis may cause death. According to recent research published in the Circulation Journal, "A 75-year-old man recovered...

EGFR is a human cytomegalovirus receptor.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- EGFR acts as a cellular cytomegalovirus receptor. "Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widespread opportunistic herpesvirus that causes severe and fatal diseases in immune-compromised individuals,...

CardioPass synthetic coronary artery bypass graft implanted in baby.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioTech International, Inc., (CTE) announced the world's first pediatric implant of a synthetic coronary artery bypass graft. In June 2003, a 4-month-old baby boy was the recipient of...

FDA approves new therapy.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Crestor (rosuvastatin) to lower cholesterol. Rosuvastatin is in the class of drugs called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, also known as...

Activation of central baroreceptor pathway sustained in hypertension.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The activation of the central baroreceptor pathway is sustained in obesity hypertension. According to a study from the United States, "The major goal of this study was to determine whether there is...

New treatment for enlarged heart effective.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physician-scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital have demonstrated that among hypertensive patients with electrocardiographic evidence of a type of enlarged heart...

Doctors Laboratory to offer VAP expanded cholesterol test.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors Laboratory, Inc., will offer the next-generation VAP (Vertical Auto Profile) Cholesterol Test as part of its expansive menu of diagnostic services. The VAP Test, developed by Birmingham,...

Prothrombinase generates thrombosis formation in viral hepatitis infections.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prothrombinase generates thrombosis formation in viral hepatitis infections. According to a study from Canada, "fibrin deposition and thrombosis within the microvasculature is now appreciated to...

Cholesterol lowering drugs may prevent degenerative eye disease.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Statins, the drugs used to lower blood cholesterol, may help prevent the degenerative eye disease known as age-related maculopathy or macular degeneration, finds new research. Macular degeneration...

Coronary heart disease market to reach $23B in 2012.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Decision Resources, Inc., a research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, forecasts that the total market value of drugs to treat coronary heart disease (CHD) could reach...

There are three different models for schistosomiasis transmission.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The mode of schistosomiasis transmission is considered using three different mathematical models. According to a study from Brazil, "In order to analyze the effects of acquired immunity and the...

Grape components lower triglycerides and cholesterol levels in menopause models.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Grape components lower triglycerides and cholesterol levels in animal menopause models. "Female ovariectomized guinea pigs, a model for menopausal women, were fed either a control diet or a diet...

Stress can affect heart rate, NK cell numbers, and subsequent cytokine release.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mental stress may alter NK cell number and heart rate, which in turn increases IL-6 and TNF alpha within 45 minutes. According to a study from England, "Associations between natural killer (NK)...

Antidepressant reduces clotting factors after heart attack.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treating depression in heart attack or chest pain patients reduces the chance of forming dangerous blood clots that can lead to a new heart attack, researchers report. "This study is the first to...

FDA clearance granted to market defibrillator.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (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 new Powerheart AED G3 (automated external defibrillator),...

Healing the heart with stem cells.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genetically engineered stem cells can restore heart performance and repair the damage caused by a heart attack, according to a new study. Researchers have tried for years to repair damaged hearts...

Preliminary results of phase III PRIMO-CABG trial reported.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ALXN) announced preliminary results of its phase III study in a large, multinational trial consisting of more than 3,000 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft...

Stroke group announces new program in Dallas.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, and the Dallas County Medical Society announced the Dallas Area Stroke Network, a voluntary collaboration between hospitals...

Eating fish may lower heart rate, reduce risk of sudden death.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the largest study of its kind, researchers found lower average heart rates among healthy men who regularly ate fish, according to a new report. "Increased heart rate is a risk factor for sudden...

Peanuts that keep hearts healthy on way to grocery stores.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two new kinds of peanuts that can help keep hearts in good shape offer new food for thought for the health-conscious. The peanuts are high in oleic acid, a type of unsaturated fat that raises...

Therapy that prevents bone loss also reverses cholesterol transport.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Therapy that prevents bone loss also reverses cholesterol transport. According to recent research from Germany, "nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates used in osteoporosis act by interference with...

Placental villotrophoblastic pulmonary emboli can occur following abortion.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pulmonary emboli of chorionic villus origin can occur following abortion as well as in pregnancy. According to a study from Japan, "Although pulmonary trophoblastic embolism is now considered a...

Lipids get the spotlight in new NIGMS "glue grant".
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While genes and proteins have long held starring roles in biomedical research, lipids - fats and oils - often have a more direct effect on human health. A new grant from the U.S. National Institutes of...

Penicillin may help prevent strokes in the elderly.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hypertension patients taking penicillin were half as likely to have a stroke as other hypertension patients, researchers report in a new study. "Penicillin showed a consistent and significant...

Spinal cord circulation is an important consideration for thoracic surgeons.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spinal cord circulation is an important consideration for thoracic surgeons. "The spinal cord has significant thoracic arterial watershed areas rendering it vulnerable to intraoperative ischemic...

Beta-2-glycoprotein I is higher in lupus, antiphospholipid syndrome macrophages.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antiphospholipid syndrome and lupus patient macrophages both express higher levels of beta-2-glycoprotein I, which correlates with higher levels of monocyte tissue factor and clotting risk. "It is...

Drug-coated red blood cells destroy blood clots from within.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thrombosis is a common cause of complications and even death following surgery. To create a better means of preventing thrombosis, researchers at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine coated red...

Inhibitors of tissue factor VIIa complex designed as antithrombotic drugs.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Selective inhibitors of the tissue factor VIIa complex were tested as antithrombotics through structure-based drug design. According to published research from the United States, "Structure-based...

Homograft endocarditis can be caused by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A healthy man with a case of aortic homograft endocarditis was found to have a fungal infection with Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. According to published research from Switzerland, "Serious infections...

Thiazolidinediones play increasing role in metabolic syndrome therapy.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thiazolidinediones are playing an increasing role in metabolic syndrome therapy, which has implications for treatment of type 2 diabetes. According to recent research published in the Journal of...

The matrix protein Del-1 initiates angiogenesis in ischemic tissues.
September 1, 2003... 2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The matrix protein Del-1 initiates angiogenesis in ischemic tissues. According to recent research from the United States, "the extracellular matrix (ECM) protein Del-1 is one of several novel ECM...

Chromosome 1 QTL genes involved in cardiovascular stress response.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chromosome 1 QTL genes may be involved in cardiovascular stress responses. "To understand the roles of a putative hypertension gene in the chromosome 1 quantitative trait locus (QTL) region, the...

Deadly gas can protect the heart.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed a new technology based on carbon monoxide delivery that may protect the heart following a heart attack and prevent rejection of transplanted organs. Researchers from...

Angiogenic cytokines perform contradictory activities in ischemic tissues.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angiogenic cytokines perform contradictory activities in ischemic tissues. According to recent research from the United States, "angiogenic cytokines such as vascular endothelial growth...

Pacing with AF Suppression algorithm decreases symptomatic AF burden.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- St. Jude Medical, Inc., has published the results of its Atrial Dynamic Overdrive Pacing Trial-A. The ADOPT-A clinical trial evaluated the use of the company's AF Suppression pacing algorithm for the...

Depression doubles risk of death after surgery.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the largest and longest study of its kind, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have definitively shown what previous studies have hinted at - depression is a strong independent risk factor...

Mind and matter: Mental health affects heart risks.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Several psychological factors can take a toll on heart health, although each factor seems to act at different stages through different mechanisms, research suggests. "Psychological risk factors for...

Study cites procedure's effectiveness.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Emergency angioplasties, even delayed by hospital transfer, worked better than standard drugs in a heart attack study likely to help change standards for treating the 1.1 million Americans stricken...

Obesity, depression team up to increase heart-endangering inflammation.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity and depression may work together to provoke the chronic low-level inflammation associated with atherosclerosis and increased risk of heart disease, according to a new report. Among a large...

Poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate levels increased in diabetic rats.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The levels of poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate were increased in diabetic rats. "Poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate, a linear polymer of the ketone body, R-3-hydroxybutyric acid, is an amphiphilic,...

New classification scheme helpful to predict risk of stroke or death.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newly developed risk score can be used for patients with new onset of atrial fibrillation to estimate their risk of stroke or death, according to a new study. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most...

Novel oxygen carrier may improve stroke treatment.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel oxygen carrier may improve the treatment of stroke and other ischemic events. "With the objective of developing a recombinant oxygen carrier suitable for therapeutic applications,"...

Angiogenic gene therapy has shown potential benefits in human clinical trials.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angiogenic gene therapy has shown potential benefits in human clinical trials. "Atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction are responsible for the pathophysiologic basis of the spectrum of...

Prostaglandin E1 stimulates therapeutic angiogenesis in infarcted myocardium.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prostaglandin E1 stimulates therapeutic angiogenesis in infarcted myocardium. "New evidence suggests that Prostaglandin E1 (PGE-1) stimulates myocardial angiogenesis in human chronic ischemic...

A rhesus monkey model of disease may create heart damage similar to humans.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta, may not only be a good animal model for acute Chagas disease, but may also mimic the human chronic phase in creating heart damage. "Severe chronic damage to the...

Angiogenic cytokines show promise as targets for treating several diseases.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angiogenic cytokines show promise as targets for treating several diseases. "In contrast to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor VEGFR-2, placental growth factor (PlGF) and its...

Do doctors sometimes fail their heart failure patients?
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- What's the best way to manage a patient who's dying of heart failure? And just how do physicians make decisions about this ever-growing population of patients, particularly those in the end stages of...

Emergency medicine department adopts new approach for treating CHF.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Virginia Health System Department of Emergency Medicine has established a new procedure for diagnosing, treating, and conducting social work screenings for patients with congestive...

Natural phytosterols, phytostanols reduce cholesterol.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Not all natural cholesterol fighters are equal. A study published in the August 13, 2003, edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) entitled "Herbal Extract Not Effective in...

Infections linked to mental decline in elderly.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infection by several common viruses can significantly increase the risk of dementia in the elderly with cardiovascular disease, according to a new report. Finnish researchers tested 383...

Pathways link depression, adiposity, and inflammatory markers.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pathways link depression, adiposity, and inflammatory markers in healthy young adults. "Despite mounting evidence that depression increases risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, little is...

Serum total sialic acid raised in subjects with type 2 diabetes.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The serum levels of total sialic acid were increased in subjects with type 2 diabetes and can be used as a marker for people at risk for diabetes. According to published research from Croatia,...

Ultrasounds of maternal kidneys distinguish benign obstruction from pathology.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ultrasounds of maternal kidneys distinguish benign obstruction from pathology. According to a study from Turkey, "the flow pattern in intrarenal veins depends on renal parenchymal histology and...

Mixed signals from the ECG can make deciphering the diagnosis tricky.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although not considered a marker of cardiovascular disease, the electrocardiographic pattern widely known as "early repolarization" has practical importance because it may mimic the electrocardiogram...

Girls falling behind in physical activity during high school.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Girls are falling behind in physical activity during high school physical education, which is increasing the risk of obesity and lowering cardiorespiratory fitness. According to published research...

High blood pressure affects rodent clitoral and vaginal morphology.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High blood pressure affects rodent clitoral and vaginal physiology and morphology. "We evaluated possible morphological alteration in clitoris and vagina from spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR) and...

Diabetic cardiopathy pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment reviewed.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pair of researchers have published a review of diabetic cardiopathy pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment in a recent issue of the Internist. According to recent research from Germany, "Diabetes...

Decision on coverage of cardiovascular device delayed by CMS.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thoratec Corporation (THOR) commented on an update issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that it will be issuing its National Coverage Decision regarding coverage for left...

Two hundred patients receive heart failure device, FDA approves new trial.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MicroMed Technology, Inc., has achieved a significant milestone of implanting 200 patients with the MicroMed DeBakey VAD. The device, designed for end-stage heart failure patients who can no longer...

Greatest risk of heart attack occurs in first year of use for most women.
September 8, 2003... 2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Massachusetts, and their colleagues have released more details surrounding the heart disease risks associated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT)....