Heart Failure
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Enzyme protects against obesity-related heart disease
Vanderbilt scientists have discovered that a certain enzyme plays a crucial role in preventing obesity-related cardiac dysfunction. Read MoreJun 7, 2018
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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. Read MoreJan 9, 2018
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My Southern Health: Heart failure – it’s not what you think
Heart failure is more prevalent in the South. Here’s what you need to know. Read MoreMay 24, 2017
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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. Read MoreApr 27, 2017
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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. Read MoreJan 5, 2017
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Pregnancy-related heart disorder clues
Vanderbilt researchers have identified biomarkers that could be useful for evaluating and treating pregnancy-related heart failure. Read MoreJun 3, 2016
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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). Read MoreApr 14, 2016
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Heart repair factor
A signaling factor called Wnt10b is a novel target for optimizing cardiac repair after a heart attack. Read MoreSep 17, 2015
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New device monitors pulmonary artery pressures
For patients with heart failure, changes in pulmonary artery (PA) pressures are an early indication that their condition is worsening, even before they notice symptoms such as shortness of breath or weight gain. Read MoreAug 20, 2015
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Study seeks to bolster outcomes for acute heart failure patients
With support from a three-year, $2 million research grant from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the American Heart Association are teaming up to study heart failure care in the Emergency Department. Read MoreMay 21, 2015
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New research group oversees studies in advanced heart failure
Vanderbilt’s Department of Cardiac Surgery has developed an Advanced Heart Failure Clinical and Translational Research Group that serves as a central research resource for advanced heart failure surgeons and cardiologists. Read MoreMar 19, 2015
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Heart failure therapy shows promise in early clinical trial
Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Acorda Therapeutics Inc. released findings from a Phase 1 clinical trial of glial growth factor 2 (GGF2) last week at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session in San Francisco. Read MoreMar 14, 2013
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Green tea for failing hearts?
The main antioxidant compound in green tea increases contractile force in isolated heart cells, suggesting it may be useful in heart failure. Read MoreNov 16, 2012
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Advanced heart failure care now offered in Columbia
Under the direction of cardiologist Rebecca Hung, M.D., Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute is offering advanced heart failure services at its Columbia, Tenn., office. Read MoreNov 15, 2012
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Kidney woes during heart failure
Levels of the protein NGAL may be a good predictor of worsening kidney function in patients with acute heart failure. Read MoreNov 8, 2012
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Team effort key after employee’s cardiac arrest
Mouzon Siddiqi, who has accrued 11 months of sick leave during her 37 years as a Vanderbilt employee, has to use some of those days after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sept. 6, outside the University Club. Read MoreSep 13, 2012
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Vanderbilt and affiliates receive $18.8 million HHS innovation award
The Health Care Innovation Award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is one of the largest federal research grants awarded to VUMC investigators. The funding will support the implementation and evaluation of MyHealthTeam, a model of team-based care that couples collaborative health care teams with health information technology in order to improve control of chronic conditions. Read MoreJun 18, 2012
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New tool hooks heart failure drugs
A new screening tool – using glowing fish embryos – could identify therapeutics for myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure. Read MoreApr 6, 2012
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Fishing for heart attack repair tools
Managing myocardial infarction – and the resulting heart failure – remains a clinical challenge. To search for chemicals that can stimulate cardiac muscle cell production, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology investigators led by Tao Zhong, Ph.D., Terri Ni, Ph.D., and Eric Rellinger, M.D., turned to a novel drug discovery tool:… Read MoreJan 5, 2012
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Trial tests novel treatment for heart failure patients
A new implantable device currently being studied gives heart failure patients the ability to monitor their heart and take action when their condition begins to worsen. Read MoreMay 27, 2011