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Do Younger Women Fare Worse? Sex Differences in Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospitalization and Early Mortality Rates Over Ten Years

16.12.20131678

Recent research has identified younger women as an “at-risk” population with rising prevalence of cardiac risk factors and excess mortality risk following acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Allopurinol Reduces Left Ventricular Mass in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

13.12.20131797

This study sought to ascertain whether high-dose allopurinol causes regression of left ventricular mass (LVM) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Study Finds Biomaterials Repair Human Heart

12.12.20131734

Clemson University biological sciences student Meghan Stelly and her father, Alabama cardiovascular surgeon Terry Stelly, investigated a biomedical application following a coronary artery bypass surgery and found that the application allowed the human body to regenerate its own tissue.

Growth Properties of Cardiac Stem Cells Are a Novel Biomarker of Patients’ Outcome After Coronary Bypass Surgery

11.12.20131857

Does the growth reserve of cardiac stem cells (CSCs) and circulating cytokines promoting CSC activation impact ventricular remodeling in patients with coronary artery disease?

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, coronary artery disease, and cardiovascular mortality

10.12.20131711

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is a strong predictor of cardiovascular mortality.

Factors Associated With Major Bleeding Events: Insights From the Rivaroxaban Once-Daily Oral Direct Factor Xa Inhibition Compared With Vitamin K Antagonism for Prevention of Stroke and Embolism Trial in Atrial Fibrillation (ROCKET AF)

09.12.20130

The authors presented a useful analysis that corroborates the safety of rivaroxaban compared to warfarin.

Cost-effectiveness of 7-day-Holter monitoring alone or in combination with transthoracic echocardiography in patients with cerebral ischemia

06.12.20132739

Prolonged Holter monitoring of patients with cerebral ischemia increases the detection rate of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; this leads to improved antithrombotic regimens aimed at preventing recurrent ischemic strokes.