Tag: Cardiology
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Epigenetic Biomarkers Predict CVD Risk
A new study provides evidence that blood epigenetic biomarkers contain “snapshots” of past cardiovascular health exposures and behavior at the molecular level.
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Smart, Dissolving Pacemaker Communicates With Body-Area Sensor and Control Network
A new, smart pacemaker is integrated into a coordinated network of four soft, flexible, wireless, wearable sensors and control units placed around the upper body.
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Almost Half of Heart Failure Patients Have Uncontrolled Hypertension and Diabetes
A new Northwestern Medicine study has found almost half of U.S. adults with heart failure have poorly controlled hypertension and diabetes.
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Mechanisms of Pregnancy-Associated Heart Growth Identified
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a key regulator of pregnancy-associated heart growth, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Lower Statin Threshold Shown to be Cost-Effective
Expanding prescription of statin medication to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol could be a cost-effective intervention against cardiovascular disease, according to a recent study.
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Lymphatics Aid Heart Repair
Expression of a growth factor after heart injury activates the lymphatic system, spurring leukocytes to help clear away dying cells, according to a recent study.
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New Genetic Risk Factors for Arrhythmia Discovered
A recent study published in Nature Genetics identified 10 new genetic regions associated with Brugada syndrome, a cardiac arrhythmia disorder.
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Pursuing Deeper Understanding about the Most Common Type of Heart Failure
Of the estimated five million patients in the U.S. diagnosed with heart failure annually, nearly half will have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and at the forefront of HFpEF research are Feinberg investigators.
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Investigating Prevalence Risk of Familial Heart Failure
Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) was found to have a familial etiology in 30 percent of individuals diagnosed with DCM, and the overall risk for a family member of developing DCM was nearly 20 percent by the age of 80.
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Poor Heart Health Before Pregnancy Linked to Adverse Outcomes
A new study shines a spotlight on an important but often overlooked matter of the heart — optimizing cardiovascular health before getting pregnant.
