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Scientists report new developments in the use of stents, which stop blockages in coronary arteries.
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A long-acting form of Bayer's blood pressure drug Adalat prevents heart attacks and strokes in angina patients and cuts the need for operations to treat blood vessel blockages, a study showed on Sunday.
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NEW ORLEANS - A polyester mesh stocking pulled over the bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better, according a new study. &quot;It is sort of breakthrough technology,&quot; said Dr.
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A long-acting form of Bayer's blood  pressure drug Adalat prevents heart attacks and strokes in  angina patients and cuts the need for operations to treat blood  vessel blockages, a study showed on Sunday.
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A medication administered to heart attack or stroke victims to bust blood clots may help treat severe frostbite and reduce the risk of amputation, according to a study published Monday.
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Giving a hypertension drug to people with heart disease saves lives even if they have normal blood pressure, and a calcium channel blocker drug is more effective than an ACE inhibitor, a new study finds.
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A study into how nerve signals change during a heart attack has been given a $190,000 boost by the National Heart Foundation. It is one of five Christchurch research projects to win grants from the foundation&#39;s
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NEW YORK  - In African-Americans with poorly controlled high blood pressure (hypertension) and high cholesterol, treatment with a single pill containing a blood pressure-lowering drug and a cholesterol-lowering drug may prove particularly useful, researchers say.
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Umbilical cord stem cells and a drug that facilitates their entry into the brain may be able to reduce stroke size and damage in humans.
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Inhaling nitric oxide, or NO for short, appears to improve blood flow to the lungs in patients who've suffered a right-sided heart attack, new research suggests. This, in turn, helps the heart pump better.
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By EMMA ROSS    MUNICH, Germany  -- Scientists have unraveled one of the mysteries of precisely how a popular type of blood pressure pill protects against heart attacks, showing it not only lowers blood pressure but also directly improves the health of the artery walls.    Doctors had suspected that blood pressure reduction alone could not explain the whole benefit of the pills, called angiotensin converting enzyme, or ACE, inhibitors, because studies have shown they prevented heart attacks and deaths even in patients with normal blood pressure or those whose high blood pressure did not budge...
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A new therapy shows glimpses of promise, but proving a benefit in heart patients could be hard.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Coronary artery bypass surgery is more effective at extending the lives of patients with severe coronary artery disease than either angioplasty or heart medications, Duke University researchers report.
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A technique to remove dangerous swellings from the body's biggest artery could save thousands of lives, a study suggests.
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ATLANTA -- A new device that was studied in Atlanta has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to help stroke victims.
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NEW YORK  - After a heart attack, treatment  with angioplasty or bypass surgery during the initial hospital  stay appears to improve survival compared with a more delayed,  conservative approach, new research shows.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients at risk for undergoing surgery now have a successful option to open clogged arteries. A study reported in this weekâs The New England Journal of Medicine finds a less-invasive