News tagged with heart rhythms
Related topics: atrial fibrillation , sudden cardiac death , heart failure , stroke , heart
Research links circadian rhythms to sudden cardiac death
A fundamental discovery reported in the March 1st issue of the journal Nature, uncovers the first molecular evidence linking the body's natural circadian rhythms to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Ventricular arrhythmias, or abn ...
Cardiology
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Researchers solve puzzle of proteins linked to heart failure
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 ...
Medical research
Feb 22, 2012 |
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UCSD uses heat energy to fix odd heart beat
(Medical Xpress) -- UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center is now offering patients with atrial fibrillation the breakthrough benefits of heat energy, or radio frequency waves, to irreversibly alter heart ...
Cardiology
Feb 17, 2012 |
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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
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Study shows fainting factor in cardiac arrests
A new study by Dr. Andrew Krahn shows that over a quarter of unexplained cardiac arrests occurred after the patient had an event of fainting, known as syncope. According to Dr. Krahn, a Cardiologist at London Health Sciences ...
Cardiology
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Erratic heart rhythm may account for some unexplained strokes
Occasional erratic heart rhythms appear to cause about one-fifth of strokes for which a cause is not readily established, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference ...
Cardiology
Feb 02, 2012 |
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MS drug prevented fatal heart condition in lab study
A drug used to treat multiple sclerosis may also be effective at preventing and reversing the leading cause of heart attack, a new study has found.
Cardiology
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Cardiologists suggest patient-centered approach to replacing implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
More than 100,000 implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted in the United States annually, fully a quarter of those are generator replacements simply because the battery is depleted. But are all those replacements ...
Cardiology
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Middle-aged men with upper-normal blood pressure at risk for AF
Middle-aged men at the upper end of normal blood pressure had an elevated risk for atrial fibrillation later in life, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Cardiology
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Atrial arrhythmias detected by pacemakers increase risk of stroke
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.
Cardiology
Jan 11, 2012 |
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FDA adds new heart warning to Sanofi's Multaq
Federal health officials have added new safety warnings to the heart rhythm drug Multaq after company studies linked the pill to higher rates of heart attack, stroke and death in a subset of patients.
Medications
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Snipping key nerves may help life threatening heart rhythms
What do sweaty palms and abnormal heart rhythms have in common? Both can be initiated by the nervous system during adrenaline-driven "flight or fight" stress reaction when the body senses danger.
Cardiology
Dec 19, 2011 |
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The benefits of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in heart failure
However, large-scale clinical trials have highlighted the beneficial effect of cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) in the improvement of symptoms and reduction of mortality, and CRT is now recommended in the major European ...
Cardiology
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Reusing pacemakers from deceased patients is safe and effective, study finds
Many heart patients in India are too poor to afford pacemakers. But a study has found that removing pacemakers from deceased Americans, resterilizing the devices and implanting them in Indian patients "is very safe and effective."
Cardiology
Dec 06, 2011 |
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New method for safer dosing of anticoagulants
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 ...
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