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Health News:Heart Disease

The Revolving Door of Heart Failure Hospitalization

November 10, 2009

TUESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) — Almost a quarter of the people on Medicare who are hospitalized for heart failure are back in the hospital within a month of discharge, a new study reveals.

That should not be happening, said Dr. Joseph S. Ross, an assistant professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, who added that there’s plenty of blame to go around. Ross was lead author of the study, published online Nov. 10 in Circulation: Heart Failure. Read More

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Can a Bad Boss Make You Sick?

November 6, 2009

FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) — If an inept or abrasive boss is ruining your workday, you may be taking that stress to heart, literally.

New research links having a poor supervisor to a higher risk of heart attack, and that’s not all: people who don’t like their managers also take more sick leave.

The findings, which come from surveys of thousands of employees in Europe, don’t prove that bad bosses cause illness and heart problems, the report’s author said. And the findings regarding heart attacks only look at men. Read More

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Phosphorus Levels May Predict Heart Disease

November 5, 2009

THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) — Elevated blood levels of phosphorus are associated with a higher risk of heart disease, U.S. researchers say.

They studied the link between phosphorus levels and coronary artery calcification (CAC) in nearly 900 healthy adults in the Spokane Heart Study, a long-term investigation of heart disease risk factors. CAC is an early sign of hardening of the arteries. Read More

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Poorer Outcomes After ‘Off-Pump’ Bypass Surgery

November 4, 2009

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) — Longer-term outcomes for people who had coronary bypass surgery “off-pump,” meaning without the use of a heart-lung machine, were worse than for those undergoing the conventional procedure, a major study finds.

One year after surgery, about one in 10 patients getting the off-pump procedure had died, suffered major complications, had heart attacks or required repeat bypasses, compared to 7.4 percent of those who underwent operations using heart-lung machines, researchers report in the Nov. 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Read More

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Heart Disease Gender Gap Narrows

October 26, 2009

MONDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) — Hearts attacks have increased among middle-aged American women in the past two decades, but their chance of survival has improved, two new studies show.

“We found that men still have a higher prevalence than women, but what has happened is that the gap has narrowed,” said Dr. Amytis Towfighi, assistant professor of clinical neurology at the University of Southern California, lead author of one of two reports in the Oct. 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. “For women it has increased, for men it has decreased.” Read More

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Cocoa in Chocolate May Be Good for the Heart

October 23, 2009

FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) — If you’re tempted to raid your child’s Halloween candy stash at the end of this month, here’s one reason you might not have to restrain yourself.

Spanish researchers put 42 men and women on a diet that included 40 grams of unsweetened cocoa powder (about 1.4 ounces) mixed with skim milk daily, or plain skim milk. After one month, those who drank the cocoa-flavored milk had lower levels of inflammatory markers associated with heart disease than those drinking the milk alone. Read More

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Genes May Link Hip Fractures and Heart Disease

October 20, 2009

TUESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) — People with cardiovascular conditions such as heart failure and stroke — and probably their close relatives as well — may have an increased risk for hip fractures, a new study has found.

Genetic factors might explain the relationship, including “specific genes involved in cellular mechanisms shared by the vasculature [blood vessels] and bone,” said Dr. Karl Michaelsson, an associate professor of medicine at Uppsala University in Sweden and an author of a report on the finding in the Oct. 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read More

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Micardis Given Wider Approval

October 19, 2009

MONDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) — Micardis (telmisartan) has received expanded approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke in people 55 or older who cannot take a class of cardiovascular drugs called ACE inhibitors, maker Boehringer Ingelheim said Monday.

Micardis belongs to its own class called angiotensin II receptor blockers. It’s been available in the United States since 1998 to treat high blood pressure. Read More

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Early Defibrillator After Heart Attack May Not Pay Off

October 7, 2009

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) — Implanting a defibrillator in the first weeks after a heart attack does not improve survival, a major European study shows.

Fewer deaths from sudden cardiac arrest occurred among those given the devices, which shock the heart into beating again. But, the overall death rate was about the same as for those who did not get defibrillators in the 40 days after a heart attack, the researchers reported. Read More

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Headphones May Threaten Heart-Device Performance

October 6, 2009

TUESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. study offers more evidence that portable headphones can create magnetic interference that might make implanted defibrillators and pacemakers malfunction.

Using the headphones over the ears doesn’t appear to be a problem, but storing them in a shirt or jacket pocket near the chest or allowing them to hang near the heart could spell trouble, researchers found. Read More

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