| Cardiac specialists review benefits of 'prehabilitation' before heart surgery for older, frail patients |
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July 10, 2018 |
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The latest cardiology news from News Medical |
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| |  | | |  Researchers at Linköping University have for the first time been able to use information from computer tomography images to simulate the heart function of an individual patient. | | | | |  Cerebral ischaemia is a type of stroke causing high rates of disability and mortality. It occurs when blood vessels serving the brain become blocked or burst. | | | | |  Orthostatic hypotension - a rapid drop in blood pressure upon standing up from a sitting or lying down position - is a frequently encountered clinical sign among patients. | | | | |  Symptoms of depression and anxiety are present in about one-third of patients with heart failure - and these patients are at higher risk of progressive heart disease and other adverse outcomes, according to a review and update in the July/August issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. | | | | |  Increased physical activity, not weight loss, gives individuals with coronary heart disease a longer lease on life, according to a new study conducted at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology | |
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