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Health News http://www.healthcanal.com/files.php?file=Health News from HealthCanal.com http://www.healthcanal.com/ Asian-Americans Getting Better Heart Attack Care http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/25355-Asian-Americans-Getting-Better-Heart-Attack-Care.html Blood, Heart and Circulation Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:23:00 +0000 Treatment Comparable to Whites, Study Shows 26cd5458cb0da155f468b2e9b0a01cb3 Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute first in Tennessee to perform life-saving aortic valve replacement with recently approved valve http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/25349-Vanderbilt-Heart-Vascular-Institute-first-Tennessee-perform-life-saving-aortic-valve-replacement-with-recently-approved-valve.html Blood, Heart and Circulation Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:12:00 +0000 Vanderbilt interventional cardiologists and surgeons successfully performed the state’s first transcatheter aortic heart valve-replacement (TAVR) with a new FDA-approved percutaneous artificial valve. 8f8531f8d7399fb67ce591d821136bef Guidelines for Potassium Levels After Heart Attack Re-Evaluated in Emory Study http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/25348-Guidelines-for-Potassium-Levels-After-Heart-Attack--Evaluated-Emory-Study.html Blood, Heart and Circulation Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:09:00 +0000 ATLANTA – An Emory University study assessing blood potassium levels after heart attack and in-hospital mortality rates suggests current clinical guidelines may need to be updated. 5c98afb1cfb13a582f96d37d05d477ea Care for Asian-American heart attack patients improves, comparable to whites in Get With The Guidelines hospitals http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/25345-Care-for-Asian-American-heart-attack-patients-improves-comparable-whites-Get-With-The-Guidelines-hospitals.html Blood, Heart and Circulation Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:07:00 +0000 Study Highlights: -Quality of care improved significantly for Asian-American and white heart attack patients treated in hospitals in the Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease program between 2003-2008. -Differences in care between the groups decreased over time. -Asian-Americans were more likely than whites to die in the hospital after a heart attack, which may partly be due to being older and having risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, heart failure and smoking. 2e1b678c7bf6a4d36cb003914be7e7c1 New generation drug-eluting stents associated with lower rates of mortality and restenosis than bare metal stents http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/25303-New-generation-drug-eluting-stents-associated-with-lower-rates-mortality-and-restenosis-than-bare-metal-stents.html Blood, Heart and Circulation Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:28:00 +0000 New 'real-world' reassuring data from the SCAAR registry a74295191cbc1379a7524b0caf7950c4 Researchers Discover New Culprit in Atherosclerosis http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/25300-Researchers-Discover-New-Culprit-Atherosclerosis.html Blood, Heart and Circulation Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:08:00 +0000 Novel Target in Artery Plaque Discovered as Potential Therapeutic Intervention 8f08b49b2ddabcb1ff7e361132a64695 Heart Attack Risk Rises after Loss of Loved One http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/25280-Heart-Attack-Risk-Rises-after-Loss-Loved-One.html Blood, Heart and Circulation Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:35:00 +0000 BIDMC study finds elevated risk in hours, weeks after loss e92759f174fd8b28ee136f249368e929 9-1-1 dispatchers can save more lives by coaching bystanders in CPR http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/25274----dispatchers-can-save-more-lives-coaching-bystanders-CPR.html Blood, Heart and Circulation Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:25:00 +0000 Statement Highlights: -Dispatchers should help 9-1-1 callers identify cardiac arrest victims and coach callers to provide immediate CPR. -If more dispatchers followed these processes, thousands of lives could be saved every year. -Communities should regularly evaluate 9-1-1 emergency dispatchers’ performance and the overall emergency response system, according to a new American Heart Association statement. 3b3ca7e59f2e0c80d4c04ecb58c2a456 Grief over losing loved one linked to higher heart attack risks http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/25273-Grief-over-losing-loved-one-linked-higher-heart-attack-risks.html Blood, Heart and Circulation Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:26:00 +0000 Study Highlights: -Heart attack risks are extremely high for the bereaved in the days and weeks after losing a loved one. -The first day after a loved one died, heart attack risk was 21 times higher than normal, and declined progressively over the first month. -Friends and family of a bereaved person should watch for heart attack signs and help him or her maintain their medication regimen. 93693aa835b69d8c2fc16f5bdf3b9463 MU Researchers Find Unique Protein Organization In Arteries Associated with Cardiovascular Disease http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/25263-Researchers-Find-Unique-Protein-Organization-Arteries-Associated-with-Cardiovascular-Disease.html Blood, Heart and Circulation Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:52:00 +0000 Knowledge could assist in tissue replacements, treatments for high blood pressure and diabetes 172c9b2b0b624ecf58b11a80a324474b