News tagged with fibrillation

Medical myth: Flatlining patients can be shocked back to life

Beep….beep……….beep……….beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. "We're losing him. Out of my way, nurse!" The quick-thinking young doctor charges the defibrillator paddles and places them on the chest of ...

Cardiology created May 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reseachers develop new 3-D technology to treat atrial fibrillation

Researchers at the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center have developed a new 3-D technology that for the first time allows cardiologists the ability to see the precise source of atrial fibrillation ...

Cardiology created May 11, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

Study: Fish oil's work vs. heart attacks limited

Eating fish is good for your heart, but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found.

Cardiology created May 08, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two new papers on dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa) and intracranial hemorrhage

The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group is pleased to announce publication of two new studies on dabigatran etexilate (Pradaxa®) and intracranial hemorrhage: one in the Journal of Neurosurgery and the other in Neur ...

Surgery created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ESC guide on new oral anticoagulant drugs

A practical guide on the use of the new oral anticoagulants (NOACs) has been produced by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). A guide was needed to summarise existing information ...

Cardiology created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine EKG finding could signal serious heart problem

A common test that records the heart's electrical activity could predict potentially serious cardiovascular illness, according to a UC San Francisco-led study.

Cardiology created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study finds digoxin safe despite recent reports

A study published today in the European Heart Journal found no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the opposite of results just published by another group in the same journa ...

Cardiology created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Haemodialysis works for reducing dabigatran levels: Implications for urgent use during bleeding or surgery

Dabigatran is one of the new oral anticoagulants which are increasingly used to prevent thrombosis. In case of an emergency (e.g. bleeding or urgent surgery), there are - despite the lack of a specific antidote - effective ...

Cardiology created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World's most detailed 3-D computer model of heart chambers

Researchers from The University of Auckland have developed the world's most detailed 3D computer models of the heart's upper chambers.

Cardiology created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Newly approved blood thinner may increase susceptibility to some viral infections

A study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina indicates that a newly approved blood thinner that blocks a key component of the human blood clotting system may increase the risk and severity of certain viral ...

Medical research created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Parkinson's disease protein gums up garbage disposal system in cells

(Medical Xpress)—Clumps of α-synuclein protein in nerve cells are hallmarks of many degenerative brain diseases, most notably Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood protein able to detect higher risk of cardiovascular events

Higher levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) were associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events in people with cardiac chest pain that developed as a result of heart disease/coronary artery ...

Cardiology created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tau transmission model opens doors for new Alzheimer's, Parkinson's therapies

Injecting synthetic tau fibrils into animal models induces Alzheimer's-like tau tangles and imitates the spread of tau pathology, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Neuroscience created Mar 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Symptoms and care of irregular heartbeats differ by gender

Women with atrial fibrilation have more symptoms and lower quality of life than men with the same heart condition, according to an analysis of patients in a large national registry compiled by the Duke Clinical Research Institute.

Cardiology created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fibrillation

Fibrillation is the rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of muscle fibers. An important occurrence is with regards to the heart.

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