by Compuscript Ltd Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly common in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and it is a strong predictor of subsequent cardiovascular events. However, whether treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) can decrease this risk remains controversial. PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched...
by Josh Barney, University of Virginia UVA researchers say they have found a biological process that contributes to the disease and may be a target for life-saving therapies. Credit: Emily Faith Morgan, University Communications University of Virginia Health researchers probing the causes of coronary artery disease have identified critical biological processes that can go wrong inside the linings of blood...
by University of Virginia Credit: Circulation Research (2023). DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321586 University of Virginia researchers and their collaborators have identified genes that play key roles in the development of coronary artery disease. UVA’s findings essentially pick culprits responsible for coronary artery disease (CAD) out of a far, far larger lineup of potential genetic suspects. That gives scientists promising targets as they...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Individuals with coronary artery disease exist on a spectrum of disease, such as the amount of plaque build-up in the arteries of the heart; however, the disease is conventionally classified as broad categories of case (yes disease) or control (no disease), which may result in misdiagnosis. A digital marker for...
by University of Glasgow 3D medical animation still showing reduced blood flow in preventing the heart muscle from receiving enough oxygen. Credit: http://www.scientificanimations.com/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Led by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, researchers from 31 European clinical institutions, including a team from the University of Glasgow, worked together as part of the DISCHARGE trial. The aim...
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have developed a machine-learning method that crunches massive amounts of data to help determine which existing medications could improve outcomes in diseases for which they are not prescribed. The intent of this work is to speed up drug repurposing, which is not a new concept – think Botox...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress A large team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across Japan has identified multiple loci associated with ancestry-specific risk factors for coronary artery disease. In their paper published in the journal Nature Genetics, the group describes their analysis of genetic information from several publicly available databases and its results. Coronary...
International study published in New England Journal of Medicine by Perth researchers HARRY PERKINS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH LEAD RESEARCHERS IN THE GROUNDBREAKING TRIAL. view more CREDIT: HARRY PERKINS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH An Australian-Dutch trial led by Perth GenesisCare cardiologists, Professor Peter Thompson and Dr Mark Nidorf, in collaboration with the Dutch Network for...
Results from a study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine suggest that bacterial infections may elevate the risk of coronary heart disease in individuals with type 1 diabetes. Among 3,781 individuals with type 1 diabetes, 370 developed coronary heart disease over an average follow-up of 13.7 years. Antibiotic purchases, reflecting bacterial infections in outpatient...
Study investigates association between obesity type and obstructive artery disease in postmenopausal women THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY (NAMS) CLEVELAND, Ohio (August 28, 2019)–For years, women have been told that weight gain could lead to heart disease. A new study indicates that it is the location of the fat that matters most, with abdominal fat...
