Heart Remodels Itself After Coronary Treatment
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NEW YORK  - When coronary arteries become clogged, the main left chamber of the heart enlarges and the muscular walls become thicker in an effort to compensate for its reduced pumping ability.
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NEW YORK  - Although it is well established   that the long-term use of beta-blocker drugs, such as Tenormin   and Lopressor, can improve survival and other outcomes after a   heart attack, most patients stop taking them after just a few   months, new research indicates.
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Infusing patients with bone marrow cells can reinvigorate their dying hearts and grow tiny new arteries and heart muscle tissue, a treatment that may one
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A heart patient who had muscle cells transferred from his leg to his heart makes good progress.
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A protein being tested for its ability to enhance wound healing in skin might also help repair heart attack damage. The protein, thymosin beta 4 (TB4), is expressed by embryos during the heart&#39;s development
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A polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size, a US study has found.
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The impotence drug Viagra may also help prevent the abnormal growth of the heart seen in some types of heart disease, researchers reported on Sunday.
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Obese heart attack and angina patients are more likely to survive after treatment, research suggests.
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'He is stable now. He experienced chest pain due to exertion and high blood pressure but that has now been brought under control through medicines,' a doctor said.q
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Given medical advances, it&#39;s no wonder that heart disease patients expect doctors to address coronary problems with drugs, medical devices or both.
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A novel fabric mesh sleeve that works like a girdle to reshape enlarged hearts showed promise in treating patients with heart failure and will be submitted for US regulatory
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Patients taking modern blood pressure and cholesterol drugs significantly reduce their risk of suffering a heart attack within 90 days of starting treatment, researchers said on Monday.
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An experimental drug developed to relieve fatigue after exercise may also help heart failure patients.
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Researchers seeking new treatments for heart disease managed to grow a rat heart in the lab and start it beating
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The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it.
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Bone marrow cells infused to the heart through tiny incisions helped several severe heart failure patients get markedly better, an international team of researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Scientists have found a molecule they believe will protect and promote the survival of heart cell muscles, raising hopes of a treatment to repair the damage after a heart attack.