Medical News | Medical Articles - Cardiology - Sep 7, 2018 Edition

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September 7, 2018     Cardiology     The latest cardiology news from News Medical

New guidelines help decide if open heart surgery or stent is better after heart attack   New advice on the choice between open heart surgery and inserting a stent via a catheter after a heart attack is launched today.

Genetic variants impact outcome in dilated cardiomyopathy patients of African ancestry   Genetic testing is a powerful diagnostic tool that is increasingly being used for the diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease in which the heart becomes enlarged, making it difficult to pump blood. Cardiomyopathy affects more than 3.5 million people in the United States.         Pregnant women with heart disease must give birth at 40 weeks gestation   Pregnant women with heart disease should give birth at no later than 40 weeks gestation. That is one of the recommendations in the 2018 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy published online today in European Heart Journal, and on the ESC website.

New guidance helps clear up confusion over how to diagnose heart attack   Confusion over how to diagnose a heart attack is set to be cleared up with new guidance launched today. The 2018 Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction is published online in European Heart Journal, and on the ESC website.       Breastfeeding may reduce risk for stroke in post-menopausal women   Breastfeeding is not only good for babies, there is growing evidence it may also reduce the risk for stroke in post-menopausal women who reported breastfeeding at least one child, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.       Impaired mental status linked to doubled risk of death after heart attack in elderly patients   Impaired mental status is associated with a doubled risk of death one year after a heart attack in elderly patients, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2018.       Cardiovascular disease patients with internal bleeding more likely to be diagnosed with cancer   Patients with cardiovascular disease who develop major internal bleeding are much more likely to be diagnosed with cancer, a large international clinical trial has found.

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