Your Source for Heart Disease News, Information and Treatment http://www.DiagnosisHeart.com June 25: A large number of patients are realizing the benefits of the Internet as a tool to educate themselves, both before and after surgery. The request by an overwhelming majority of patients that surgeons develop Web sites, however, shows that patients may not be completely satisifed with the current form or content of health sites on the Internet. In a recently completed study by th [read more - follow the link]... http://www.diagnosisheart.com/showarticle.php?articleid=570 June 25: Approaches for decreasing the duration of intubation (ventilator dependency), intensive care unit stay and hospitalization may be applied successfully following elective cardiac surgery, a new study shows. Researchers in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesiology at a major center in Istanbul, Turkey reported their findings in the most recent edition of the Hear [read more - follow the link]... http://www.diagnosisheart.com/showarticle.php?articleid=571 June 25: Enhanced external counterpulsation ECP has been used to treat angina in China for over 20 years and has only recently invigorated cardiovascualr specialists to use it to treat patients in the U.S. This noninvasive technique provides augmentation of diastolic blood flow and coronary blood flow similar to the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) which is used by heart surgeons before [read more - follow the link]... http://www.diagnosisheart.com/showarticle.php?articleid=572 June 25: One of my colleagues, Dr. Leon Levinsky has been performing ECP on patients with angina not responsive to maximal medical therapy with excellent outcomes. I have been researching sites with articles and clinical evidence for external counterpulsation and refer you to www.strokedoctor.com You can access this site by clicking on the link below. For more information r [read more - follow the link]... http://www.diagnosisheart.com/showarticle.php?articleid=573 June 26: Western New York's four most populous counties - Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Erie had the highest rates of heart disease mortality in 1999, with Niagara County bearing the highest rate of 379 deaths per 100,000. Orleans and Wyoming counties have the lowest heart disease mortality rates (293 and 295 per 100,000, respectively) in Western New York. Heart disease mo [read more - follow the link]... http://www.diagnosisheart.com/showarticle.php?articleid=588 June 25: Congestive heart failure has been called the “new epidemic” of cardiovascular disease with 500,000 new cases diagnosed each year and a total of 3.5 million Americans affected by it at any time! As the population ages and medical technology gets better and better, heart attack survivors will increase and the residual damage to the heart will leave more people with the diagnosis o [read more - follow the link]... http://www.diagnosisheart.com/showarticle.php?articleid=575 June 25: Congestive heart failure has been called the “new epidemic” of cardiovascular disease with 500,000 new cases diagnosed each year and a total of 3.5 million Americans affected by it at any time! As the population ages and medical technology gets better and better, heart attack survivors will increase and the residual damage to the heart will leave more people with the diagnosis o [read more - follow the link]... http://www.diagnosisheart.com/showarticle.php?articleid=576 June 25: Cologne, Germany - An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association has stirred a lot of interest in the media as well as the medical community. The lead author of the study, Dirk Taubert, reports that cocoa phenols have beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system in animals, decreasing blood pressure. Dark chocolate, which is rich in polyphenols, was hyp [read more - follow the link]... http://www.diagnosisheart.com/showarticle.php?articleid=577