Almost 75 percent patients hospitalized for cardiac arrest showed normal cholesterol levels, far away from the risk of cardiovascular trouble, a nationwide study reported. The finding indicate towards the need to change the current threshold value of the cholesterol level, said study author Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow “The LDL cholesterol level at which people have Read more
Mutant gene, responsible for the heart disease among, ten of millions of people from the subcontinent has been isolated, according to a study. The guilty gene, found in more than1.5 billion people only in South Asia, is definite to create heart trouble, usually in later life, the researchers said. Scientists have already concluded that the Read more
A review suggests that fish oil may help to decrease the number of heart diseases’ related deaths, but it appears to have no help for patients with heart beat problems. The review has been based on the results of various fish oil related studies in which nearly 30,000 patients were involved. The researchers from the Read more
A review suggests that fish oil may help to decrease the number of heart diseases’ related deaths, but it appears to have no help for patients with heart beat problems. The review has been based on the results of various fish oil related studies in which nearly 30,000 patients were involved. The researchers from the Read more
According to some experts, hot temper bosses make working environment stressful as well as they may be a risk factor for their employees’ heart health. In their study that includes 3,000 employed men, researchers from Sweden found that there was a strong link between the risk of heart attacks and other heart diseases, and bad Read more
In Patients with diabetes, drug-coated stents prove safer and more effective than bare metal stents, a new study says. Study author Dr. Laura Mauri, who is an assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, says: “With drug-coated stents, I would say, there is clear efficacy and clear reduction for Read more
Johns Hopkins researchers report says that sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of death in kidney failure patients, and malnutrition and inflammation are two major risk factors for fatal heart attacks in these people. Data from 1041 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on dialysis was analyzed and the researchers found that there were 658 Read more
More than 50 percent of cardiac patients in America, who undergo angioplasty don’t get the suggested cardiac stress tests earlier, Medicare data shows. These tests are necessary for those patients, who likely to have angioplasty or stenting, but just 44 percent of them got the test. “We didn’t expect to find 100 percent, but we Read more