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Filter by:To understand how depression leads to congestive heart failure (CHF) in older adults.
To investigate whether soy food intake reduces risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and fatal coronary heart disease in Chinese women.
To determine whether or not women with a history of having a baby with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) was more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease versus women with a pregnancy not complicated by IUGR.
Testosterone has traditionally been regarded as a risk factor for heart disease due to the fact that males have a higher incidence of this disease than women, at least until the menopause. However recent studies have shown that men with low levels of testosterone may be at an increased risk of developing coronary heart disease (furring up of the blood vessels supplying blood to the heart). Our group has demonstrated a relaxing effect of testosterone in isolated animal coronary arteries (blood vessels supplying blood to the heart). We have shown that short-term testosterone administration can increase coronary artery and brachial artery (blood vessel in the arm) blood flow and can decrease the lack of blood supply to the heart muscle in men with coronary artery disease. These findings indicate a need for similar but longer-term studies to investigate the possible beneficial effects of longer-term testosterone therapy on the heart and blood vessels. Should this treatment be shown to be beneficial to men with coronary artery disease it may be a useful additional therapy for men with the furring up of arteries in the heart and the resulting angina. Aim To investigate our hypothesis that testosterone can beneficially affect myocardial perfusion, vascular reactivity, metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease and improve quality of life in men with low plasma testosterone levels and coronary heart disease.
The purpose of this study is to assess brain natriuretic peptide levels to evaluate the relationship of those levels with the diagnosis of congenital cardiac disease, operation performed, post-operative course, and outcome.
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy between two lipid lowering treatments, rosuvastatin (10-40 mg) and atorvastatin (20-80 mg) in reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels after 16 weeks of treatment in patients with coronary heart disease
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether eating a fast food meal (high in saturated fat) will result in greater increases in inflammatory markers than eating a meal with low levels of saturated fat and higher levels of mono-unsaturated fat. This study is a first step in learning about how dietary fat intake can directly impact risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
The Viva Bien! trial will comprehensively evaluate a multiple risk factor intervention (diet, physical activity, stress management, social support, and smoking cessation) in a randomized effectiveness trial, which will be offered in English and Spanish to diabetic Latinas.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the SF-36 can be administered reliably to cardiac surgery patients (two to three days) post-surgery, with the patient answering the questions of this survey from a pre-surgical perspective.
Primary Hypothesis Children whose mothers receive the FBC sessions will have significantly lower BMI one year after the intervention compared to control group children whose families receive an active placebo control. Secondary Hypotheses In families that receive the FBC, household availability of fruits and vegetables will increase, and availability of high fat foods will decrease, as measured by multiple household food inventories, compared to control group families exposed to an active placebo intervention. Household level of food security, mothers' food purchase motives and family food interaction will influence the effects of the FBC on household food supplies.