Cardiovascular Diseases

News

2008

• Heart Patients More Likely to Adopt Healthy Habits
  in 3-Year Program Led by Cardiac Rehabilitation Experts, Mayo Clinic Research Shows

2007

• Congenital birth defect to be studied as to impact on heart and lungs

2006

• Mayo Clinic Research Reveals "Broken Heart Syndrome" Recurs in 1 of 10 Patients; Finds Blood Flow Abnormality in Most "Broken Heart Syndrome" Patients
• Mayo Researchers Offer Evidence That People With Psoriasis Have Greater Risk for Developing Heart Disease Than General Population
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Use Magnetic Attraction to Improve Stents, Reduce Blood Clot Risk
• Mayo Clinic Study Suggests Emergence of New Most Common Form of Heart Failure
• Mayo Clinic Cardiologist Begins Service as American Heart Association President
• Studies Find That "Broken Heart Syndrome" Can Result From Opioid Withdrawal, Cocaine Use
• Researchers Link Two More Genes to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Holes in Heart Not a Common Cause of Stroke in General Population, Study Finds
• Mayo Clinic Finding May Double Genetic Screening Effectiveness for Sudden Death Heart Condition
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Zero in on Diagnosing Sometimes Fatal Heart Rhythm Disorder
• Mayo Clinic to Participate in a Nationwide Study Examining an Investigational Treatment for Heart Disease
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Say Bariatric Surgery May Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

2005

• Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Hole in Heart Does Not Make Stroke Inevitable
• Mayo Clinic Researchers: Stroke Risk Significant in Month Following Heart Attack
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Redefining How Heart Functions
• Mayo Clinic Study: People with Heart Failure at Significant Increase for Death from Stroke
• Women Less Likely to Receive Heart Device Therapy But Survive With it Longer Than Men
• Results of Exercise Test May Predict Death in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
• Sleep Apnea and Death Association Point to Need to Examine Treatments, Modify Devices
• Mayo Clinic Patients Share 'Stories of the Heart' with Health Care Providers
• Minnesota's First Lady Joins Mayo Clinic's Effort to Empower Women with Heart Disease
• Obese Patients with Coronary Artery Disease can Consider Bariatric Surgery
• NIH Awards Mayo Clinic $11 Million to Research Heart Disease Therapies
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Measuring C-Reactive Protein is Early Indicator of Stiffened Arteries
• Surgery Gives Fresh Start to Patients with Thickened Hearts
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Use Ultrasound to Describe Subtle Heart Muscle Motions

2003

• Rapid Defibrillation in Cardiac Arrest Leads to Near-Normal Life Span, Quality of Life
• Mayo Clinic Proves New Heart Muscle Cells Can Come From Bone Marrow

2002

• Statin Drugs May Help Patients with Heart Valve Disease Avoid Surgery
• Gene Discovery Shows Heart Failure Cause, Suggests Treatments and Screening Potential