Analysis Function
Examine how the research we assist are exhibiting the significance of wholesome life-style modifications to decrease the chance of a coronary heart assault: Small modifications for a wholesome coronary heart.
Our Division of Cardiovascular Sciences and its Grownup and Pediatric Cardiac Analysis Program and Atherothrombosis and Coronary Artery Illness Department oversee a lot of the analysis on coronary heart assaults we fund.
Analysis funding
Discover funding alternatives and program contacts for coronary heart assault analysis.
Present analysis on reducing the chance of a coronary heart assault
The NHLBI helps a number of long-term research to raised perceive the chance components for a coronary heart assault. These research are exploring how life-style habits, coronary heart and blood vessel ailments, stress, and our genes can increase the chance of a coronary heart assault, and the way these danger components have an effect on completely different populations. The research we fund embrace the next:
- Threat components for atherosclerosis: The Atherosclerosis Threat in Communities (ARIC) Examine and the Multi-Ethnic Examine of Atherosclerosis (MESA) are investigating the causes of atherosclerosis, which might trigger coronary heart assaults.
- Coronary heart assault danger within the younger: The Coronary Artery Threat Improvement in Younger Adults Examine (CARDIA) is concentrated on discovering coronary heart assault danger components that start in younger maturity.
- Widespread contributors to coronary heart illness: The Framingham Coronary heart Examine (FHS) is a multi-generational research to seek out widespread components that contribute to heart problems
- Hispanic/Latino coronary heart well being: The Hispanic Neighborhood Well being Examine/Examine of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) is a complete research of Hispanic and Latino well being, together with coronary heart well being, in the USA.
- African American coronary heart well being: The Jackson Coronary heart Examine (JHS) is investigating the causes of heart problems in African-Individuals.
- American Indians and heart problems: The Robust Coronary heart Examine (SHS) is a research of heart problems and its danger components amongst American Indian women and men.
- HIV and coronary heart assault danger: By way of the NHLBI HIV/AIDS Program and the MACS/WIHS Mixed Cohort Examine, we’re funding analysis to grasp the chance of coronary heart assaults in folks dwelling with HIV.
The analysis we fund will assist discover efficient and focused methods to handle danger components to stop coronary heart assaults. Knowledge from these research can be found by way of the Biologic Specimen and Knowledge Repository Data Coordinating Middle (BioLINCC).
NHLBI Information
Examine how smoking can have an effect on your danger of a coronary heart assault within the function article African Individuals who smoke appear at greater danger of coronary coronary heart illness.
Discover extra NHLBI-funded research on the chance components for coronary heart assaults at NIH RePORTER.
Present analysis on coronary heart assault therapy
- Anemia remedies after coronary heart assault: The NHLBI funds the Myocardial Ischemia and Transfusion (MINT) medical trial, which was set as much as set up acceptable blood transfusion tips to deal with anemia in individuals who have had a coronary heart assault.
- New therapy choices: We assist analysis to seek out new remedies that may assist the guts restore and substitute broken tissue after a coronary heart assault. Such therapy choices would assist enhance coronary heart perform and stop problems.
- Irritation after coronary heart assault: Coronary heart assaults trigger irritation which will increase harm to the guts. NHLBI-supported scientists are working to find new medicines that can forestall or decrease irritation after a coronary heart assault. This can assist forestall coronary heart harm and enhance restoration.
Discover extra NHLBI-funded research on coronary heart assault remedies at NIH RePORTER.
Present analysis on stopping problems after a coronary heart assault
- Adherence to cardiac rehabilitation: Cardiac rehabilitation may help enhance coronary heart perform and stop problems after a coronary heart assault. Nonetheless, many individuals don’t keep on with their cardiac rehabilitation plan. The NHLBI funds analysis to seek out out whether or not offering a case supervisor and monetary rewards may help encourage folks to stay to their cardiac rehabilitation plan.
- Insulin resistance after coronary heart assault: Some folks develop insulin resistance after having a coronary heart assault. We fund analysis to find how a coronary heart assault could cause modifications within the physique that increase the chance of insulin resistance and diabetes.
- Arrythmias after coronary heart assault: A coronary heart assault can increase the chance of an irregular heartbeat, which might trigger cardiac arrest. The NHLBI funds analysis to grasp how a coronary heart assault causes modifications to the nerves that management your heartbeat.
Discover extra NHLBI-funded research on stopping problems after a coronary heart assault at NIH RePORTER.
