New Cardio Risk Factors Seen After Joint Surgery Aug 20, 2008
6-times greater in patients with a history of coronary artery disease, heart attack, heart failure, or valvular heart disease. The strongest risk factor, however, was one of the newly identified ones, bilateral surgery, which increased the risk by 3. (MEDLINEplus)
Echocardiography Lab at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas Achieves Prestigious Reaccreditation Jun 5, 2008
"Echocardiograms are non-invasive procedures that give us critical diagnostic information about how patients' hearts are functioning. I'm proud that we've proven to be a top provider of this important diagnostic tool." An echocardiogram is a type of ultrasound test that uses high-pitched sound waves to diagnose and evaluate various heart conditions, including the origin of murmurs and the severity of congenital defects, coronary artery disease and valvular heart disease ... A stress... (PR Newswire)
Childhood Cancer Survivors Prone to Early Heart Trouble May 20, 2008
Compared to the healthy brothers and sisters, the survivors of childhood cancer were almost six times more likely to report congestive heart failure; about five times more likely to report having had a heart attack or valvular heart disease; more than six times likelier to have pericardial disease (the pericardium is the sac that surrounds the heart); more than eight times as likely to have had an angiography; and 10 times more likely to have atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.... (MEDLINEplus)
3-month Baby Boy undergoes Heart Transplant Dec 30, 2007
Tests revealed that Fintan suffered from critical aortic stenosis, a valvular heart disease caused by the incomplete opening of the aortic valve. The boys aortic valve was blocked, and the left ventricle, a chamber in the heart that pumps blood, was damaged, causing him to have high blood pressure. (HealthJockey.com)
ARYx Therapeutics Provides Update on Product Development -- Reports Results for 2007 Third Quarter Dec 20, 2007
ATI-5923 is modeled on the drug warfarin as an oral anticoagulation therapy for patients who are in danger of forming life-threatening blood clots as a result of atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease or venous thromboembolism. This represents nearly 3. (BusinessWire)
Baby's life saved with 800th heart transplant at UMC Jul 3, 2007
According to a media release, the baby girl was stricken with valvular heart disease following her birth, which then developed into Cardiomyopathy. This condition prevents the heart from pumping an adequate amount of blood through the body. (FOX 11, AZ)
Insanity by the pound Jun 26, 2007
The drug, linked to pulmonary hypertension and valvular heart disease, was later voluntarily pulled from the market. Oops. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Cardiologist Reviews The Remarkable Progress In Catheter-based Aortic Valve Replacement May 12, 2007
"Alain Cribier has been a driving force for catheter-based therapies for valvular heart disease since the mid-1980s. He has brought us to where we are today, with continually evolving technology for aortic valve replacement," said Ted Feldman, M.D., FSCAI, director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Evanston Hospital, in Evanston, IL, and a professor of medicine at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. "Dr. Cribier has had a remarkable career.". (Science Daily)
Most patients don't need antibiotics before dental procedures Apr 20, 2007
According to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease, when using current echocardiographic criteria for diagnosing MVP, the prevalence is 1 percent to 2. 5 percent of the population. (EurekAlert!)
FDA Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of Pergolide Products Mar 31, 2007
There are alternative therapies available for Parkinsons disease, including three other dopamine agonists that have not been associated with valvular heart disease ... Valvular heart disease was first described in association with pergolide in 2002. (Playfuls.com)
Heart-Valve Disease Linked to Two Parkinson's Drugs Jan 5, 2007
The frequency of clinically important valvular heart disease was significantly increased in patients taking these drugs but not in those taking non-ergot-derived dopamine agonists, according to two independent reports in the Jan. 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine ... D., of the NIMH psychoactive drug screening program at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, wrote that two studies have independently verified the association of valvular heart disease with Permax and... (MedPage Today)
Valvular Heart Disease during Treatment with Dopamine Agonists Jan 4, 2007
NEJM -- Valvular Heart Disease and the Use of Dopamine Agonists for Parkinson's Disease ... Valvular Heart Disease and the Use of Dopamine Agonists for Parkinson's Disease ... Background Ergot-derived dopamine receptor agonists, often used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, have been associated with an increased risk of valvular heart disease. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Drugs and Valvular Heart Disease Jan 4, 2007
In 1997, Connolly et al. reported that both racemic fenfluramine (Pondimin) and dexfenfluramine (Redux) were associated with valvular heart disease ... Dopamine Agonists and the Risk for Valvular Heart Disease. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Dopamine Agonists and the Risk of Cardiac-Valve Regurgitation Jan 4, 2007
Dopamine Agonists and the Risk for Valvular Heart Disease. Journal Watch Cardiology 2007: 2-2. (New England Journal of Medicine)
New Technology Offers Alternative To Open Heart Surgery Nov 21, 2006
In the United States , as many as 250,000 patients with valvular heart disease suffer from MR and an additional 2 million Americans with other heart diseases experience it to some degree. The study marks a groundbreaking step in the development of new therapies as well as an advance in knowledge of heart surgery. (Science Daily)
Parkinson's Drug May Raise Risk of Valve Trouble Oct 21, 2006
The investigators also mention in their report that none of the patients had clinically significant symptoms of valvular heart disease, such as shortness of breath. "However, as pointed out by others, lack of symptoms does not mean that this kind of valvulopathy poses no significant safety problem," they write. (MEDLINEplus)
Birth aidMedics help women in Afghanistan have babies safely Sep 10, 2006
"In the UK all these women with congenital or valvular heart disease would have been diagnosed, and valves replaced or surgery undertaken. "But this hasn't happened here and we get many young women who very nearly die during pregnancy or childbirth. " Because many of the women come to the hospital late on in their pregnancies, they often have extra complications, such obstructed labour and a ruptured uterus, as well as eclampsia. Long travels Jacqui said: "I recently delivered twins using... (BBC News -- South Asia)
ATS Open Pivot(R) Heart Valve Performance Featured in Two Clinical Studies Presented at The World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons 16th World Congress Aug 17, 2006
ATS Medical is proud to sponsor the WSCTS 16th World Congress Satellite Symposium entitled "Current Considerations and Techniques for the Surgical Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease" on August 17 which is being chaired by Mark Slaughter, MD., Director of Cardiac Surgery Research at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago, IL. The WSCTS World Congress is held annually to further advance knowledge in cardiac and thoracic surgery, to enable surgeons and related health care professionals... (PR Newswire)
Grandpa wouldn't know this picture of good health Aug 12, 2006
Common chronic diseases - respiratory problems, valvular heart disease, arteriosclerosis, and joint and back problems - have been declining by about 0. 7 percent a year since the turn of the 20th century. (International Herald Tribune)
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Essop MR, Nkomo VT. Rheumatic and nonrheumatic valvular heart disease: epidemiology, management, and prevention in Africa. Circulation 2005;112(23):3584-91. (British Medical Journal)
Atrial fibrillation on the rise in U.S. Jul 4, 2006
Scientists do not know the cause of the condition, but its risk factors include high blood pressure, diabetes, and valvular heart disease. Recent data have also indicated that obesity is a risk. (MSNBC -- Health)
Experts Draft New Valvular Heart Disease Guidelines Jun 20, 2006
FRIDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- Using the latest data, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association have released updated guidelines for treating and diagnosing valvular heart disease. Valvular heart disease affects blood flow through the mitral or aortic valves ... In 2003, about 20,000 patients in the United States died from valvular heart disease, and 95,000 underwent procedures for the condition. (MEDLINEplus)
New ACC/AHA guidelines released for valvular heart disease Jun 17, 2006
CHICAGO, June 16 An updated set of guidelines jointly released by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) draws together the latest information on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with valvular heart disease ... Valvular heart disease caused about 20,000 deaths in 2003 ... There were 95,000 first-listed hospital discharges in 2003 for valvular heart disease. (EurekAlert!)
Blood Clots Linked to Alzheimer's and Vascular Dementias Apr 29, 2006
They speculated that spontaneous cerebral emboli of vascular or cardiac origin--such as atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, or a shunt from the venous to the arterial circulation caused by defects such as patent foramen ovale--could be a common feature of both Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, which together account for about 80% of all dementia cases. To test this theory, they used a minimally invasive transcranial Doppler technique to determine the frequency of spontaneous... (MedPage Today)
Moms Most Likely to Pass Heart Disease on to Kids Apr 29, 2006
Dr. Stephen Colvin, chairman of cardiothoracic surgery at New York University Medical Center in New York City, said techniques that require much smaller incisions to access diseased areas are used more and more to treat congenital heart disease, coronary arterial disease, valvular heart disease, and aneurysms. New technologies, such as miniature cameras and high-definition monitors, are enabling better, safer and less-intrusive interventions for both adults and children, Colvin said. (Health-Finder)
Bone and cartilage growth to blame for heart valve disease Apr 12, 2006
Valvular heart disease is on the rise with the aging of the United States population, and is second only to coronary artery disease as a cause for open heart surgery ... The results from the animal studies and now with the human valves demonstrate that valvular heart disease has an active biology which can be treated with medications similar to that of coronary artery disease ... Dr. Rajamannan's research will be featured at the American College of Cardiology's 2006 Heart Valve Summit being held... (EurekAlert!)
Fifth VentrAssist implant in US feasibility trial Jan 31, 2006
His clinical specialties include adult cardiac surgery, valvular heart disease, heart/lung transplantation and mechanical circulatory support device implantation. Congestive Heart Failure In the United States, congestive heart failure (CHF) affects about five million people, or two percent of the population. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Webb City woman loses 'fen-phen' case Jan 25, 2006
Harvey Kaplan, a Kansas City attorney representing Wyeth, said the verdict shows that the evidence was not there to support Weston's claims that two of the company's drugs caused her valvular heart disease, that her disease is significant enough to pose substantial danger to her health or that the company acted improperly before the Food and Drug Administration removed the two drugs from the U.S. market ... She was diagnosed less than four years ago with valvular heart disease ... What caused... (The Joplin Globe)
