A heart-rate-reducing medication reduces the risk of heart failure and cardiac fibrosis
2011-08-01
(Press-News.org) Montreal, July 28, 2011 – The findings of a Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) study published in the scientific journal Cardiology suggest that ivabradine, a heart rate reduction medication, is also effective in reducing the risk of diastolic heart failure (left ventricular insufficiency) and cardiac fibrosis.
The benefits of slower heart rate on mortality and morbidity associated with cardiovascular disease no longer need to be demonstrated. In this study, titled "Heart Rate Reduction by Ivabradine Reduces Diastolic Dysfunction and Cardiac Fibrosis," researchers sought to determine the effectiveness of ivabradine in treating diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle, a condition affecting 40% of people with heart failure.
The study was conducted on rabbits given a standard diet, a cholesterol-enriched diet or a cholesterol-enriched diet with ivabradine. It revealed that as well as improving the myocardial performance index, ivabradine greatly improved left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in animals receiving a cholesterol-enriched diet. Ivabradine also reduced fibrosis of the heart chambers.
According to Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, Director of the MHI Research Centre and professor of medicine at the Université de Montréal, the results are both interesting and encouraging. "The effectiveness of ivabradine in treating angina pectoris is now well known. However, few treatments are available to patients with diastolic heart failure. The beneficial effects of ivabradine demonstrated in laboratory suggest that this course of treatment should be further investigated." Clinical studies with subjects are expected to follow.
INFORMATION: END
ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:
2011-08-01
New research from the Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) highlights the need to make prisoners more aware of voluntary organisations that could help them towards resettlement. The report shows that despite the relatively high number of third sector organisations working within prisons, many are not known by prisoners.
TSRC researchers from the University of Southampton conducted a survey across eight prisons nationally to investigate prisoners' experiences of third sector organisations (TSOs). The number of TSOs that each prison claimed was active in their establishment ...
2011-08-01
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) are truly talented multi-taskers. They can reproduce almost all cell types and thus offer great hope in the fight against diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. However, it would appear that their use is not entirely without risk: during the reprogramming of body cells into iPS cells, disease-causing mutations can creep into the genetic material. The genome of the mitochondria – the cell's protein factories – is particularly vulnerable to such changes. This phenomenon has been discovered by researchers at the Max Planck Institute ...
2011-08-01
Ottolenghi Media has added social commerce to its public relations, marketing and advertising services for businesses and professionals in northern Palm Beach County.
"Social media is rapidly evolving into a way to generate new revenue," says company president Hugo H. Ottolenghi. "Smart companies are cashing in on their online efforts."
Social commerce is the newest and most dynamic growth area of the Internet today. Sales through social commerce are expected to grow in the United States from $1 billion this year to $14 billion in 2015, according ...
2011-08-01
"We're on the move... Be part of our growth in Texas" touts the premium deli cafe's Facebook page. Texan's can rest assure the company is growing more than just their new Facebook and Twitter pages, but is also swiftly working to secure A+ retail spaces for soon-to-be store openings. Working with SRS Real Estate Partners, San Francisco Style Sourdough Eatery's Texas area developers will soon be announcing the site for their first location.
It is the perfect time to connect with San Francisco Style Sourdough Eatery on their social media sites http://www.facebook.com/SFSETexas ...
2011-08-01
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but clueless copycatting comes at a cost.
As anyone who has been subjected to the mocking playground game knows, parroting can be annoying. Yet gentle mimicry can act as a kind of "social glue" in human relationships. It fosters rapport and trust. It signals cohesion. Two people who like each other will often unconsciously mirror each other's mannerisms in subtle ways – leaning forward in close synchrony, for example – and that strengthens their bond.
The benefits of body-language mimicry have been confirmed by numerous ...
2011-08-01
Ten daypacks featuring CORDURA fabric take center stage in the Eastern Mountain Sports Back-to-School Facebook promotion, which takes place July 29 - Aug. 10. The Eastern Mountain Sports daypack giveaway* allows anyone to vote for his or her favorite daypack on Eastern Mountain Sports' Facebook page. At the completion of the contest, 10 Back-to School Eastern Mountain Sports brand daypacks built with CORDURA fabric will be given away.
The daypack giveaway is a prelude to Eastern Mountain Sports' Back-to-School sale in its stores - Aug. 10-23.
The durable daypacks ...
2011-08-01
A new University of Minnesota discovery may help bone cancer patients fight their disease more effectively, according to new research published in the September issue of Bone.
Bone cancer typically affects children; the course and aggressiveness of the disease can vary from patient to patient and is very difficult to predict. Some patients respond remarkably well to conventional therapies. Their disease shows less aggressive behavior and they can survive for decades without recurrence. Others respond poorly to treatment or their disease comes back rapidly. Often, these ...
2011-08-01
Surfactants, which are wetting agents that lower a liquid's surface tension, have a long list of uses, from detergents and cosmetics to paints and pesticides. Most surfactants are petroleum-based. But in Peoria, Ill., a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists has focused their attention on sophorolipids, surfactant-like molecules produced by naturally occurring yeasts.
Microbiologist Cletus Kurtzman is spearheading the studies at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), operated in Peoria by the Agricultural Research Service ...
2011-08-01
arara inc. (Minato-ku Tokyo CEO Yosuke Iwai) announces that our smartphone application "ARAPPLI" is used for the world's first AR greeting card by Nihon Hallmark K.K. (CEO Noriko Azechi).
AR greeting card "Smaho de Anime" (525 yen) has seven kinds and they are on sale from August 1st. The Hallmark's original popular characters such as "Yum Yums", "Bear's Wish", and "hoops & yoyo" appears as 3DCG and everyone from children to adults can enjoy.
AR is downloaded by reading QRAR mark on greeting cards and displays ...
2011-08-01
MANHATTAN, KAN. -- Veterinary medicine students are more likely to struggle with depression than human medicine students, undergraduate students and the general population, according to several recent collaborative studies from Kansas State University researchers.
Mac Hafen, therapist and clinical instructor in Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, and researchers from Kansas State University, the University of Nebraska and East Carolina University decided to take a closer look at depression and anxiety among veterinary medicine students. Although ...
LAST 30 PRESS RELEASES:
[Press-News.org] A heart-rate-reducing medication reduces the risk of heart failure and cardiac fibrosis
