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Sports participation appears safer today for children with long QT syndrome

21.04.20152265

A single-center review of children and adolescents with long QT syndrome yielded no deaths or cardiac events during sports participation.

Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension, Vol. 13, No. 4

21.04.20152105

The latest issue of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension, which is available to all on PHA Online University.

FDA approves ivabradine for treatment of HF

17.04.20151982

The FDA has approved ivabradine to reduce hospitalization from worsening HF, according to a press release.

Rapid strategy can identify acute MI within 1 hour

15.04.20151644

Use of an algorithm incorporating baseline high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and absolute changes within 1 hour led to safe rule-in and rule-out of acute MI in three of four patients.

Stroke and bleeding risks, prescription benefits, impact anticoagulant selection

14.04.20152090

Patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who have increased ischemic stroke risk and bleeding were more likely to initiate warfarin therapy, according to research published in The American Journal of Cardiology.

Short people are 'at greater risk of coronary heart disease'

13.04.20152030

The shorter you are, the more your risk of coronary heart disease.

Early Anti-Coagulation after Ischemic Stroke due to Atrial Fibrillation is Safe and Prevents Recurrent Stroke

10.04.20151894

Patients with acute cardio-embolic stroke from atrial fibrillation (AF) are at risk for recurrence with up to 50% of recurrent stroke occurring within two weeks of the index event.