A coalition of medical centers in southeast Michigan have found a way to increase the survival rate of cardiogenic shock patients to 84 percent by using a heart pump manufactured by Danvers, Massachusetts-based Abiomed.

The study was…

An analysis of patients in the emergency department at a hospital in Germany found that using the NephroCheck Test could help identify the risk of acute kidney injury in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.

The results were…

Though cannabis has increasingly been making its way into healthcare as a method for treating a series of conditions, new research on the drug, presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC)’s Scientific Session beginning March 17, finds…

Being overweight or obese could increase an individual’s chances of developing cardiovascular disease at a younger age compared to those who maintain more healthy weights, according to new research.

The research was presented March 9 at the…

While Zika is most closely linked to causing severe birth defects in babies born from mothers with the virus, new research that will be presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC)’s 66th Annual Scientific Session beginning on March 17…

A tool that predicts adverse events in acute heart failure patients made by researchers at the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, was shown to be effective and sufficient for use in clinical practice.

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It turns out your heart could oddly have something in common with your car: They both use hydraulics to function properly.

Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have discovered the shared…

Cape Cod Healthcare in Hyannis, Massachusetts, has opened a new heart failure clinic to serve people in the community who may be at risk or have been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, reports Cape Cod Today.

The clinic will be…

When a person suddenly becomes the victim of a life-threatening health crisis, how quickly they seek medical attention can determine how the severity of their condition escalates and can sometimes be the difference between life and death.

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The American Heart Association (AHA) and Germany-based Bayer have announced a collaboration to complete research on cerebral small vessel disease, chronic kidney disease and heart failure.

The AHA’s Institute for Precision Cardiovascular…

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have created a way to measure oxygen consumption in the legs of heart failure patients using MRI, a finding that sheds light on the intricacies of different forms of heart failure.

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After letting his health getting out hand and being diagnosed with heart failure, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, pneumonia and kidney disease, James Young, a graphic designer from Detroit, turned his life around to get his heart health back on…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will convene a panel of experts on March 22 at a public meeting in Baltimore.

Members of the panel, known as Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC), will…

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered new evidence that could help explain why patients who’ve suffered heart attacks go into heart failure.

Heart failure often develops after a heart attack because of a long-term…

A systematic review of 17 observational studies found that metformin was associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, congestive heart failure or chronic liver disease with…

As the number of Americans diagnosed with high blood pressure continues to rise, the medical community is growing increasingly worried about the population’s risk of having heart attacks, said the American Academy of Family Physicians in a Feb. 2…

Though many people take pain relievers to ease a sore throat or headache when enduring the flu or a cold, new research says doing so could increase the risk of suffering a heart attack.

The observational study, published in the Journal…

Khaldoon Alaswad, a cardiologist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, made headlines after his mother had her March 14 visa interviewed canceled a day after President Donald Trump issued an executive order than prevents immigrant and travelers from…

Predicting when a patient is at risk for developing a blood clot can be challenging for physicians, but new research from Johns Hopkins University and Ohio State University delivers a method for precisely identifying those risk factors.

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New statistics show the number of people diagnosed with heart failure will rise 46 percent by 2030, a major increase that would result in more than eight million people to be diagnosed with the condition, according to a new report from the…

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Minnesota have developed a method to grow heart tissue that can reduce the likelihood of heart failure after a heart attack using 3D-printing technology.

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