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Cardiomyopathy is a group of diseases with primary, usually diffuse, involvement of the myocardium. The myocardial disease is not secondary to ischaemic, valvular, congenital or pericardial disease.

'Stroke-heart syndrome' may put stroke survivors at higher risk for future cardiovascular events

People who survive an ischemic stroke are much more likely to develop major heart complications during the first month after their stroke, and, as a result, they also have an increased risk of death, heart attack or another stroke within five years, compared to people who don't develop heart problems soon after a stroke, according to new research published today in Stroke, the peer-reviewed, flagship journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

31 Mar 2022

Spirituality can have a positive impact on quality of life for heart failure patients

Numerous studies have shown that spirituality can help improve quality of life for people with chronic diseases like cancer.

28 Mar 2022

How does COVID-19 affect arrythmia?

Researchers have been investigating the reports of cardiac damage in COVID-19 patients, and trying to determine if autoimmune effects could play a role.

10 Mar 2022

A predictive model for COVID-19 outcomes

A new technique to solve unbalanced problems for the efficient management of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients according to comorbidities, age, and sex.

9 Mar 2022

AI-ECG algorithms can enhance detection and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a leading cause of sudden death in adolescents and initial detection is often difficult.

8 Mar 2022

First reported case of a cat infected with SARS-CoV-2 Delta AY.3 variant

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is hurting our loved ones — even those that walk on four legs. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania documented the recovery of an 11-year old indoor housecat living in Delaware who first presented to the veterinary hospital after experiencing distressing gastrointestinal symptoms.

23 Feb 2022

Novel AI tool can spot difficult-to-diagnose cardiac conditions

Physician-scientists in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have created an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can effectively identify and distinguish between two life-threatening heart conditions that are often easy to miss: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiac amyloidosis.

23 Feb 2022

Study investigates the prevalence risk of familial dilated cardiomyopathy

Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), the most common type of heart failure in the United States, was found to have a familial etiology in 30 percent of individuals diagnosed with DCM, and the overall risk for a family member of developing DCM was nearly 20 percent by the age of 80, according to a family-based, cross-sectional study published in JAMA.

22 Feb 2022

Cardiovascular markers for predicting clinical outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Toronto, Canada, characterized the markers of endothelial function and developed micro ribonucleic acid (miRNA) expression atlas in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-positive and -negative patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

15 Feb 2022

The serious risks COVID-19 may pose during pregnancy

Researchers report on the potential for serious maternal illness or death during or following a pregnancy complicated by COVID-19.

9 Feb 2022

Families of Black patients found to have greater risk for dilated cardiomyopathy

Black patients diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) of unknown cause are more likely to have family members at risk of developing the heart muscle disease than families of white patients, according to results of a multi-site study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine.

1 Feb 2022

Artificial intelligence could help better predict the onset and course of cardiovascular disease

For the first time, University of Utah Health scientists have shown that artificial intelligence could lead to better ways to predict the onset and course of cardiovascular disease.

25 Jan 2022

Gene replacement therapy could help mend a broken heart, study suggests

How can you mend a broken heart? According to researchers from Japan, in some cases gene replacement therapy just might do the trick.

24 Jan 2022

AI could lead to better ways to predict the onset and course of cardiovascular disease

For the first time, University of Utah Health scientists have shown that artificial intelligence could lead to better ways to predict the onset and course of cardiovascular disease.

20 Jan 2022

Rare genetic variants may raise risk of fatal arrhythmias in patients with less advanced coronary artery disease

Advanced coronary artery disease and the cardiac hypertrophy often associated with it is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death.

18 Jan 2022

Researchers investigate the role of a key component of the circadian clock in heart disease

Disrupting circadian rhythms, which change naturally on a 24-hour cycle, has been implicated in heart disease, but it is unclear how it leads to the condition.

17 Jan 2022

Breastfeeding linked to reduced cardiovascular disease risk in mothers

Women who breastfed were less likely to develop heart disease or a stroke, or die from cardiovascular disease than women who did not breastfeed, according to a meta-analysis published today in a pregnancy spotlight issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA), an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

11 Jan 2022

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