The first prospective study to examine whether obstructive sleep apnea is associated with heart failure has found that there is a link, particularly in men, with those affected the most severely having an almost 60% increased risk of developing HF [1]. A “modest” association between sleep apnea and incident coronary heart disease (CHD) was also [...]
SLEEP APNEA, ARRHYTHMIA AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH Sleep apnea is associated with hypertension, heart failure and ischemic heart disease perhaps due to acute responses to hypoxemia and chronic daytime cardiovascular changes. Apneic events elicit chemoreflex excitation with sympathetic activation to peripheral blood vessels, and consequent surges in blood pressure. Activation of the diving reflex by [...]
15 Ways to Cut Your Risk of Heart Disease You can reduce your risk of heart disease. When a seemingly healthy person suffers a heart attack or is diagnosed with heart disease – it’s tempting to assume that it’s just fate or in our genes, and that there little we can do to change the [...]
Early Repair of Congenital Heart Disease Linked to Motor and Cognitive Delays at 1 Year Children undergoing surgical repair for congenital heart disease during the first 6 months of life exhibit cognitive delays and even more significant motor delays at 1 year of age, according to a new meta-analysis. “What the results are showing us [...]
New Wound-Healing Patch to Aid Diabetes Victims Project one of many promoted by the Gonda Foundation of California A unique approach to heal severe foot ulcers, a complication of long-term diabetes that can sometimes lead to amputation, has been developed by Ben-Gurion University researchers. The therapy involves covering the foot wounds with a novel gauze [...]
New Details on Potential Adverse Coumarin-Clopidogrel Interaction The study showing an interaction between coumarin derivatives and the antiplatelet effects of clopidogrel has been published online February 16, 2010 in the European Heart Journal [1]. The study, which was first reported last year at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting, shows a significantly higher degree [...]
February 12, 2010 (Boston, Massachusetts) — Weight loss by morbidly obese patients may promote improvements in left ventricular structure independent of the other benefits of weight reduction, results of a controlled trial show [1]. In the study, patients with morbid obesity who lost weight after bariatric surgery had improved measures of left ventricular structure, independent [...]
A case study describing a single patient who experienced inappropriate shocks and pacing–seemingly as a result of a rare defibrillator problem–has raised the ire of Boston Scientific, the manufacturer of the two devices singled out in the paper [1]. Authors on the report, however, say they were only trying to alert clinicians to the potential [...]
… A selective invasive strategy may be an attractive alternative in medically stabilized patients, Dr. de Winter’s group concludes. In an editorial, Dr. John A. Bittl, from the Ocala Heart Institute, Florida, and Dr. David J. Maron at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, comment that advantages of an early conservative approach include the ability [...]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new public health warning today on the possible interaction between clopidogrel (Plavix) and the proton pump inhibitor omeprazole (Prilosec). The alert states, “New data show that when clopidogrel and omeprazole are taken together, the effectiveness of clopidogrel is reduced. Patients at risk for heart attacks [...]
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