HIV Patients May Be at Risk of Heart Problems When Taking Protease Inhibitor Drugs
A widely-used class of drugs that keep the HIV-virus infection from progressing to AIDS may cause serious and potentially lethal heart rhythm disturbances in some patients. The finding of a Mayo Clinic-led investigation appears in the current edition of The Lancet. In collaboration with colleagues from the HIV Program of Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis; the University of Minn...UCSD team discovers specialized, rare heart stem cells in newborns
The first evidence of cardiac progenitor cells ?rare, specialized stem cells located in the newborn heart of rats, mice and humans ?has been shown by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. The cells are capable of differentiation into fully mature heart tissue. Called isl1+ cells, these cardiac progenitor cells are stem cells that have been progr...Implanted Devices Detect High-Risk Heart Failure Patients
Implanted devices intended to optimize the cardiac function of patients with heart failure have provided new insights into which patients might be at higher risk of dying suddenly from their disease, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Besides maintaining optimal electrical stimulation to the heart, these CRT-D (cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation)...Special Imaging Study Shows Failing Hearts Are 'Energy Starved'
Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) for the first time to examine energy production biochemistry in a beating human heart, Johns Hopkins researchers have found substantial energy deficits in failing hearts. The findings, published in the January 18 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, confirm what many scientists have conjectured for years about heart fail...Rapid-Screen Arrayed cDNA Library Panels Master Plates -Human Heart from OriGene Technologies
Description:The Rapid-Screen cDNA Library Panels were designed for full-length gene cloning and require just three sets of PCRs to identify the desired cDNA clone. The first PCR analysis is performed in a 96-well "Master Plate," where each well contains plasmid DNA from 5,000 clones. Having identified the positive well(s) by gel electrophoresis of the reaction products, the second PCR analysis is carried out...mitochondrial proteins (human heart) for 2-D gel electrophoresis from Molecular Probes (Invitrogen)
Description:mitochondrial proteins (human heart) for 2-D gel electrophoresis *5 mg/mL*...Primary cells, rat heart endothel
Primary cells: Microvascular endothelial cells from...Primary cells, rat heart muscle
Primary cells: Adult heart muscle cells from rat, 6...Medical College researchers receive new grants to enhance discovery of heart-protecting anesthetics
Zeljko Bosnjak, Ph.D., professor and vi...UW tests adult stem cell role in regenerative heart care
The The school is among the first medical centers in the countr...Failure of heart drug offers lessons for drug industry
spent about $800 million to develop torcetrapib, a heart drug that seemed like a blockbuster until people began to die in clinical trials. Hours after learning the drug was irreversibly flawed, the company called a halt to further trials, a decision that sent its stock downward and put thousands of jo...One in Three Heart Attack Patients Have No Chest Pains
Death Rates Higher for Those Without This Symptom. As many as one-third of patients never have chest pains prior to or during a heart attack, a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests. And for women, diabetics and others who belong to groups likely to have atypical heart attack symptoms, more than half may never have such pains. The report examined sympto...Epileptic Seizures Can Be Duec to Heart Problem
British researchers have said that Many people thought to have epilepsy may have a heart problem instead. In a study, researchers closely examined people diagnosed with epilepsy who did not respond well to medication or had symptoms unusual for the disorder. They found that more than 40% had another medical problem--most often a heart or circulation condition--that could have caused the symptoms....Bypass Heart Surgery Performed Without General Anesthesia
A minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) procedure was performed at Pittsburgh while the patient was awake. The operation was done under thoracic epidural anesthesia. This approach may help in discharging the patient early from the hospital. Dr. Zenati from the team of doctors who performed the surgery said that patients who are operated in this way may not have to go to the in...New CPR Guidelines issued by Heart Association
The American Heart Association announced it has revised its guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the treatment of cardiovascular emergencies. Untrained bystanders and CPR-certified lay people will no longer have to check an unconscious person's pulse before administering chest compressions. Instead the person can "check for lifelessness" using breath, movement and res...White Cells Count Can Predict Heart Attack Death Risk
A simple blood test can give clue if the heart attack patients should get an immediate procedures to open clogged vessels and restore blood flow to their hearts. Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, Dr. Deepak Bhatt analyzed medical records of more than 12,000 heart disease patients and found that patients whose white blood cell count is in what is considered a "high normal range" have a mu...HeartSpeed HB Bi-plane Cardiac System
Description:HeartSpeed HB is the bi-plane cardiac system to meet interventional physicians' demands of Speedy and Simple operability on bi-plane cath lab with the latest dose reduction and top quality imaging chain....TandemHeart PTVA (Percutaneous Transseptal Ventricular Assist) System
Description:The TandemHeart PTVA ( Transseptal Ventricular Assist) System is a unique proprietary solution for the hemodynamic needs of patients for circulatory support by both Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons. These specialists have historically used intra-aortic balloon pumps to provide some coronary artery perfusion, but the IABP provides minimal circulatory support. Our vision is...Treating Heart Disease Risk Factors May Slow Alzheimer's Disease Progression
- Late Life Weight Loss and "Motivational Reserve" May Also AffectAlzheimer's Risk - WASHINGTON, June 10, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new studysuggests that treating risk factors for heart disease and stroke,such as high blood pressure and diabetes, may slow the progressionof Alzheimer's disease, according to research reported today at the2nd Alzheimer's Association International Co...