Tag: Cardiology
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Examining Optimal Dosage for Heart Failure Drug
A clinical trial led by Northwestern Medicine scientist Mihai Gheorghiade, MD, opens the door for further investigation of a new drug to treat the more than one million patients in the United States hospitalized for heart failure every year.
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Diet During Young Adulthood Linked to Later Cardiovascular Disease
People who ate more fruits and vegetables as young adults were less likely to develop coronary atherosclerosis 20 years later, according to a recent study co-authored by Northwestern Medicine investigator Philip Greenland, MD.
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Testing a Community Outreach Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Providing individualized feedback about the risk of developing cardiovascular disease to community health center patients increased treatment discussions with primary care physicians, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Finding a New Cause for Cardiac Injury in Kidney Disease
A recent study co-authored by Northwestern Medicine scientists demonstrates the molecular mechanisms that may underlie left ventricular hypertrophy, a pattern of cardiac injury common in patients with chronic kidney disease.
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Investigating Outcomes and Predictors of Congenital Heart Diseases
Nina Gotteiner, MD, associate professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology, studied the outcomes and predictors of fetuses diagnosed with Epstein anomaly or tricuspid valve dysplasia.
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Blood Pressure Medication Can’t Undo All Damage
Many patients on antihypertensive medications are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, despite controlled numbers, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Bonow Named Founding Editor of JAMA Cardiology
Robert Bonow, MD, the Max and Lilly Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, has been named editor-in-chief of JAMA Cardiology, a new journal in the JAMA Network that will debut in 2016.
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Understanding Cellular Interactions During Heart Repair
In a recent study, Shuang Zhang, a fourth year student in the Driskill Graduate Program in the Life Sciences (DGP), shed light on a molecule that mediates cross-talk between cardiac cells and immune cells after injury.
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Low Dose Beta-Blockers As Effective As High Dose After a Heart Attack
In a new study, patients treated with one-fourth of the dose of beta-blockers tested in large clinical trials had a 20 to 25 percent increase in survival, indicating that dosing likely needs to be personalized for patients to get the best benefit.
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4D Flow MRI Offers New Insights into Bicuspid Aortic Valves
A new imaging technique that allows for visualization of blood flow in real-time revealed that abnormal blood flow from the two-flap valve in bicuspid aortic valve disease can create weakness in the aorta.
