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21.05.20131819
A large-scale genomic analysis found that non-inherited mutations in hundreds of genes together account for about 1 in 10 cases of severe congenital heart defects.
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20.05.20131861
To identify patients at risk for postoperative myocardial injury and death, it has been suggested to measure cardiac troponin routinely after noncardiac surgery.
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17.05.20131655
Depression appears to be a risk factor for stroke among middle-age women, even after accounting for other variables, an Australian study showed.
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16.05.20131823
Previous studies suggested that women women who have hysterectomies in midlife may be at increased for cardiovascular disease.
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15.05.20131940
Despite disparities in pathophysiology and disease manifestation between male and female patients with heart failure, studies focusing on sex differences in biomarkers are scarce.
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14.05.20132003
Cardiologists are significantly less likely to prescribe oral anticoagulation therapy for their patients with paroxysmal, compared with persistent, atrial fibrillation, despite similar thromboembolic risks associated with the two forms of AF, suggests an analysis based on data from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.
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13.05.20132208
Patients with statin-treated dyslipidemia had about one third fewer kidney stones as compared with nonusers, according to results of a large cohort study.
