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Marfan clinic is largest in Midwest

Sept. 17, 2009 -- Marfan syndrome is almost as common as cystic fibrosis or muscular dystrophy, but doctors sometimes miss its signature traits that include unusual height, long, spindly arms, legs and fingers, a sunken chest and loose jointedness. To improve diagnosis, physicians at the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital have established the Marfan Clinic, which has quickly become the largest multidisciplinary in the Midwest for Marfans and related syndromes.


Diabetics need D -- the vitamin

Research shows why low vitamin D raises heart disease risks in diabetics

Aug. 21, 2009 -- Low levels of vitamin D are known to nearly double the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, and now researchers at the School of Medicine think they know why. They have found that diabetics deficient in vitamin D can't process cholesterol normally, so it builds up in their blood vessels, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke.


Cancer succumbs to bee stings

Tumors feel the deadly sting of nanobees

Aug. 10, 2009 --
A computer simulation of a nanoparticle showing its core of perfluorocarbon (green) and its lipid coating (red, orange and blue).
When bees sting, they pump poison into their victims. Now the toxin in bee venom has been harnessed to kill tumor cells by researchers at the School of Medicine. The researchers attached the major component of bee venom to nano-sized spheres that they call nanobees.



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Brian Gage

Associate professor of medicine

Gage is an internist and health service researcher. He specializes in two related fields: antithrombotic therapy and stroke prevention. He has developed a formula that can help predict the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. These patients have a fivefold increased risk of stroke. ...


Expertise: antithrombotic therapy, stroke, atrial fibrillation

Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu


Nader Moazami

Director of Cardiac Transplantation

Moazami is an assistant professor of surgery in the Cardiac Surgery Section of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. He also is an attending cardiothoracic surgeon and chief of cardiac transplantation at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. While his principal clinical ...


Expertise: Surgical treatment of heart failure, ventricular assist device, end-stage heart disease, cardiac surgery, mechanical support, LVAD

Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu



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Child athlete's death revives heart testing debate
Associated Press and 24 others

Aug. 25, 2009 -- An obese eighth-grader's sudden death during a football conditioning lap has revived discussion about whether testing children's hearts before they engage in sports or strenuous activity is necessary. WUSTL cardiovascular professor Keith Mankowitz, who directs an athletes screening program, said some conditions go undetected during routine screening.


Genes Explain Race Disparity in Response to a Heart Drug
The New York Times and 5 others

April 29, 2008 -- Doctors who treat patients with heart failure have long been puzzled that many black patients seem to not respond to a class of drugs called beta blockers.
Now researchers at WUSTL and U. Maryland have found that these nonresponsive patients have a slightly altered version of a gene that muscles use to control responses to nerve signals.
The discovery raises questions about whom to treat with beta blockers and how to decide, researchers say. But, they add, its implications go beyond heart failure.
WUSTL cardiologist and principal investigator Gerald Dorn comments.


Angioplasty's golden era may be fading
USA Today and 1 others

March 27, 2008 -- Three major studies published in the past two years indicate that using the angioplasty to open blocked arteries to treat chest pain, or angina, may be riskier and no more beneficial than medication. WUSTL cardiologist Michael Rich comments on the study.


Weight loss by diet or exercise benefits heart
Reuters and 7 others

Jan. 31, 2008 -- Shedding excess pounds may restore some of the heart's youth, whether the weight loss comes from eating less or exercising more, the results of a small study in the American Journal of Physiology suggests.
WUSTL's Sandor J. Kovacs, cardiology professor, is the senior researcher on the study and comments.


Obese Kids Shows Signs Of Heart Trouble
WNBC.com (NY) and 42 others

Oct. 19, 2007 -- Obese children show early signs of heart disease, according to WUSTL medical school researchers led by pediatric cardiologist Angela Sharkey.
The study was published in the Winter 2007 issue of the Journal of Cardiometabolic Syndrome.



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