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For nearly 15 years, the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) has played a key role in designing and conducting collaborative clinical trials aimed at improving surgical treatments for cardiovascular disease, the nation’s leading cause of death. CTSN’s efforts to learn more about these treatments – valve replacements, bypass procedures,...
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NHLBI in the Press
Based on a study of 6,000 adults, researchers found extra fat around the heart was associated with an increased risk for heart failure. The study advances research to explore underlying factors that may contribute to heart failure as well as targeted strategies for prevention.
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NHLBI in the Press
After working with close to 500 women, researchers found that those who lost and gained 10 pounds at least once throughout a year were more likely to have sleep disturbances – such as taking longer to fall asleep or not sleeping as well throughout the night.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers found blood pressure interventions at barbershops in Los Angeles were a cost-effective way to help men control hypertension, especially when generic medications were used.
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NHLBI in the Press
The likelihood an infant will die from congenital heart disease depends on where they live in the United States, according to a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
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NHLBI in the Press
Everyone responds to exercise differently. Now, researchers are reporting an advance toward a blood test that can help predict an individual’s best exercise choice for optimizing cardiorespiratory fitness.
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NHLBI in the Press
After partnering with 376 pregnant women in Boston, researchers found a mother’s exposure to ultrafine pollution particles during her pregnancy was associated with an increased likelihood of her baby developing asthma.
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NHLBI in the Press
A newly developed deep learning algorithm could help assess a patient’s risk of cardiovascular disease with the same low-dose computerized tomography (CT) scan used to screen for lung cancer, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers are reporting new insights into a mysterious post-COVID illness called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults, or MIS-A.
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Research Feature
Last year as the COVID-19 pandemic began to intensify, many patients with the debilitating genetic disease, cystic fibrosis, faced a difficult challenge. Because the disease damages the lungs and makes it hard to breathe, these patients needed in-hospital tests to measure how well their lungs were working. But many also were on drugs that reduce...
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NHLBI in the Press
After following more than 4,000 adults for 30 years, researchers found an association among higher pulse pressure among smokers – which was more pronounced among women.