A study from Emory cardiologists says high sensitivity measurement of troponin may allow cardiologists to identify low-risk patients and cut down on cardiac stress tests, reducing health care costs and radiation exposure.
A few of many Emory research presentations from the 2016 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions meeting in New Orleans.
People who experience stress-induced ischemia tend to have higher baseline levels of troponin, a marker of recent damage or stress to the heart. Presented at American College of Cardiology meeting.
Depressed patients tend to have more frequent chest pain, even in the absence of coronary artery disease, Emory cardiologists reported at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.
A relatively new risk calculator for cardiovascular disease may account for racial differences in sub-clinical vascular function better than the Framingham Risk Score, Emory cardiology researchers say.
A study published in Genome Medicine has identified a gene expression profile associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular death.
College football players tend to have stiffer arteries than other college students, even before their college athletic careers have started. Although football players had lower blood pressure in the pre-season than a control group of undergraduates, stiffer arteries (measured by pulse wave velocity) could potentially predict players¿ future high blood pressure.
A molecular signature seen in blood from patients who are experiencing an acute heart attack may also predict the risk of cardiovascular death over the next few years, Emory researchers have found.
A blood cell growth factor can boost the effects of exercise in improving mobility for patients with peripheral artery disease, according to results scheduled for presentation at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
Winship Cancer Institute is finding real hope in some of the most complex cancer cases.
Cardiologists have identified a trio of biomarkers that may predict which patients with heart disease have a high risk of heart attack or death in the next two years.
Transfusion of donated blood more than three weeks old results in impaired blood vessel function, a new study of hospital patients shows. The finding suggests a mechanism: a deficiency in nitric oxide.
Each year, fellows in the Woodruff Leadership Academy undergo an extensive leadership curriculum in monthly sessions from January to May.
Increased android (male-pattern) but not gynoid (female-pattern) fat is connected with increased arterial stiffness, Emory researchers have found.
Emory researchers are starting the next phase of a trial testing whether bone marrow cells can help heal patients' hearts after a heart attack.
Emory joins a small group of elite U.S. centers in a federally funded network dedicated to studying heart failure.