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International Task Force for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease Task Force Symposium Scuol, February 23, 2003 MSCT in coronary heart disease Koen Nieman, Rotterdam Identifying sub-clinical atherosclerotic disease : an evaluation of emerging techniques Page 2 Page 3 3 International Task Force for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease Task Force Symposium, Scuol, February 23, 2003 Koen Nieman, Rotterdam Slide 1: Multislice Spiral CT - in Established Coronary Heart Disease - Multislice Spiral CT - in Established Coronary Heart Disease - Koen Nieman, M.D. Departments of Cardiology & Radiology Erasmus Medical Center & Thoraxcenter Rotterdam, The Netherlands ...

1: N Engl J Med 2000 Jul 6;343(1):16-22 Primary prevention of coronary heart disease in women through diet and lifestyle. Stampfer MJ, Hu FB, Manson JE, Rimm EB, Willett WC. Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. BACKGROUND: Many lifestyle-related risk factors for coronary heart disease have been identified, but little is known about their effect on the risk of disease when they are considered together. METHODS: We followed 84,129 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study who were free of diagnosed cardiovascular disease , cancer, and diabetes at base line in 1980. Information on diet and lifestyle was updated periodically. During 14 years of follow-up, we documented 1128 major coronary events (296 deaths from coronary heart disease and 832 nonfatal infarctions). We defined subjects at low risk as those who were ...

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(Hellenic Journal of Cardiology) HJC ñ 183 Hellenic J Cardiol 43: 183-188, 2002 S tructural abnormalities and disor- ders of cardiac valve function re- sult in valvular heart disease . The etiology of valvular heart disease has changed dramatically in the last forty to fifty years 1-3 . A significant reduction in the incidence of acute rheumatic fever and its sequelae, the increase of life expe- ctancy, the recognition of new causes of valvular heart disease and the advance- ment of technology are responsible for the metamorphosis in the etiology and pathogenesis of valvular disorders (Figu- re 1). Clinical entities which are associat- ed with valvular heart disease are shown in Table 1. Heritable-Congenital Heritable disorders of connective tissue origin Connective tissue abnormalities ...

14 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 6DH Telephone 020 7935 0185 A Company Limited by Guarantee. Head Office and Registered in England No 699547 at 14 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 6DH. Registered Charity No 225971 Factfile is produced by the British Heart Foundation in association with the British Cardiac Society and is compiled with the advice of a wide spectrum of doctors, including general practitioners. It reflects a consensus of opinion. F a ctfile 0 4 / 2 0 0 0 SOUTH ASIANS AND HEART DISEASE Introduction In the UK the highest recorded rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality are in people born in the Indian Sub-continent countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh ( “ South Asians ”). South Asian men have an age- standardised mortality rate about 40% higher than the whole population, and for women the figure is 51%. ...

heart heart disease Coronary heart disease Background Local information Local information about tackling coronary heart disease Useful local and national links Background As we grow older, fatty deposits may build up in the walls of the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart . This causes the arteries to narrow, and the blood supply to the heart is consequently reduced. The heart is then less able pump blood effectively. If this narrowing happens gradually, the person affected will be in pain (angina) and/or he or she may develop signs and symptoms of more extensive heart disease . If the narrowing occurs suddenly, or if one or more narrow arteries are suddenly blocked completely by a blood clot, the victim will experience severe pain and may suffer a heart attack (myocardial infarction). In some cases, the ...

CHD CHI Review Response March 2004 1 NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK REVIEWS Coronary Heart Disease REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE CORONARY HEART DISEASE NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK IN BRIGHTON, MID SUSSEX AND SUSSEX DOWNS AREA COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO RECOMMENDATIONS – APRIL 2004 This list of recommendations is provided as part of the feedback to organisations following the review on progress implementing the national service framework for coronary heart disease . The recommendations are taken from a detailed summary of evidence provided to reviewed organisations. Key recommendations are integrated in the public summary report. This report outlines the responses of the health community to the recommendations and gives details of a lead organisation or group and a timescale for action where it has been agreed. Page 2 ...

Caring for a Child with Congenital Heart Disease Ordering the Caring for a Child with Congenital Heart Disease booklet *Please note that this booklet address is different than the address for the Legacy of Life general information. Date:__ Name:_ Organization:_ Street Address: City:_State:_ Zip:_ Phone:()_ Caring for a Child with Congenital Heart Disease booklet Total This 31-page book is written especially for parents of a child with congenital heart disease (CHD). It is our attempt to provide you with answers to the day-to-day questions and concerns you may have about raising a child with CHD and the impact his or her congenital heart condition may have on your family. Although written primarily for parents of infants and toddlers, we will highlight other areas of concern that parents ...

8700 Beverly Blvd., TSB Suite 210 • Los Angeles, CA 90048 Telephone: 1-800-880-2397 Media Contact: Sandra Van E-mail: sandy@vancommunications.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Jan. 16, 2002 HIGHLIGHTS: Heart disease and heart attacks claim the lives of more American women than men each year, and pose a greater threat to American women than all forms of cancer combined. Unfortunately, many women do not know that the symptoms of a woman having a heart attack can be significantly different from those of a man. For example, while most women can identify some of the warning signs of a heart attack in men, only 10 percent of women surveyed mentioned nausea, which is a common symptom in women having a heart attack. C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D., a board-certified cardiologist and Medical Director of the Women’s Health Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Chair of the American College ...

ADOLESCENTS AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Living With It For The Rest Of Your Life Kathleen McGrath, RN, MS Everyone knows how difficult it is to become a teenager. Changes are occurring rapidly both physically and emotionally, and the adolescent is struggling between remaining a child and becoming an adult. This transition can be especially difficult for adolescents with congenital heart disease . It is imperative that every adolescent with congenital heart disease have a full understanding of his or her heart problem. You must assume responsibility for your actions as you enter the tumultuous teenage years. It will be up to you to determine how you will avoid the risk-taking behaviors that are so common in adolescence. Page 2 Activity restrictions or limitations when playing sports frequently become an issue as children ...

20 6 Agricultural Research/July 1999 uppose we knew all the genes involved in cardiovas- cular health—which ones contribute to risk, which contribute to protection, and how much each con- tributes individually and in combination. It may sound like a tall order, but that’s exactly what researchers here and abroad are working toward. They want to be able to reduce a person’s likelihood of cardiovas- cular disease based on his or her genetic profile, as well as on the individual’s age, gender, and lifestyle habits. A genetic profile would enable individuals to adopt the hab- its most likely to reduce risk—because different genes or gene combinations respond differently to changes in diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol consumption, or medications such as cho- lesterol-lowering drugs. And as more and more information becomes available, recommendations for change will become more reliable. ...

Heart Disease in Women Cooperative Extension Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, James A. Christenson, Director, Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture, The University of Arizona. The University of Arizona College of Agriculture is an equal opportunity employer authorized to provide research, educational information, and other services only to individuals and institutions that function without regard to sex, religion, color, national origin, age, Vietnam era Veteran’s status, or handicapping condition. 8/99 AZ1125 T HE U NIVERSITY OF A RIZONA C OLLEGE OF A GRICULTURE T UCSON , A RIZONA 85721 Sherry Henley , M.S., R.D. ...

1 ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE AND ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE : A CASE STUDY IN APPLYING CAUSAL CRITERIA Mengersen. ETS and IHD: A case study for causal criteria Kerrie L. Mengersen, PhD School of Mathematics, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Australia Mervyn J. Merrilees, PhD Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Richard L. Tweedie, PhD, DSc Department of Statistics, Colorado StateUniversity, Fort Collins, U.S.A. Corresponding Author : K. Mengersen, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point, Brisbane, 4001. Australia. (Post Box Address: GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001.) Fax: +61 7 38642310; Phone: +61 7 38645194; Email: k.mengersen@fsc.qut.edu.au Page 2 2 Abstract Background Whether ischaemic heart disease ...

50 Years of Heart Disease in Ireland 50 Years of Heart Disease in Ireland Mortality, Morbidity and Health Services Implications February 2001 Heart For PDF 5/9/2 2:41 PM Page 20 Page 2 Acknowledgements Bristol Myers Squibb Department of Health and Children Irish Heart Foundation Contents 2 Summary 3 Introduction Section 1 Mortality from Ischaemic Heart Disease in Ireland: 4 Current Status 6 Trends in Rates over 50 years 8 Trends in Numbers and Rates over 50 years Section 2 Morbidity from Ischaemic Heart Disease in Ireland: 10 Current Status and Health Service Implications 12 Trends in Hospital Discharges and Bed Days used over time 13 Discussion 15 Bibliography Heart For PDF 5/9/2 ...

New Study Aims to Prevent Heart Disease in Pediatric Lupus Patients DURHAM, NC -- Researchers from Duke University Medical Center will study the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease in pediatric patients with lupus erythematosus. Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries caused by fat buildup, is a complication of increasing concern to physicians treating children with lupus. Atherosclerosis puts young lupus patients at high risk for cardiac problems including heart attack or stroke. According to recent research, the risk of heart attack in young, female lupus patients is as much as 50 times greater than in women of the same age who do not have lupus. Lupus affects approximately 15,000 children in the United States, 90 percent of whom are female. The Atherosclerosis Prevention in Pediatric Lupus Erythematosus (APPLE) trial will study the effect of statins, drugs used to lower ...

Evidence-Based Medicine in practice Lipid-lowering in coronary heart disease June 1998 Volume 1 Number 1 Written by Jonathan Belsey MB BS Independent Medical Advisor Andrew Moore MA DPhil DSc CChem FRSC Editor, Bandolier, Oxford and Anglia John Halloran BSc(Hons) BM BCh DObstRCOG MRCGP DCH Medical Director, Bradford Health Authority Ceri Phillips BSc(Econ) MSc(Econ) PhD Health Economist, University of Wales Rod Smith MA MB BChir MRCGP GP , Berkshire Integrated Purchasing Group Guy Thompson BSc DipComPharm MRPharmS Deputy Director, Welsh Centre for Postgraduate Pharmaceutical Education, University of Wales, Cardiff Advisory Panel Gavel www .hayw ard.co .uk ...

heart heart disease Women and Heart Disease Exercise: Week 2 of ? Heart to Heart ? Series, airing Thursday, May 13, 2004 If you are a woman who?s already practicing a daily exercise routine, congratulations! You?re taking a decisive step toward safeguarding your heart health and overall sense of well-being. Keep up the good work. You might want to try some of the fun and practical ideas below to add to your routine, or make it more enjoyable so that you?re more likely to stick with it. If your lifestyle is fairly inactive, your heart is in need of some exercise. It?s not about immediate results or having a perfect figure. It?s about overall health, and you can start off slow. You don?t have to incorporate all of this information at one time. In fact, it?s better to make slower changes that you can ?stick with.? Just getting ...

Volume 333 NOVEMBER 16, 1995 Number 20 Copyright, 1995, by the Massachusetts Medical Society PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE WITH PRAVASTATIN IN MEN WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA J AMES S HEPHERD , M.D., S TUART M. C OBBE , M.D., I AN F ORD , P H .D., C HRISTOPHER G. I SLES , M.D., A. R OSS L ORIMER , M.D., P ETER W. M ACFARLANE , P H .D., J AMES H. M C K ILLOP , M.D., AND C HRISTOPHER J. P ACKARD , D.S C ., FOR THE W EST OF S COTLAND C ORONARY P ...

S P R I N G 2 0 0 4 Bryn Mawr Hospital Lankenau Hospital Paoli Hospital Are You at Risk for Heart Disease ? PAGE 4 Menopause and You Event PAGE 8 Page 2 Coffee Drinkers May Have Lower Risk for Gallstones Do you enjoy a few cups of coffee a day? If so, you could be protecting yourself from gallbladder trouble. According to a 20-year study, women who drink two to three cups of caf- feinated coffee a day are about 25% less likely to need gallstone surgery. Tea and decaf coffee did not have the same effect.This led researchers to believe that it may be the caffeine in combination with other ingredi- ents unique to coffee that makes the difference. Gastroenterology,Vol. 123, No. 6 Pass on those kooky contraptions for trimming your waistline. One of the best ways ...

8 July 2004 Fitness Instructor joins fight against heart disease in Sedgefield Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer Gail Atkin has joined a team of specialist heart nurses who are helping to fight heart disease in the Sedgefield area. Gail Atkin, Cardiac Physical Activities Facilitator, is part of the Sedgefield Primary Care Trust Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Team along with three other nurses, Liz Sadler, Karen Reid and Jayne Nicholson, who are helping to improve the treatment of people with heart disease in the area and to identify people who are at risk of developing heart disease . Gail will be to looking at setting up rehabilitation services in local community centres for people with coronary heart disease , aiming to reduce the risk of local people having a cardiac event or another one. A new rehabilitation programme is currently ...

Metal welding and cutting are associated with inhalation of gases and respirable particles. The purpose of this study was to compare the mortality of male welders with that of all gainfully employed men in Sweden regarding ischemic heart disease (IHD). Male welders and gas cutters were identified in the Swedish National Censuses of 1970 and 1990. Two cohorts were established and followed until the end of 1995. The IHD mortality among the welders was compared with that of all gainfully employed men. An increased mortality due to IHD was observed among welders identified in the 1990 Census, SMR = 1.35, 95% confidence limits 1.1–1.6. The observed increased mortal- ity due to IHD was unlikely to be explained by different smoking habits. A general hypothesis linking inhalation of particles to the occurrence of IHD via an inflammatory process is discussed. Key words : fibrinogen; inflammation; ...

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Congenital Heart Disease Including Transthoracic, Transesophageal, Fetal and 3-D Echocardiography childrens hospital L O S A N G E L E S Echocardiographic Evaluation of Congenital Heart Disease Including Transthoracic, Transesophageal, Fetal and 3-D Echocardiography Program Director: Pierre C. Wong, M.D. Participating Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Faculty: Hui Gao, RDCS Grace C. Kung, M.D. Mark S. Sklansky, M.D. Pierre C. Wong, M.D. John C. Wood, M.D. Map and Directions to The Saban Research Institute Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Hotel Information There are a number of hotels/motels in the area, including: Sheraton Universal Hotel (accessible via Subway Red Line) 333 Universal Terrace Universal ...

heart heart disease WHO 1 WHO 2 WHO 3 WHO 4 Always use Broadly usable Caution in use (altern ative contraceptive preferred) Do not use Physiological murmurs in absence of heart disease Valve lesions not yet surgically corrected but uncomplicated including mitral valve prolapse and bicuspid aortic valve; lacking any of the WHO 3 or 4 features noted in the 3rd & 4th columns Any tissue heart valve lacking any of the WHO 3 or 4 features noted in the 3rd & 4th columns Fully surgically corrected congenital heart disease lacking any of the WHO 3 or 4 features noted in the 3rd & 4th columns Non reversible trivial L to R shunt e.g. small VSD; trivial patent ductus arteriosus Repaired coarctation without aneurysm or hypertension ...

heart heart disease Pregnancy & Contraception in Heart Disease and Pulmonary Vascular Disease Professor John Guillebaud Emeritus Professor of Family Planning & Reproductive Health and Medical Director Margaret Pyke Family Planning Centre, London, UK Professor Michael de Swiet Emeritus Professor of Obstetric Medicine and Consultant Obstetric Physician Institute of Reproductive & Developmental Biology Imperial College Queen Charlotte?s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK Dr Cathy Nelson-Piercy Cons. Obstetric Physician St. Thomas? Hospital, London, UK Dr Sara Thorne Consultant Cardiologist Grown Up Congenital Heart Unit The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK Dr Anne MacGregor Medical Adviser Margaret Pyke Memorial Trust, London, UK This working ...

What you should know about cholesterol High cholesterol is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), and more American men and women die of CHD than any other condition, including cancer. Additionally, people with heart disease and high cholesterol are at increased risk of suffering a stroke — the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of long-term disability. The good news is research shows that lowering your cholesterol reduces the chance of having a heart attack, needing bypass surgery or angioplasty, and dying of CHD-related causes. You can survive high cholesterol by taking action now to lower it. Your weapons are diet, exercise, and if necessary, medication. What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a white, waxy, fat-like substance that’s found in everyone’s body, to varying degrees. We need cholesterol to survive, but too much of ...

National Healthcare Quality Report Effectiveness Heart Disease 59 Heart Disease Background and Impact Heart disease is a complex of diseases of the cardiovascular system that includes heart attack and heart failure. Despite the impressive advances in treating and preventing heart disease in recent years, heart disease remains the leading cause of death, accounting for over 700,000 deaths in 2000 and costing over $214 billion each year. 1,2,3 Research, clinical practice, and public awareness have led to significant behavior changes among both medical professionals and the general population over the last few decades. 4, 5, 6,7 The development and widespread use of new drugs, surgeries, and devices, such as pacemakers, have reduced mortality and improved care for those with ...

Valvular Valvular Heart Disease in the Elderly Heart Disease in the Elderly CIU CIU - - Toronto 2002 Toronto 2002 Linda Linda Goodwin Goodwin , MD , MD VP and Chief Medical Director VP and Chief Medical Director TRANSAMERICA REINSURANCE ® Page 2 Transamerica Reinsurance Valvular Heart Disease in the Elderly ò If the human heart beats an average of 70 times per minute, by age 65 each of the valves has opened and closed 2,391,500,000 times!! ò Pattern of valve disease is similar in young and old but the causes differ ò Rheumatic, congenital and other causes occur in elders but the majority of valvular disease in the elderly is degenerative ...

Exercise, not diet, may be best defense against heart disease . Calorie intake may not be a major factor in causing death by heart disease , according to a study of almost 9,800 Americans. Instead, being or reducing to a healthy weight and exercising may do more to ward off death from heart disease , say Jing Fang, M.D., and colleagues from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. The researchers studied data from the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a federally funded national study that took place from 1971- 75. Fang's group compared reports of the participants' physical activity, and dietary caloric intake to deaths from heart disease through 1992. During 17 years of follow-up, 1,531 participants died of heart disease . After adjusting for BMI (body mass index) and physical activity, caloric intake was unrelated to heart disease ...

heart heart disease www.modern.nhs.uk/chd A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE CORONARY HEART DISEASE COLLABORATIVE May 2002 Contents Brief Chronology National Team members Programmes in the CHD Collaborative Publications of the CHD Collaborative Useful information Dates for your diary Brief Chronology 2000 October Coronary Heart Disease Collaborative began under the umbrella of the National Patients? Access Team November First learning workshop, Harrogate 2001 March Second learning workshop, London April NHS Modernisation Agency launched ? encompassing National Patients? Access Team, National Primary care Development Team, National Leadership Network, National Clinical Governance Support Team August ?Nine ...

Alcohol’s Effects on the Risk for Coronary Heart Disease Kenneth J. Mukamal, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., and Eric B. Rimm, Sc.D. Several studies have indicated that moderate drinkers have a lower risk of both nonfatal myocardial infarction and fatal heart disease than do abstainers. To determine whether alcohol truly prevents coronary heart disease or whether other factors may contribute to this observed relationship, researchers conducted a systematic literature review and a combined analysis (i.e., meta-analysis) of 42 published studies. This analysis found that consumption of up to two drinks per day can promote changes in the levels of molecules that reduce the risk of heart disease while also increasing the levels of certain molecules that promote heart disease . Alcohol also may affect the risk of heart disease by acting on other various ...