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Low glycemic index diet helps heart patients lose weight

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Madrid, Spain – 23 May 2022: Eating low glycaemic index foods promotes a healthier body shape in patients with coronary artery disease, according to a study presented at ACNAP-EuroHeartCare Congress 2022, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1

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Review calls for a refreshed look at clinical approach to heart muscle disorder

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The heart's main pumping chamber—the lower left ventricle—contains pieces of muscle called trabeculations that extend into it. Excessive trabeculation, often referred to as non-compacted myocardium, has been described at all ages, from fetus to adult.

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Assessing the cardiac risks of cobalt in hip replacements

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A technique for measuring the cardiac risk associated with cobalt-containing hip replacements has been highlighted for the first time in research at the University of Strathclyde.

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Pericardial injection effective, less invasive way to get regenerative therapies to heart

Scienmag

Injecting hydrogels containing stem cell or exosome therapeutics directly into the pericardial cavity could be a less invasive, less costly, and more effective means of treating cardiac injury, according to new research from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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MolecuLight’s CEO Anil Amlani Discusses Next Steps for Their Wound Imaging Devices

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Orthopaedics have X-ray, cardiology has echocardiography, cancer has ultrasound, PET, CT and MRI. Regions of red, indicating that the wound contains clinically significant (>10 4 CFU/g) levels of bacterial burden, are clearly visible on the patient’s diabetic foot ulcer. What clinical value does this expanded clearance provide?

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Cardiol Therapeutics Announces Formation of Data Safety Monitoring and Clinical Endpoint Committees for Phase II/III Outcomes Trial in High-Risk Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19

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He currently serves on the Acute Heart Failure Committee of the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association and has served on the National Committee on Heart Failure and Transplantation of the American Heart Association. Dr. Teerlink was profiled in The Lancet as an internationally recognized leader in heart failure.

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Caelum and Alexion Announce Upcoming Data Presentations at the 62nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Alexion focuses its research efforts on novel molecules and targets in the complement cascade and its development efforts on hematology, nephrology, neurology, metabolic disorders, cardiology, ophthalmology and acute care. This press release and further information about Alexion can be found at: www.alexion.com. Forward-Looking Statement.