Novel troponin test detects heart attack quickly and more specifically Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Nov 2022 8:00 PM ISTBlood sample tests for cardiac troponins are an important cornerstone in the diagnostics of heart attack, but the result may be elevated also due to...
Iron induces chronic heart failure in half of heart attack survivors, finds landmark study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli2 Nov 2022 12:15 PM ISTAccording to landmark study led by IU researchers Iron induces chronic heart failure in half of heart attack survivors. According to researchers, iron...
Myocardial fibrosis found on CMR in patients with hypertension associated with worse outcomes Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 Aug 2022 8:00 PM ISTA recent study conducted by the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) discovered that myocardial fibrosis is associated with worse cardiovascular...
Implant interatrial shunt associated with improved quality of life and symptoms Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 July 2022 10:00 AM IST According to series of feasibility studies, creation of a left-to-right shunt in the interatrial septum to offload failing hearts improved...
MRI superior to Echocardiography for diagnosing HF and predicting associated mortality Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli7 May 2022 10:00 AM ISTUsing MRI scans to detect heart failure could revolutionise how the condition is diagnosed, thanks to new research from the University of East Anglia...
Sodium thiosulfate does not reduce heart damage after a heart attack Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli9 April 2022 9:00 AM ISTSodium thiosulfate showed no benefits for reducing injury to damaged areas of heart muscle following a heart attack, in a study presented at the...
Mavacamten cuts need for invasive procedures in nearly 80% of HCM patients: VALOR-HCM Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli5 April 2022 9:00 AM ISTCleveland: Treatment with investigational mavacamten allowed patients with advanced obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) to avoid septal...
PARADISE MI Trial: sacubitril/valsartan effective for heart attack Dr. Nandita Mohan11 Feb 2022 6:33 PM ISTThe PARADISE -MI trial assesed the efficacy and safety of sacubitril/valsartan compared with ramipril in a contemporary acute myocardial...
Infarct size of fibrocytes to increase risk of heart attack Dr. Nandita Mohan4 Feb 2022 6:47 PM ISTAccording to a study in American Heart Journal Circulating fibrocytes measured 6 months after STEMI positively correlate with 6-month infarct size...
Using contrast MRI after a heart attack could increase survival Hina Zahid9 Jun 2021 7:30 AM ISTAccording to the British Heart Foundation, heart and circulatory diseases cause more than a quarter (27 per cent) of all deaths in the UK, which...
New medication may treat underlying causes of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Hina Zahid11 March 2021 9:30 AM ISTDALLAS - The new, investigational heart medication mavacamten may improve key structural abnormalities of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a...
Hydrogel injection may change the way the heart muscle heals after a heart attack Hina Zahid3 March 2021 10:28 AM ISTResearchers at CURAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at National University of Ireland Galway, and BIOFORGE Lab, at the University...
