Feb 07, 2010 05:00PM

Bioheart Launches First US FDA Approved Clinical Trial That Tests Gene-Modified Stem Cell Therapy In Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

Medical News Today -- Bioheart, Inc., (OTCBB:BHRT) announced that the company has commenced work on its REGEN trial, a Phase I Clinical Trial to test genetically modified MyoCell in patients suffering from Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). Bioheart's MyoCell is a regenerative cell therapy that uses myoblasts, or muscle stem cells,that are grown from a patient's own muscle. MyoCell has been tested...

Feb 07, 2010 05:00PM

Hypertension may Predict Dementia in Older Adults with Certain Cognitive Deficits

EurekAlert! -- High blood pressure appears to predict the progression to dementia in older adults with impaired executive functions (ability to organize thoughts and make decisions) but not in those with memory dysfunction, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Feb 07, 2010 05:00PM

Magnetic Resonance Oximetry may Provide New Measurement of Vascular Competence

Cardiology Today -- Transient changes in post-occlusive venous blood oxygenation were associated with reduced vascular competence in patients with abnormal ankle-brachial index during the hyperemic period after cuff-induced ischemia, study results suggested.

Feb 07, 2010 05:00PM

Women With Gout at Greater Risk of Heart Attack Than Men

ScienceDaily -- Women with gout are at greater risk of a heart attack than men with the disease, indicates research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Feb 07, 2010 05:00PM

Evidence-Based Treatment Improves Older Stroke Victims' Chances

MedPage Today -- Older stroke patients remain at higher risk for adverse outcomes than younger ones, but the gap has narrowed with wider implementation of evidence-based guidelines, researchers say.

Feb 07, 2010 05:00PM

Be Ready for Drug-Induced Vfib, Groups Urge

MedPage Today -- Awareness of medication-induced torsade de pointes and a preset protocol for treating it could save lives in the hospital with swift action to prevent cardiac arrest, according to a joint statement from two professional associations.

Feb 07, 2010 05:00PM

Heart Often Affected in Churg-Strauss

MedPage Today -- Cardiac involvement is common in patients with Churg-Strauss syndrome, even when their vasculitis is in clinical remission, a Dutch study found.

Feb 07, 2010 05:00PM

Hospitals Should Be Aware of Rare, Life-Threatening Heart Rhythm

HealthNewsDigest.com -- Hospital care providers need to be more aware that cardiac arrest from a medication-induced heart rhythm problem is a rare but potentially catastrophic event in patients, according to a joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology.

Feb 04, 2010 05:00PM

Higher Proteinuria Levels Increased Risk for MI, Kidney Failure

Cardiology Today -- The risks for mortality and adverse outcomes including MI and progression to kidney failure associated with lower estimated glomerular filtration rates were independently increased with higher levels of proteinuria, study results suggested.

Feb 04, 2010 05:00PM

St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval Of Smaller, Higher Power ICD And CRT-D Devices With New Heart Failure Monitors

Medical News Today -- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) announced European CE Mark approval and first implants of its Fortify(TM) and Fortify ST implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and Unify(TM) cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D). The devices will be fully launched in Europe later this spring, and U.S. versions of the Fortify ICD and Unify CRT-D are expected to be launched...

Feb 04, 2010 05:00PM

Cord Blood-Derived CD133+ Cells Improve Cardiac Function After Myocardial Infarction

Medical News Today -- Researchers at the Pontifcia Universidade Catolica do Parana and Instituto Carlos Chagas have evaluated the therapeutic potential of purified and expanded CD133 cells human umbilical cord blood (HUCB)-derived in treating myocardial infarction by intramyocardially injecting them into a rat model. Patients who have high cardiovascular risks have fewer endothelial progenitor cells...

Feb 04, 2010 05:00PM

Older Women with Gout at Risk of MI

MedPage Today -- Elderly women with gout are at increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (MI), even more so than men with this painful arthritis, a population-based study found.