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Heart Attack News
Coronary Calcium Score to Traditional Risk Factors Improves Risk Assessment for Heart DiseaseDec 31 - Including a coronary artery calcium score in a risk assessment for future heart disease events, such as heart attacks, provides a better estimate in some populations than a standard coronary risk f... Read more »
FDA Approves New Indication for Crestor (Rosuvastatin)
Apr 27 - On Feb. 8 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the cholesterol-lowering medication Crestor (rosuvastatin) for some patients who are at increased risk of heart disease but have not been di... Read more »
Researchers Develop Innovative Imaging System to Study Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Feb 9 - A research team at Vanderbilt University has developed an innovative optical system to simultaneously image electrical activity and metabolic properties in the same region of a heart, to study the ... Read more »
FDA Approves Effient to Reduce the Risk of Heart Attack in Angioplasty Patients
Oct 31 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the blood-thinning drug Effient tablets (prasugrel) to reduce the risk of blood clots from forming in patients who undergo angioplasty, a common p... Read more »
FDA Approves First Generic Enoxaparin Sodium Injection to Prevent Deep Vain Thrombosis
Jul 13 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic version of Lovenox (enoxaparin sodium injection), an anti-coagulant drug used to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a potenti... Read more »
Adverse Cardiovascular Events Reported in Testosterone Trial in Older Men
Jul 23 - A clinical trial of testosterone treatment in older men, reported June 30 online in the New England Journal of Medicine, has found a higher rate of adverse cardiovascular events, such as heart atta... Read more »
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