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Many people with implantable defibrillators can safely participate in vigorous sports according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-sports-heart-zapping-device.html Health Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:01 EST news288291001 The rate of strokes suffered by Australians has dropped over the past 20 years, while strokes caused by an irregular heartbeat now account for one third of all strokes, according to new research led by the University of Adelaide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-australia-decline.html Cardiology Thu, 16 May 2013 06:03:51 EST news287903022 (HealthDay)—Kcentra (prothrombin complex concentrate, human) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat severe acute bleeding in adults after administration of the anti-clotting drug warfarin and similar products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-kcentra-severe-heart-patients.html Medications Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:50:01 EST news286547963 Researchers from The University of Auckland have developed the world's most detailed 3D computer models of the heart's upper chambers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-world-d-heart-chambers.html Cardiology Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:43:38 EST news284291011 The future is unclear for a promising heart device aimed at preventing strokes in people at high risk of them because of an irregular heartbeat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-device-key-goal.html Cardiology Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:12:15 EST news282064316 Blockages in your heart arteries could mean you're more likely to have a stroke, even if you're considered low risk, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-clogged-heart-arteries-foreshadow.html Cardiology Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:00:01 EST news281281975 The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved the anticlotting drug Eliquis, developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Pfizer Inc. It's a potential blockbuster drug in a new category of medicines to prevent strokes and heart attacks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fda-anticlotting-drug-eliquis.html Medications Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:54:15 EST news275939650 Regulators in Japan have approved sales of an anticlotting drug called Eliquis, developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Pfizer Inc., that's a potential blockbuster in a new category of medicines to prevent strokes and heart attacks. But that's only if it can win U.S. approval, as two rival drugs have done. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-bristol-myers-pfizer-eliquis-japan.html Medications Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:43:13 EST news275755378 (Medical Xpress)—News reports broke this week that since 2003, three Canadian teens have died from drinking energy drinks, and 35 others have suffered series side effects like amnesia and irregular heartbeat. Young people are increasingly turning to energy drinks to fuel study sessions, as well as coming to rely on them in everyday life. But according to a U of T caffeine expert, these kids are playing a dangerous game. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dangerous-energy-young-people.html Health Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:18:15 EST news272708164 European regulators have approved a crucial new anticlotting drug, Eliquis, for preventing strokes and dangerous clots in the circulatory system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-bristol-pfizer-anticlot-drug-key-eu.html Medications Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:39:37 EST news272651965 First developed in the 1950s, beta blockers have been a mainstay in medicine for decades, used to treat everything from heart disease to stage fright to glaucoma. But some older classes of beta blockers are causing new concerns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-expert-beta-blocker-habit.html Cardiology Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:39:09 EST news271921135 (HealthDay)—A hoped-for effect of fish oil supplements in preventing an irregular heartbeat that often follows heart surgery did not materialize in a major new trial. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-fish-oil-wont-irregular-heartbeat.html Cardiology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:30:05 EST news271358656 A new anticoagulant called apixaban is superior to warfarin in preventing stroke with consistent effects across a wide range of stroke and bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-apixaban-superior-warfarin-range-patient.html Cardiology Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:30:03 EST news268329611 Medical residents training to work in the emergency department need more formal stroke training, says a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress, noting that, as the first point of contact in stroke care, they see nearly 100 per cent of stroke patients taken to hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-emergency-grade.html Cardiology Mon, 01 Oct 2012 03:00:44 EST news268279231 (AP)—Advisers to European Union regulators have recommended approval of a new anti-clotting drug for use by adults with a common irregular heart rhythm that boosts risk of strokes or blood clots, drugmakers Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Pfizer Inc. said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-anti-clot-drug-eu.html Medications Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:09:06 EST news267451731 (Medical Xpress)—Findings from a recent American Heart Association/American Stroke Association survey noted the increased awareness in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation and the correlation between this condition and stroke.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-percentage-patients-aware-link-atrial.html Cardiology Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:19:48 EST news266145558 Fewer people died or needed expensive long-term care when their physicians focused on the top risk factors for stroke and dementia, according to research reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-physicians-focus-dementia-money.html Cardiology Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:00:12 EST news261750736 (HealthDay) -- The new blood thinner Xarelto appears to lower the chances of potentially fatal blood clots in high-risk heart patients, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration review has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-blood-thinner-chances-clots-high-risk.html Medications Mon, 21 May 2012 21:30:01 EST news256843717 (HealthDay) -- New evidence suggests that a type of overactive thyroid condition appears to boost the risk of heart problems, especially atrial fibrillation (a form of irregular heartbeat) and premature death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-thyroid-condition-linked-heart-problems.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:10:01 EST news254593945 Some patients with irregular heartbeats who are taken off anti-clotting medication face a high risk of stroke or blood clotting within a month, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association's Emerging Science Series webinar. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-high-anti-clotting-drugs.html Cardiology Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:02:57 EST news254577764 Drugs that are commonly used to prevent osteoporosis may increase the risk of serious inflammatory eye disease in first-time users, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-osteoporosis-drugs-eye-disease.html Ophthalmology Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:00:10 EST news252584667 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have identified genetic causes in nearly 1 in 5 patients who suffer a type of heart failure called dilated cardiomyopathy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-genetic-patients-dilated-cardiomyopathy-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:52:23 EST news252053513 In the United States alone, approximately 6 million people suffer from an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation (AF), and since the incidence increases with age, it is predicted that 15.9 million Americans will be affected by 2050. The most devastating side effect of AF is stroke, but a new device from Boston Scientific may prevent them from occurring. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-stroke-preventing-technology-jove.html Cardiology Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:29:15 EST news249647343 An irregular heartbeat -- atrial fibrillation -- is a strong predictor of cognitive decline and the loss of independence in daily activities in older people at risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-irregular-heartbeat-strong-predictor-decline.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:00:01 EST news249565244 Sudden cardiac death is a risk for patients with heart failure because the calcium inside their heart cells is not properly controlled and this can lead to an irregular heartbeat. New findings published in PLoS ONE, which reveal mechanisms that underlie this life-threatening risk, provide new possibilities for fighting it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-puzzle-proteins-linked-heart-failure.html Medical research Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:03:57 EST news249134627 An irregular heartbeat that you don't even feel but can be picked up by a pacemaker is associated with a significantly increased risk of stroke, says a new McMaster University study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-atrial-arrhythmias-pacemakers.html Cardiology Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:49:29 EST news245526560 Dr. Rabab Mohsin, an internal medicine resident at the University of Kentucky, working with Dr. Alison Bailey of the University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute, has discovered that the drug warfarin was underutilized in a large study group of women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-warfarin-underutilized-women.html Medications Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:40:03 EST news242996577 Elderly people with atrial fibrillation are often treated with anticoagulants to thin the blood, but this medicine is hard to dose and patients have to have their blood tested regularly. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology have now devised a new method that improves the accuracy of risk assessments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-method-safer-dosing-anticoagulants.html Other Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:48:14 EST news242401682 Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disturbance in the United States and affects 2 to 4 million Americans. It is usually a disease of aging, however it can affect people of all ages -- 1 percent of people under age 60 and 10 percent of all people over age 80 have AF. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-medical-minute-atrial-fibrillation-.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:54:36 EST news237099242 Loyola University Medical Center is testing a high-tech catheter device that's intended to improve outcomes of patients treated for atrial fibrillation, the most common irregular heartbeat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-loyola-device-atrial-fibrillation.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:24:05 EST news235315427