Restricted driving urged for heart device patients
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NEW YORK  - New guidelines recommend precautionary measures when it comes to driving for people who have been given an implantable defibrillator, called an ICD.
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A study published yesterday finds that the amount of time people spend in traffic could actually increase their risk of suffering a heart attack.
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People with heart disease who  don&#39;t take their medications as prescribed risk suffering a  heart attack or other heart-related event, a new study shows.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday was divided over whether current data warrant changes to drug-coated heart stent labels for their use in patients with more medical complications unapproved for the device.
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For years, doctors have thought that patients over the age of 75 with chest pain should be treated gingerly, and given medication rather than surgery.
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A panel of experts said federal regulators should relax restrictions on which patients are included in clinical trials of a widely used treatment for a common heart malfunction.
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It turns out the common practice of using stents to open the heart may not be right for some patients.
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The panel will weigh evidence that stents used to treat clogged arteries can cause fatal blood clots, and is expected to recommend stricter regulation of the devices.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration plans to revamp how it handles safety issues with the stents, pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and other medical devices it regulates.
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Access to a potentially life-saving treatment for heart patients is a postcode lottery, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Women who live within 50 meters   of busy roads face an increased risk of dying from a heart   attack, stroke or other cardiopulmonary cause, according to a   new study.
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An implantable mesh bag meant to support the blood-pumping muscle of patients with heart failure shouldn't be approved, federal health advisers said Friday in upholding an earlier government decision.
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By J. W.  NOT everyone who has a severe disability uses a wheelchair or crutches.  My husband is a genuine disabled driver and has to drive around until he gets a space.  Just because people do not use any of the provided spaces doesn't mean you aren't disabled.
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People who&#39;ve had a heart attack and are at a high risk for irregular heartbeats called arrhythmias may have to wait at least a month before they can get an implantable defibrillator.
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NEW ORLEANS - More than five million Americans suffer from heart failure, a debilitating condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood, starving the body of oxygen and leading to weakness, chest pain and, eventually, death.
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The sickest heart patients fare better when they are outfitted with an artificial device and tethered to a dishwasher-size power source while waiting for a heart transplant, says a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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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.