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iFR and FFR Are Equally Safe to Diagnose and Treat Heart Disease According to Largest-ever Analysis of New Real-world, Long-term Data

Safety of Philips’ iFR in the guidance of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for heart disease demonstrated in late-breaking science at TCT 2023 highlighting patient-level outcomes analysis of 42,000 patients from the National Swedeheart Quality Registry Previous data demonstrate that iFR delivers consistent patient outcomes, reduces discomfort and offers a more cost-effective and faster diagnostic solution [...]

Risk of Heart Disease Can be Measured by Looking at Patient Get Up from Chair and Walk

SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that one can measure the risk of cardiovascular disease just by looking at how patients get up from a chair and walk. Researchers at Samsung Medical Center and Seoul National University Hospital International Healthcare Center (IFC) analyzed the test results of 1.08 million senior [...]

Fine Dust Increases Risk of Heart Disease, Say Researchers

SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – High fine dust levels have been found to increase the risk of angina, a new study has found. Exposure to fine dust particles can increase the risk of angina, which is often a symptom of coronary heart disease that causes pain the chest, according to researchers at the Korea University [...]

Being Short Increases Risk of Heart Disease: Study

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Internal medicine researchers at Gachon University Gil Hospital revealed Thursday that height can also have an influence on the incidence of heart disease, in addition to conventional factors such as diet, obesity rate and exercise. The study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence rate of heart diseases like heart [...]

Barley Consumption Lowers ‘Bad Cholesterol’

SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent study, barley can significantly lower levels of bad cholesterol that is closely related to cardiovascular diseases. A web-based medical and health news service, Medical Xpress, reported that Dr. Vladimir Vuksan, the director of the Risk Factor Modification Center at St. Michael’s Hospital in Canada, arrived at [...]

[Infographic] How to Prevent No.1 Cause of Death: Heart Disease

SEOUL, Oct.6 (Korea Bizwire) – September 29 is the World Heart Day. The Korean Society of Cardiology lets you know ten ways to lower your heart disease risk in celebration of the day. Keeping your heart healthy, whatever your age, is the most important thing you can do to help prevent and manage heart disease, since the [...]