Heart and Circulatory System Reading Room Recent News Releases Articles Tests and Treatments Books and Resources Recent News Releases from JHM Traditional Risk-Factor Scoring Misses One-Third of Women Vulnerable to Coronary Heart Disease Hopkins Study Describes Potentially Fatal Heart Condition Among Young Athletes Hopkins Study May Change Rules for Treating Heart Failure Drug Compound Restores Youth to Aging Arterial Cells in Elderly Hypertensives, Hopkins Study Shows Cells Derived from Heart Stem Cells Can Repair Heart Attack Damage Heart Mapping Technique Safely Guides Catheter Repair of Arrhythmia Hopkins Study Finds No "Cognitive Decline" After Use of Heart-Lung Machine During Bypass Surgery Characteristic Cardiac Scar Pattern Predicts Risk of Fatal Arrhythmias Hopkins Experts Highlight Strategies For People to Raise Their Levels of So-Called Good HDL Cholesteral Exercise Stress Testing Helps Identify People at Risk of Developing Coronary Heart Disease Hopkins Researchers Develop New Way to Track Migration of Stem Cells Used to Treat Damaged Heart MRI Used to Map "Silent" Heart Changes that "Remodel" The Heart Stem Cell Therapy Successfully Treats Heart Attack in Animals Johns Hopkins Scientists use Gene Therapy to Prevent Heart Arrhythmias from Stem Cell Transplants Depression is Common in Patients after Heart Attack, New Johns Hopkins Study Shows "Fickle" Enzyme Helps Protect, but Also Can Promote Heart Failure, Animal Study Shows Researchers Identify Marker of Heart Disease in Low-Birthweight Babies Obesity Adds Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Siblings in Families with a History of Heart Problems Yeast Finding Links Processes in Heart Disease and Cancer Modern Implantable Heart Devices Safe for Use in MRI Scans   Isrupted Fat Cell Signaling in Obese Mice Linked to Increase Cell Death in Enlarged Hearts "Broken Heart" Syndrome: Real, Potentially Deadly but Recovery Quick Special Imaging Study Shows Failing Hearts are "Energy Starved" Sildenafil Effectively Treats Enlarged Hearts, Mouse Study Shows Simpler "Alphabet" Guidlines for Treating Acute Coronary Syndrome Reduce Risk Animal Studies Show Stem Cells Might Make Biological Pacemaker Size of Myocardial Infarct Measured Using MRI Wallflower Biochemical Pathway Has Protective Role in Heart Failure Ultrasound of Carotid Artery in Neck Detects Early Signs of Heart Failure Stem Cell Therapy Effectively Treats Heart Attacks in Animals "Painting" Technique Successfully Transfers Gene Therapy to Heart Genetic Testing Can Identify Ischemic and Nonischemic Heart Failure Method Developed to Replicate Stem Cells from the Heart Traditional Risk Factors Fail to Identify Women at High Risk of Heart Disease Exercise Prescriptions May Significantly Reduce Coronary Heart Disease Fetal Heart Monitoring Ineffective at Diagnosing Cerebral Palsy Formal Screening May Better Identify Depressed Heart Attack Survivors Aspirin May Not Be Strong Enough To Prevent Clots in Some Heart Patients Surgery Reconstructs Hearts in Failure WOMEN WITH MILD HYPERTENSION HAVE WORSE HEART FUNCTION OVER TIME SKIN CHOLESTEROL INDICATES PRESENCE OF PLAQUE BUILD-UP IN THE HEART Region of Chromosome 1 Important in Blood Pressure Regulation Hopkins Researchers Discover How Nitric Oxide Prevents Blood Vessel Inflammation Exercise Measures Identify Heart Disease in Seemingly Healthy Women Articles from JHM Alternative to Angiography? Alcohol and Your Heart Angioplasty Beats Clot-Busting Drugs for Most Heart Attack Patients Arm Blood Flow Could Predict Heart Attack Risk Bringing Angioplasty to the People Cheney Has Hopkins to Thank for His Heart Device Church-Based Programs Lower Heart Disease Risk For African-American Women Coffee Raises Blood Pressure, Though Not By Much Depression A Risk Factor For Coronary Artery Disease In Men Detecting a Deadly Heart Disease Detecting Heart Blockage Early Heart Repair For Marfan Syndrome Patients Critical To Survival Early Miscues Cause Late Problems in Model of Marfan Syndrome Exercise and Imaging Tests Predict Heart Events In High-Risk Families Finding Blockages After a Heart Attack Golf OK For Most Heart Disease Patients But Could Be Dangerous For Others Healthy Diet, Less Salt Dramatically Reduces Blood Pressure Heart and Circulatory System Glossary Heart Attack Warning Signs High Blood Pressure and Pregnancy High Blood Pressure Basics High Blood Pressure, Medications Increase Diabetes Risk Hopkins Researchers Study Heart Defect that Kills Athletes Hypertension: Measurements and Medications JHM Heart History Korean Americans At Risk For High Blood Pressure Medications in the Treatment of Angina MRI Identifies Heart Attack Risk Natural Hormone Could Reverse Heart Damage Nitric Oxide-Like Drug Could Revive A Failing Heart Nitroglycerin Not Foolproof In Diagnosing Heart Disease Pacemaker Therapy Halves Heart Failure Deaths Pacing Gives Heart Failure Patients New Lease on Life Pacing the Heart Out of Failure Positive Attitude Is Best Prevention Against Heart Disease Rare But Deadly Heart Disease Is Curable, Study Show Selecting and Using a Home Blood Pressure Monitor Snaking Up on the Aorta Study Affirms Non-Surgical Treatment for Arrhythimias Tennis Gets an Ace For Holding Off Heart Disease The Heart of the Matter Tests and Treatments Cardiac Valve Surgery Catheter Ablation Drugs for the Heart and Circulatory System Holter Monitor Pacemaker Tilt Table Test Heart and Circulatory System Books and Resources Johns Hopkins Heart Bulletin The Heart Bulletin is a quarterly publication that presents the latest information available to help you make informed decisions about your cardiac care. Every issue of the Heart Bulletin includes: Groundbreaking Studies—recent research breakthroughs reviewed by Roger S. Blumenthal, M. D., Director of the Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center and the medical editor of The Johns Hopkins Heart Bulletin. In-Depth Reports—interviews with the world’s leading specialists Grand Rounds—Dr. Blumenthal answers personal treatment questions submitted by subscribers The Johns Hopkins White Paper: Hypertension and Stroke Explains how to treat your high blood pressure and prevent it from harming your health. Also covers the two forms of stroke: ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke.   New topics include: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: The best way to get an accurate picture of your blood pressure. What to do if standard treatment doesn’t control your high blood pressure. Getting more folic acid in your diet appears to reduce the risk of stroke. How magnetic resonance imaging may be able to identify people at increased risk The Johns Hopkins White Paper: Heart Attack Prevention Focuses on lifesaving strategies for preventing a first heart attack, with up-to-date information on both established and newly discovered risk factors for heart attack; screening tests that can detect a problem before a heart attack occurs; lifestyle measures and medications that can dramatically lower your risk.  New topics include: Should you be tested for C-reactive protein to gauge your heart attack risk? Identifying candidates for special heart attack screening when there are no symptoms A new statin drug that lowers LDL cholesterol more effectively than other statins. The latest findings on alcohol’s protective powers for your heart. Beyond Cholesterol: The Johns Hopkins Complete Guide for Avoiding Heart Disease Peter Kwiterovich, M.D. The Heart of a Child: What Families Need to Know about Heart Disorders in Children Catherine A. Neill, M.D., Edward B. Clark, M.D., and Carleen Clark, R.N.