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Painkiller warning for heart patients: Study

According to the latest study, taking some commonly prescribed painkillers for even a short while might increase the risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke. The study also reports that when heart attack survivors took the drugs for as little as a week, it appeared to boost their risk of another heart attack, stroke or sudden death. The results, published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, surprised even the researchers.

10 May 2011

Research finds 'no safe window' for painkiller use among heart attack survivors

Even short-term use of some painkillers could be dangerous for people who've had a heart attack, according to research published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

10 May 2011

Massachusetts patients face long wait times for doctor appointments

A survey conducted by the Massachusetts Medical Society found patients can wait as a long as a month and a half for non-urgent physicians' appointments.

9 May 2011

First Edition: May 9, 2011

"It sounds like a new Apple product, but IPAB is actually a controversial board at the heart of a highly charged battle over Medicare, the federal health program for the elderly and disabled".

9 May 2011

MedCath net revenue increases 0.4% to $97.2 million for second fiscal quarter 2011

MedCath Corporation, a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, today announced operating results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011. On April 26, 2011, MedCath announced its intention to release the operating results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011 on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.

9 May 2011

Lovelace signs definitive agreement to acquire Heart Hospital of New Mexico

Lovelace Health System, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the assets and operations of the Heart Hospital of New Mexico from MedCath Corporation for $119 million.

9 May 2011

Preliminary data from ST-DETECT Trial using EGM signals in ICDs presented at SCAI meeting

New data presented today at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions are the first to look at the use of highly specialized signals within implantable cardioverter defibrillators to detect restricted blood flow to the heart in high-risk cardiovascular disease patients outside the hospital setting.

9 May 2011

Mary Ann Liebert publishes new journal on cancer care for adolescent and young adult patients

The field of adolescent and young adult oncology reflects the growing recognition that this group of patients and survivors are not just "old" pediatric patients or "young" adult patients.

9 May 2011

NYU Langone researchers present recent findings at The Heart Rhythm Society 32nd annual sessions

Cardiologists from the Cardiac & Vascular Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center presented new research at The Heart Rhythm Society's 32nd Annual Scientific Sessions, May 4 -7 in San Francisco, California.

9 May 2011

MedCath sells ownership interest, management agreement in Coastal Carolina Heart to North Carolina hospital

MedCath Corporation announced today it has completed the sale of its ownership interest and management agreement in Coastal Carolina Heart to New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

7 May 2011

Urgent action needed to avoid preventable strokes in Asia-Pacific region, says new report

Experts from medical and patient communities call on national policymakers in the Asia-Pacific region to take urgent action against preventable strokes that strike millions of people with atrial fibrillation each year.

7 May 2011

ESC Heart Failure meeting offers strong scientific programme

This year the Heart Failure Congress 2011, organised by the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, offers a strong scientific programme featuring 11 late breaking trials and clinical updates, over 1000 original abstracts, 14 industry sponsored satellites and mini satellites and over 70 separate sessions.

7 May 2011

FDA approves expanded access to RX Acculink stent for clogged neck artery treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved an expanded indication that will allow a new group of patients at risk of stroke due to clogged neck arteries to be treated with the RX Acculink carotid stent.

7 May 2011

New cardiac resynchronization therapy data in atrial fibrillation presented at Heart Rhythm 2011

Data presented as a Late Breaking Clinical Trial at Heart Rhythm 2011, the Heart Rhythm Society's 32nd Annual Scientific Sessions, shows the clinical benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy versus conventional right-ventricle pacing in improving heart failure in patients undergoing atrioventricular junction ablation for permanent atrial fibrillation.

From Medtronic 7 May 2011

Study examines clinical, kidney morphologic features that predict favorable BP response to renal artery stenting

A retrospective study in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, the official publication of the Society for Vascular Surgery, examines clinical and kidney morphologic features that predict a favorable blood pressure response to renal artery stenting.

7 May 2011

Abiomed presents PROTECT II study data in percutaneous coronary intervention at SCAI 2011

Abiomed, Inc., a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced results from further 90 day clinical and economic analyses, based on data from the PROTECT II study.

7 May 2011

Filipino children with KD at greater risk for inflammation of heart blood vessels

While children of all ethnicities can contract Kawasaki disease (KD), a study led by researchers at the Kawasaki Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego finds that Filipino children with KD are at a higher risk for inflammation of the blood vessels of the heart than those of other Asian and non-Asian backgrounds.

7 May 2011

Viewpoints: Will GOP back away from Medicaid plan too?; exchanges geared to politics, not health

All but seven House Republicans voted for a budget plan last month that would eliminate Medicare's guarantee to the elderly. It was always bad policy. But now that the vote has proved to be wildly unpopular, the party is suddenly running in the opposite direction.

7 May 2011

Researchers establish new method to patch damaged heart with tissue-engineering platform

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have established a new method to patch a damaged heart using a tissue-engineering platform that enables heart tissue to repair itself.

7 May 2011

New cardiac genetic testing guidelines for health care professionals

An international panel of experts from The Heart Rhythm Society and the European Heart Rhythm Association issued new guideline recommendations for all health care professionals about cardiovascular genetic testing at the Heart Rhythm Society's 32nd Annual Scientific Sessions.

7 May 2011

Heart News and Research

Painkiller warning for heart patients: Study

Research finds 'no safe window' for painkiller use among heart attack survivors

Massachusetts patients face long wait times for doctor appointments

First Edition: May 9, 2011

MedCath net revenue increases 0.4% to $97.2 million for second fiscal quarter 2011

Lovelace signs definitive agreement to acquire Heart Hospital of New Mexico

Preliminary data from ST-DETECT Trial using EGM signals in ICDs presented at SCAI meeting

Mary Ann Liebert publishes new journal on cancer care for adolescent and young adult patients

NYU Langone researchers present recent findings at The Heart Rhythm Society 32nd annual sessions

MedCath sells ownership interest, management agreement in Coastal Carolina Heart to North Carolina hospital

Urgent action needed to avoid preventable strokes in Asia-Pacific region, says new report

ESC Heart Failure meeting offers strong scientific programme

FDA approves expanded access to RX Acculink stent for clogged neck artery treatment

New cardiac resynchronization therapy data in atrial fibrillation presented at Heart Rhythm 2011

Study examines clinical, kidney morphologic features that predict favorable BP response to renal artery stenting

Abiomed presents PROTECT II study data in percutaneous coronary intervention at SCAI 2011

Filipino children with KD at greater risk for inflammation of heart blood vessels

Viewpoints: Will GOP back away from Medicaid plan too?; exchanges geared to politics, not health

Researchers establish new method to patch damaged heart with tissue-engineering platform

New cardiac genetic testing guidelines for health care professionals

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