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Secrets of the naked mole-rat: new study reveals how their unique metabolism protects them from heart attacks

Science Daily - Heart Disease

This unusual, subterranean mammal with extreme longevity shows genetic adaptations to low oxygen environments which could offer opportunities for advancing other areas of physiological and medical research in humans, including the development of novel therapeutic approaches.

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Physiology Friday #199: High-Intensity Interval Training Reduces Coronary Artery Plaque

Physiologically Speaking

Welcome to the Physiology Friday newsletter. Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication. Is HIIT too dangerous for individuals after heart surgery or who’ve suffered a heart attack? ” Details can be found at the end of the post! Does intense exercise adversely affect coronary plaque?

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Physiology Friday #239: Can Exercise Prevent the Blood-Pressure-Elevating Effects of Sleep Deprivation?

Physiologically Speaking

Welcome to the Physiology Friday newsletter. Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication. When we don’t get enough sleep, our physiology suffers—insulin sensitivity tanks, cognitive function wanes, and physical performance is drastically impaired. I know I have (new dad here). and woke up at 7 a.m. (8

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Heartflow Rebrands, Reaffirms Commitment to Improving CAD Care Management

DAIC

CAD is estimated to be responsible for one heart attack every 40 seconds and one out of every five deaths. Technologies like Heartflow fractional flow reserve computed tomography (FFR CT ) provide lesion-specific physiology, which enhances CCTAs diagnostic accuracy. In the U.S.,

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MINOCA : When a heart attack is not a heart attack

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

On the basis of these findings we told her that she had suffered a heart attack. She asked me why I felt she had had a heart attack and I explained to her that she had had chest pains and the blood test indicating damage to the heart was elevated and that was all we needed to say that she had had a heart attack.

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USF Health Heart Institute Doctors Are Upbeat about Cardiac Regeneration

DAIC

That’s the subject of a new study by a team that includes two USF Health doctors who reported their findings in Circulation , the flagship journal of the American Heart Association. “An If you want to have your heart functioning into your 90s, this will be of interest to you, or anyone who has heart disease or had a heart attack.’’

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GE HealthCare and Medis Medical Imaging Announce Collaboration Focused on Non-Invasive Coronary Assessments to Help Advance Precision Care in Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease

DAIC

Together, the two companies will work to further the development and commercialization of Medis Quantitative Flow Ratio (Medis QFR), a non-invasive approach to the assessment of coronary physiology, as part of GE HealthCare’s interventional cardiology portfolio built around the Allia Platform.