cardiovascular (heart) disease Archive — Page 6 of 9
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January 25, 2018
A cataract-heart connection
Studies of alpha-B crystallin in zebrafish could ultimately lead to improved treatment for cataracts and heart disease. -
January 9, 2018
Heart failure risk predicted by communities, not wealth
When buying and selling real estate, how often have you heard the realtor’s mantra — location, location, location? This is also the central theme of a recently released journal report on factors that can predict heart failure risk. -
April 27, 2017
HIV-infected people have higher risk of heart failure
The first large study to report that HIV-infected people have a significantly higher risk of heart failure in the antiretroviral therapy era has been published in JAMA Cardiology. -
January 5, 2017
Heart failure “dashboard”
A new computer algorithm developed at Vanderbilt could save billions of dollars in health care costs by identifying patients at risk for readmission after being hospitalized for heart failure. -
April 14, 2016
Heart Institute celebrates LVAD program milestone
On April 7, a 48-year-old man from Bethpage, Tennessee, became the 300th person to receive a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) at Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute (VHVI). -
February 4, 2016
Prostate cancer survivors’ risk of heart disease studied
The 3 million prostate cancer survivors in the United States are likely to die from something other than cancer, thanks to early detection, effective treatment and the disease’s slow progression. -
September 17, 2015
Heart repair factor
A signaling factor called Wnt10b is a novel target for optimizing cardiac repair after a heart attack.