 Medscape |
Subclinical Hyperthyroidism Linked to Heart-Failure Deaths – Medscape
Medscape COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Subclinical hyperthyroidism is associated with a 20% increased risk for cardiovascular mortality, primarily driven by heart-failure deaths, according to a large study in more than half a million individuals from general practice … |
Nephrologist follow-up improves mortality of severe acute kidney injury patientsEurekAlert (press release)This risk persists even after the patients recover from their acute kidney injury and no longer require dialysis. Dr. Harel said previous studies …
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One-day scientific session on heart failure concludes
PakistanToday.com.pk KARACHI – In continuation of the previously held successful programme on ECG, the Pakistan Heart Association (PHA) in collaboration with Merck Pakistan organised a one-day scientific session on the topic “Update on Heart Failure” at a local hotel here … |
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Cure heart failure with synthetic virus via pioneering gene therapy?
Indian Express “Our goal is to fight back against heart failure by targeting and reversing some of the critical molecular changes arising in the heart when it fails,” said Alexander Lyon, a consultant cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London and lead … New gene therapy could treat devastating heart failure – Imperial College LondonImperial College London Gene therapy hope for heart failure patientsChannel 4 News Soon, heart failure damage `to be reversed` by a single jab – Zee NewsZee News Telegraph.co.uk –FierceBiotech all 18 news articles » |
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First UK trials of gene therapy for heart failure – Boots WebMD
WebMD.Boots.com 30th April 2013 – The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has today announced the launch of the first UK clinical trials of a gene therapy for patients with heart failure. If successful, the trials could give hope to some people living with the devastating … |
Use of continuous flow ventricular assist devices in patients with heart …The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryHowever, about one half of the patients with heart failure exhibit diastolic dysfunction with a normal ejection fraction. In t…
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The world’s leading heart failure congress – PhysOrg.com
Phys.Org (press release) Scientific chairperson Professor Burkert Pieske (Austria), said: “The congress of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is the leading specialty event in the world. One of the highlights will be the late … |
Zee NewsSoon, heart failure damage `to be reversed` by a single jab – Zee NewsZee NewsSoon, heart failure damage `to be reversed` by a single jab London: Researchers have taken a step closer towards a single injection that could halt the damages of a d…
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New gene therapy could treat devastating heart failure – Imperial College London
Imperial College London Dr Alexander Lyon, BHF Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London and Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital, who is the UK lead investigator for both studies, said: “Heart failure affects more than three quarters of a million people … Cure heart failure with synthetic virus via pioneering gene therapy?Indian Express Gene therapy for heart failureTelegraph.co.uk Coping with heart failurethe Irish News FierceBiotech –Financial Times all 23 news articles » |
Heart Failure: First UK Gene Therapy Trial – Sky NewsSky NewsPatients with severe heart failure are to be treated with gene therapy for the first time in Britain. Earlier clinical trials have suggested the treatment could reverse damaging changes insid…