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This online resource for heart patients, their families, and caregivers is dedicated to delivering accurate and personalized information at a time of need. The Heart Profilers™ help people with heart disease make informed treatment decisions for an optimal outcome. Choose a Heart Profiler: Atrial Fibrillation Cholesterol Coronary Artery Disease Heart Failure High Blood Pressure Provided as a FREE service, these tools are... ... built with help from the best doctors ... based on the most significant research published in leading medical journals ... designed by experienced clinical specialists ... continuously updated New Clinical Research Study Reports The Study Reports below summarize clinical research that has recently appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals and has been approved by our Medical Editorial Board for inclusion in the heartfacts.com database. The full-text journal articles themselves are not available here, however a summary of the article is provided along with the full MedLine citation. To determine whether specific articles are relevant to your own medical situation, click on the appropriate Heart Profiler™ from the list above.  Recent Study Information   ACE inhibitor plus calcium channel blocker better for lowering blood pressure Researchers wanted to know if combining an ACE inhibitor and a calcium channel blocker would be more effective in reducing the rate of cardiovascular events in high risk patients with hypertension than treatment with an ACE inhibitor plus a diuretic. Do people 80 and older benefit from blood pressure lowering therapy? While it is thought that reducing high blood pressure in people over 80 years also may reduce the risk of stroke, there has been some suggestion from studies that this benefit may be offset by possibly increasing the risk of death from other causes including side effects from treatment. Which is better, telmisartan, ramipril, or both in patients at high risk for vascular events They wanted to see if a newer high blood pressure drug called telmisartan (tel mi SAR tan) was as safe and effective as an older drug called ramipril (RAM eh pril). They also wanted to see if the combination of telmisartan and ramipril was more effective than either drug alone. Is long-term use of an omega-3 supplement effective for preventing heart attacks and other major coronary events? Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) is required for the production of a special group of substances in the body called prostaglandins, which control blood clotting and other arterial functions. It is thought that EPA may provide a natural approach to lower blood cholesterol and triglycerides. Do statins reduce the heart attacks and strokes in people with elevated levels of an inflammatory biomarker but with normal cholesterol levels They wanted to know if generally healthy people with normal low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol but increased high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) would benefit from statins. High sensitivity C-reactive protein is a marker of chronic low-level inflammation, and has been associated with an increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular events.    Terms and Conditions    Privacy Statement    Trademark and Copyright

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