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Cardiovascular emergencies may benefit from regionalized systems of care

April 26, 2012
Experts are proposing a new model of care collaboration to diagnosis, treat and follow patients who present with various emergent cardiovascular conditions which require rapid, resource-intensive care and confer a high risk of mortality, in an article published April 24 in Circulation.

Original research papers on acute cardiovascular care: ESC launches EHJ-ACVC

April 25, 2012
Sophia Antipolis, France, 19 April 2012: The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) announced today the launch of the European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care , the organisation's official journal of the ESC Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care. "This new journal will be an important ...

Book aims to improve overall cardiovascular health of its readers

April 25, 2012
Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., dean emeritus and co-chairman of the board of overseers at Weill Cornell Medical College, is the co-author of a new book called The Living Heart in the 21st Century. The book, a new edition in The Living Heart best-selling series, is the essential resource guide ...

Is it time for regional cardiovascular emergency care systems across the US?

April 25, 2012
Experts are proposing a new model of care collaboration to diagnosis, treat and follow patients who present with various emergent cardiovascular conditions which require rapid, resource-intensive care and confer a high risk of mortality, in an article published April 24 in Circulation . Specifically, cardiovascular emergencies, such as ST-segment ...

Is it time for regional cardiovascular emergency care systems across the US?

April 25, 2012
(Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation) Experts are proposing a new model of care collaboration to diagnosis, treat and follow patients who present with various emergent cardiovascular conditions which require rapid, resource-intensive care and confer a high risk of mortality, in an article published April 24 in Circulation. Specifically, cardiovascular emergencies, such ...

Cardiovascular Disease Deaths Could Be Reduced By Tax On Salt

April 24, 2012
Voluntary industry reductions in salt content and taxation on products containing salt in 19 developing countries could reduce the number of deaths each year from cardiovascular disease (CVD) by 2-3 per cent in these countries. The preliminary data presented at the World Congress of Cardiology are the first findings from ...

Abbott, St. Jude Medical enter multi-year joint initiative for cardiovascular treatment technologies

April 23, 2012
Abbott and St. Jude Medical today announced Choice Alliance, a multi-year joint initiative that provides mutual U.S. customers access to a robust portfolio of interventional cardiology, cardiac rhythm management, electrophysiology and intravascular imaging and diagnostic technologies.

Lives Lost Due To Global Ignorance Of Tobacco’s Harm To Cardiovascular Health

April 23, 2012
A report released at the World Heart Federation World Congress of Cardiology in Dubai reveals significant gaps in public awareness regarding the cardiovascular risks of tobacco use and secondhand smoke. The report, entitled "Cardiovascular harms from tobacco use and secondhand smoke", was commissioned by the World Heart Federation and written ...

Causes Of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Identified By Largest-Ever Risk Factor Study In India

April 23, 2012
The Indian Heart Watch (IHW) study has revealed the truth behind the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of key risk factors that are driving the country's growing cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemic, in a first-of-a-kind presentation of data at the World Congress of Cardiology. The study assessed the prevalence of different ...

Old Age Sees Decrease In Cardiovascular Disease Risk Of High Normal Blood Pressure

April 23, 2012
High normal blood pressure becomes less of a risk factor for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) with age, according to a new study presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology. The study, carried out over 9.3 years, evaluated the risk of different blood pressure categories ...

Tax on salt could reduce cardiovascular disease deaths by 3 percent

April 21, 2012
Voluntary industry reductions in salt content and taxation on products containing salt in 19 developing countries could reduce the number of deaths each year from cardiovascular disease (CVD) by 2-3 per cent in these countries. The preliminary data presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology are the first findings ...

Tax on salt could reduce cardiovascular disease deaths by 3 percent

April 21, 2012
(World Heart Federation) Voluntary industry reductions in salt content and taxation on products containing salt in 19 developing countries could reduce the number of deaths each year from cardiovascular disease by 2-3 percent in these countries. The preliminary data presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology are the first ...