Cardiovascular - April 2014 Archives

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What does cardiac rehab involve? Do you recommend it for everyone who’s had a heart attack, or only in certain cases? ANSWER: Cardiac rehabilitation is extremely beneficial for people with a variety of heart disorders. It involves a combination of medically supervised exercise, education and risk factor management. The goals of cardiac rehabilitation are to reduce symptoms, improve physical and mental function, and prevent further heart problems. People who participate in cardiac rehabilitation are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital, and they enjoy a 25 to 45 percent improvement in survival rates compared with people who do not engage in cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehabilitation is definitely recommended for individuals with the following diagnoses: heart attack; percutaneous coronary intervention, including coronary angioplasty and stents; chronic stable angina; coronary bypass surgery; heart valve repair or valve replacement surgery; heart transplant; and systolic heart failure (impaired heart contraction).

JACKSONVILLE, Flórida — Um dos grandes problemas de saúde, hoje em dia, está relacionado ao aumento dos níveis de colesterol no sangue. A ingestão de alimentos ricos em gorduras saturadas, o sedentarismo, o ritmo de vida acelerado e o tabagismo se traduzem em um aumento das patologias conhecidas como “não transmissíveis” ou crônicas. Dessas, as doenças cardiovasculares e cerebrovasculares, relacionadas diretamente com a maior ingestão de gorduras, ocupam os primeiros lugares como causa de mortalidade em nível global. Por isso, a ciência médica trabalha sem descanso para desenvolver novos medicamentos e novas terapias para fazer frente a esses problemas de uma maneira mais eficaz.

He's a veteran of the WW II 10th Mountain Division and survived intense fighting during his tour of duty in that war. But decades later George Nelson faced another battle. This time a serious heart problem took him to Mayo Clinic for a highly specialized operation.   [TRT 3:25] Journalists: The full package and additional b-roll are available in the downloads. To access the script, click here.    This is a special report produced for the Mayo Clinic 150th Anniversary Collection of Stories. To view other stories and learn about Mayo Clinic's sesquicentennial, please click here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQIWe4zpL1g  

MULTIMEDIA ALERT: Mayo Clinic study finds rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk of kidney disease ROCHESTER, Minn. — Rheumatoid arthritis patients are likelier than the average person to develop chronic kidney disease, and more severe inflammation in the first year of rheumatoid arthritis, corticosteroid use, high blood pressure and obesity are among the risk factors, new Mayo Clinic research shows.  Physicians should test rheumatoid arthritis patients periodically for signs of kidney problems, and patients should work to keep blood pressure under control, avoid a high-salt diet, and eliminate or scale back medications damaging to the kidneys, says senior author Eric Matteson, M.D., Mayo rheumatology chair.  The study is published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the National Kidney Foundation journal . Researchers studied 813 Mayo Clinic patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 813 without it. They found that over a 20-year period, people with rheumatoid arthritis have a 1 in 4 chance of developing chronic kidney disease, compared with the general population’s 1-in-5 risk. Journalists: Sound bites with Dr. Matteson are available in the downloads.