Cardiology
Footballer cardiac arrest sparks renewed calls for defibrillators at grounds
Campaigners have renewed calls for more defibrillators to be made available following the cardiac arrest of a footballer during Euro 2020.
Jun 21, 2021
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News tagged with heart rhythms
Cardiology
Could your smart watch alert you to risk of sudden death?
Researchers have developed an algorithm that could ultimately enable smart watches to alert wearers to potentially deadly changes in their heart rhythm. The research, presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference, ...
Jun 10, 2021
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Cardiology
Finerenone may delay onset of AFib in patients with chronic kidney disease, diabetes
Patients with chronic kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes who took the experimental drug finerenone were about 30% less likely to develop the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (AFib) than those taking a placebo, according ...
May 17, 2021
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Cardiology
Type of heart failure may influence treatment strategies in patients with AFib
Among patients with both heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib), treatment strategies focused on controlling the heart rhythm (using catheter ablation) and those focused on controlling the heart rate (using drugs and/or ...
May 17, 2021
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Health
Alcohol may have immediate effect on atrial fibrillation risk, events
Alcohol appears to have an immediate—or near-immediate—effect on heart rhythm, significantly increasing the chance that an episode of atrial fibrillation (AFib) will occur, according to new data presented at the American ...
May 17, 2021
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Cardiology
Why does heart scarring cause abnormal rhythms in some people but not others?
Scientists have shed light on why some people who have a stroke do not also have abnormal heart rhythms, even though their hearts contain similar scar tissue.
May 4, 2021
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Cardiology
Researchers describe rare case of heart rhythm problem in newborn with Turner syndrome
Doctors treating babies born with Turner syndrome need to look for heart rhythm abnormalities, in addition to the usual heart problems of high blood pressure or left-sided structural heart defects, according to Meena Bolourchi, ...
Apr 30, 2021
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People with heart rhythm disorders warned over cannabis use
A study of 2.4 million hospitalized cannabis users has found that those with an arrhythmia were 4.5 times more likely to die while in hospital than those without. The research is presented at EHRA 2021, an online scientific ...
Apr 23, 2021
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Cardiology
Smartphone app detects silent atrial fibrillation in American Indians
A smartphone-based electrocardiogram (ECG) screening accurately detected previously unknown atrial fibrillation in American Indians, and more than half who were diagnosed with the irregular heart rhythm were younger than ...
Apr 21, 2021
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Cardiology
FDA approves first nonsurgical heart valve for congenital heart disease
(HealthDay)—The first-ever nonsurgical heart valve to treat patients with severe pulmonary valve regurgitation, often resulting from congenital heart disease, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency ...
Mar 30, 2021
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