AL MONALDI DI NAPOLI IMPIANTO DI CUORE ARTIFICIALE TOTALE
Sta per essere dimesso e tornare a casa Dario, giovane paziente, soli 46 anni, che è stato salvato da uno scompenso cardiaco acuto grazie all’impianto di un cuore artificiale totale…
STAMINALI, UN CEROTTO RIPARA IL CUORE CON INSUFFICIENZA CARDIACA
“Cerotto” di cellule staminali per riparare il muscolo cardiaco. | © UMG Per la prima volta, il muscolo cardiaco ingegnerizzato (EHM) da cellule staminali pluripotenti indotte umane (iPSC) sarà utilizzato…
Cuore. FMSI e Ambasciata d’Italia: a Londra il Simposio “Italy and UK”
Il 28 gennaio 2025, presso l’Ambasciata d’Italia, a Londra si terrà il simposio medico-scientifico, “Italy and UK pre-participation screening programme from elite to amateur: a common effort to prevent sudden…
Association of waist circumference with all-cause and cardiovascular mortalities in diabetes from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003–2018
Waist circumference (WC) is closely associated with metabolic diseases, including diabetes mellitus (DM), metabolic syndrome, and mortality. However, the correlation between WC and mortality varies across populations and has rarely…
Fatty muscles raise the risk of serious heart disease regardless of overall body weight
People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalised from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body…
Global HIV study finds that cardiovascular risk models underestimate for key populations
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, posing a particularly significant threat to people with HIV (PWH). To address this, CVD prevention plans rely on…
Researchers harness AI to predict cardiovascular risk from CT scans
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist will harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to more accurately predict risk of heart failure and other cardiovascular…
CARDIOPATIE CONGENITE: AL BAMBINO GESÙ IMPIANTATA LA “CLESSIDRA” PER IL CUORE SU 5 PAZIENTI
La “clessidra” per il cuore, un innovativo dispositivo salvavita destinato a pazienti con gravi cardiopatie congenite, è stata impiantata dai cardiologi interventisti dell’Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù su 5 pazienti. Si…
Can the heart heal itself? New study says it can
A research team co-led by a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Sarver Heart Center found that a subset of artificial heart patients can regenerate…
Poor vascular health accelerates brain ageing
Using an AI tool, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have analysed brain images from 70-year-olds and estimated their brains’ biological age. They found that factors detrimental to vascular health, such as…