Study links asthma rate to birth month Dec 1, 2008
The same is true of Alzheimer's patients, adults with brain tumors, and children with congenital valvular heart disease. So does it make sense for parents to plan pregnancies with such information in mind. (Boston Globe)
MedPlus joins hands with Wockhardt for cardiac care Nov 28, 2008
At these units dieticians and cardiac specialists will provide counseling and accurate and timely diagnosis of heart ailments such as coronary artery diseases, valvular heart disease and congenital heart diseases. The mobile cardiac care screening units will contain an ECG machine and a 2D ECHO system, enabling the cardiologist to evaluate the risk profiles on a real time basis. (Financial Express)
Cardiac Stress Testing Nov 23, 2008
This is useful if a physician also suspects an anatomical abnormality, such as valvular heart disease, contributing to the patient's symptoms. Myocardial Perfusion Scanning: Myocardial perfusion scanning, performed by a nuclear medicine specialist, involves the administration of thallium-201 or technetium-99 sestamibi. (Suite101.com)
Heart Failure Hospitalization Rates Rise Among Nation's Seniors Nov 19, 2008
These risk factors include high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, valvular heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity and lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, physical inactivity and fatty food intake. Efforts also should be made to prevent chronic kidney disease and pneumonia as they contribute to heart failure as well, Liu said. (Science Daily)
New Cardio Risk Factors Seen After Joint Surgery Aug 20, 2008
6-times greater in patients with a history of coronary artery disease, heart attack, heart failure, or valvular heart disease. The strongest risk factor, however, was one of the newly identified ones, bilateral surgery, which increased the risk by 3. (MEDLINEplus)
Echocardiography Lab at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas Achieves Prestigious Reaccreditation Jun 5, 2008
"Echocardiograms are non-invasive procedures that give us critical diagnostic information about how patients' hearts are functioning. I'm proud that we've proven to be a top provider of this important diagnostic tool." An echocardiogram is a type of ultrasound test that uses high-pitched sound waves to diagnose and evaluate various heart conditions, including the origin of murmurs and the severity of congenital defects, coronary artery disease and valvular heart disease ... A stress... (PR Newswire)
Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble May 20, 2008
Compared to the healthy brothers and sisters, the survivors of childhood cancer were almost six times more likely to report congestive heart failure; about five times more likely to report having had a heart attack or valvular heart disease; more than six times likelier to have pericardial disease (the pericardium is the sac that surrounds the heart); more than eight times as likely to have had an angiography; and 10 times more likely to have atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.... (MEDLINEplus)
3-month Baby Boy undergoes Heart Transplant Dec 30, 2007
Tests revealed that Fintan suffered from critical aortic stenosis, a valvular heart disease caused by the incomplete opening of the aortic valve. The boys aortic valve was blocked, and the left ventricle, a chamber in the heart that pumps blood, was damaged, causing him to have high blood pressure. (HealthJockey.com)
ARYx Therapeutics Provides Update on Product Development -- Reports Results for 2007 Third Quarter Dec 20, 2007
ATI-5923 is modeled on the drug warfarin as an oral anticoagulation therapy for patients who are in danger of forming life-threatening blood clots as a result of atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease or venous thromboembolism. This represents nearly 3. (BusinessWire)
Baby's life saved with 800th heart transplant at UMC Jul 3, 2007
According to a media release, the baby girl was stricken with valvular heart disease following her birth, which then developed into Cardiomyopathy. This condition prevents the heart from pumping an adequate amount of blood through the body. (FOX 11, AZ)
Insanity by the pound Jun 26, 2007
The drug, linked to pulmonary hypertension and valvular heart disease, was later voluntarily pulled from the market. Oops. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Cardiologist Reviews The Remarkable Progress In Catheter-based Aortic Valve Replacement May 12, 2007
"Alain Cribier has been a driving force for catheter-based therapies for valvular heart disease since the mid-1980s. He has brought us to where we are today, with continually evolving technology for aortic valve replacement," said Ted Feldman, M.D., FSCAI, director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Evanston Hospital, in Evanston, IL, and a professor of medicine at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. "Dr. Cribier has had a remarkable career.". (Science Daily)
Most patients don't need antibiotics before dental procedures Apr 20, 2007
According to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease, when using current echocardiographic criteria for diagnosing MVP, the prevalence is 1 percent to 2. 5 percent of the population. (EurekAlert!)
FDA Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of Pergolide Products Mar 31, 2007
There are alternative therapies available for Parkinsons disease, including three other dopamine agonists that have not been associated with valvular heart disease ... Valvular heart disease was first described in association with pergolide in 2002. (Playfuls.com)
Heart-Valve Disease Linked to Two Parkinson's Drugs Jan 5, 2007
The frequency of clinically important valvular heart disease was significantly increased in patients taking these drugs but not in those taking non-ergot-derived dopamine agonists, according to two independent reports in the Jan. 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine ... D., of the NIMH psychoactive drug screening program at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, wrote that two studies have independently verified the association of valvular heart disease with Permax and... (MedPage Today)
Valvular Heart Disease during Treatment with Dopamine Agonists Jan 4, 2007
NEJM -- Valvular Heart Disease and the Use of Dopamine Agonists for Parkinson's Disease ... Valvular Heart Disease and the Use of Dopamine Agonists for Parkinson's Disease ... Background Ergot-derived dopamine receptor agonists, often used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, have been associated with an increased risk of valvular heart disease. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Drugs and Valvular Heart Disease Jan 4, 2007
In 1997, Connolly et al. reported that both racemic fenfluramine (Pondimin) and dexfenfluramine (Redux) were associated with valvular heart disease ... Dopamine Agonists and the Risk for Valvular Heart Disease. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Dopamine Agonists and the Risk of Cardiac-Valve Regurgitation Jan 4, 2007
Dopamine Agonists and the Risk for Valvular Heart Disease. Journal Watch Cardiology 2007: 2-2. (New England Journal of Medicine)
