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iPads could affect implanted heart devices, early study finds

(HealthDay)—Sprawled out on the couch, reading the news on your iPad, you'd never think you could be putting yourself at risk. But you might be, if you happen to have an implanted heart device.

Cardiology created May 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cardiac function unaffected by prior intensive insulin therapy

(HealthDay)—There was no effect of intensive versus conventional insulin therapy during the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) on cardiac parameters as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance ...

Diabetes created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

MRI saves heart muscle

Researchers using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) discovered that thinned non-contracting heart muscle caused by a heart attack can potentially improve in function and be reversed after cardiac bypass surgery. This ...

Cardiology created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scarring of heart muscle linked with increased risk of death in patients with type of cardiomyopathy

Detection of midwall fibrosis (the presence of scar tissue in the middle of the heart muscle wall) via magnetic resonance imaging among patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (a condition affecting the heart muscle) ...

Cardiology created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MRI-friendly defibrillator implant opens doors for thousands of cardiac patients currently denied MRIs

Every year an estimated 1.5 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are performed in Canada and the number is growing at a rate of about 10 per cent per year. At the same time, a soaring number of Canadians who rely ...

Cardiology created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bariatric surgery in extremely obese adolescents may also help treat previously undiagnosed cardiovascular abnormalities

(Medical Xpress)—This time of year many people make resolutions to live a healthier lifestyle, exercise more, lose weight and eat better. For the adolescents who are extremely obese in this country, diet ...

Surgery created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study confirms that intracoronary and intravenous use of abciximab during angioplasty yield similar results

A study confirmed no differences in various measures of heart damage, according to cardiac magnetic resonance (MRI) imaging, in patients receiving the anti-clotting medication abxicimab directly into the heart (intracoronary) ...

Cardiology created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Thickening of heart's right ventricle could foreshadow heart failure and cardiovascular death in heart-healthy patients

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in a new study that thickening of the heart's right ventricle is associated with an increased risk of heart failure ...

Cardiology created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cardiac study evaluates prevalence of unrecognized heart attacks among older adults

Using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging among older adults in Iceland, researchers estimated the prevalence of unrecognized heart attacks, which was associated with an increased risk of death, according to a study in the ...

Cardiology created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Magnetic resonance imaging with side effects

Great care should be taken when performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with a cardiac pacemaker. Henning Bovenschulte and his co-authors review recent findings in the latest issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt In ...

Other created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cardiac MRI shown to improve diagnosis in patients with life-threatening arrhythmias

New research from Western University, Canada, has demonstrated the benefits of performing Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) in cases where patients have been resuscitated after Sudden Cardiac Death or enter hospital ...

Cardiology created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

EAE/ASE 3D echocardiography image acquisition recommendations

For the first time, a joint committee of the European Association for Echocardiography and the American Society of Echocardiography have issued recommendations on image acquisition using three-dimensional echocardiography ...

Cardiology created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop a way to monitor engineered blood vessels as they grow in patients

Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nanoparticle technology, researchers from Yale have devised a way to monitor the growth of laboratory-engineered blood vessels after they have been implanted in patients. This advance ...

Medical research created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hopkins study finds MRI tests safe for people with implanted cardiac devices

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), an important diagnostic test, has traditionally been off limits to more than 2 million people in the United States who have an implanted pacemaker to regulate heart rhythms or an implanted ...

Cardiology created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heart scan could replace angiogram for some patients

A study published today in the journal Circulation showed that a cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) scan is as accurate as an angiogram in diagnosing the causes of heart failure in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. The ...

Cardiology created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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