Tag: cardiovascular
Polypill along with aspirin cuts heart attacks & strokes by up...
The International Polycap Study 3 (TIPS-3) was conducted in 89 centres from nine countries, including 39 centres in India. The study took about 8 years to complete globally with participants taking medication for an average of 4.5 years............
AliveCor brings world’s only six-lead, FDA-cleared personal ECG device to India
AliveCor’s entry into India comes at an opportune time when the public is cautioned to stay at home and the condition of most patients suffering from heart abnormalities has been worsening.....................
Astrazeneca’s diabetes drug, Dapagliflozin shows positive results for CKD in global...
AstraZeneca’s dapagliflozin is the first medicine in SGLT-2i class to move into a new disease area by demonstrating efficacy and safety data for the treatment of patients with CKD...................
New sensor device to rapidly detect heart diseases
The research project to develop the device is a joint effort between IIT Hyderabad and Delhi Technological University collaborating with researchers from IIT Kanpur, Zoological Survey of India and Iowa State University in the United States.................
A diabetes drug can prevent cardiovascular & kidney diseases also: study
The study, which involved a follow-up of more than five years, found that the risk of cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes were reduced by 12% in persons taking Dulaglutide injections compared to people taking a placebo........................
Apollo Hospitals & Abbott join forces to build India’s first cardiac...
Apollo Hospitals becomes the first to adopt Abbott's High Sensitive Troponin-I blood test technology to screen otherwise healthy people for the risk of developing heart disease. The collaboration will focus on generating India-specific insights to enable physician..........................
World’s first-in-human telerobotic coronary intervention performed in Ahmedabad
Dr Tejas Patel used CorPath technology of Corindus Vascular Robotics, to conduct the first-in-human (FIH) telerobotic coronary intervention. This is the world’s First Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) conducted from a remote location outside of the catherization lab...………...
Claims for heart ailments witness a 61% upsurge over last three...
Claims data by SBI General Insurance shows a 79% increase in total claim amount paid for cardiovascular diseases for the age group of 45 to 55 years from FY 15-16 to FY 17-18. Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu witness a higher...………..
Regenerative medicine can displace current treatments in CVMD space, says GlobalData
As per the GlobalData, key opinion leaders interviewed by it are eager to have these novel treatments at their disposal, especially for patients with advanced heart failure...………..
CPR training must for family members of patients suffering from heart...
While acute cardiovascular diseases are killing even the young population in the country, the Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique useful when breathing or heartbeat in a person stops.................