What is sudden adult death syndrome?
When Mark Hughes, the former Manchester United and Wales manager, lost his 38-year-old son, an inquest found the cause was sudden adult death syndrome, or SADS.
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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms: News and Research on Tachycardia, Ventricular
MeSH tree: C23.550.073.845.940
Automated 3D heart tissue platform speeds up cardiac drug testing
Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Leiden-based biotech company Ncardia have joined forces to develop a new platform that enables the automated production of 3D cardiac microtissues. This platform ...
Jan 22, 2026
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Pulsed field ablation system shows promise for reducing ventricular tachycardia recurrence
Six-month outcomes from the Ventricular Catheter Ablation Study, the first-in-human evaluation of its FieldForce Ablation System for ventricular tachycardia (VT), have been published in Circulation. Results were also presented ...
Oct 13, 2025
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Radiation therapy shows promise for patients with severe heart rhythm disorder
Radiation therapy may offer a comparable and potentially safer alternative to repeat catheter ablation for patients with severe abnormal heart rhythms that can no longer be controlled with medication.
Sep 29, 2025
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Immune defense punches holes in the heart, research reveals
In a study published in Science, researchers found that the defense protein "Resistin like molecule gamma" (Relmy), produced by neutrophils, punches holes into heart cells after a heart attack. This promotes dangerous, fast, ...
Sep 9, 2025
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AI tool helps pinpoint problem heart cells in ventricular tachycardia
An AI tool could help cardiologists identify and target cells that trigger arrhythmia in patients with ventricular tachycardia, a serious heart condition.
Aug 26, 2025
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Cardiac arrest can happen suddenly—here's everything you need to know
Cardiac arrest is defined as a sudden stop in heart function. Essentially, the pumping function of the heart is compromised, oftentimes due to a dangerous malfunction of the heart's electrical system.
Aug 6, 2025
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Scar tissue in athletes' hearts tied to higher risk of dangerous cardiac rhythms
Scar tissue in the heart was associated with abnormal heart rhythms among healthy, long-time male endurance athletes aged 50 or older, potentially increasing their risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a small study ...
Jul 17, 2025
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Simultaneously visualizing electrical and calcium dynamics in patient iPSC-derived heart muscle cells
Researchers have developed a novel method for simultaneously recording action potentials (APs)—temporary changes in electrical potential when cells become excited—and calcium transients—calcium fluctuations that drive muscle ...
Jun 10, 2025
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AI proves better than humans at analyzing long-term ECG recordings in large international study
In patients with symptoms such as irregular heartbeats, dizziness, or fainting, or in individuals that physicians suspect may have atrial fibrillation, many days of ECGs may be required for diagnosis—"long-term ECG recordings." ...
Feb 10, 2025
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