Cardiology
Dementia can complicate heart recovery and treatment
Dementia is a thief. It steals a person's memory, their ability to reason, to live independently.
Jul 30, 2021
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Cardiology
First-ever transient pacemaker harmlessly dissolves in body
Researchers at Northwestern and George Washington (GW) universities have developed the first-ever transient pacemaker—a wireless, battery-free, fully implantable pacing device that disappears after it's no longer needed.
Jun 28, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New protocol aims for early extubation in cardiac surgery patients
(HealthDay)—The Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control quality improvement approach can be used to increase the rate of early extubation in adults following cardiac surgery, according to a study published in the ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Cardiology
Case series reports myocarditis after second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
In a case series published online June 7 in Pediatrics, the authors present seven cases of acute myocarditis or myopericarditis in healthy male adolescents within four days of receiving the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech ...
Jun 8, 2021
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Cardiology
Stair climbing offers significant cardiovascular and muscular benefits for heart patients
A team of McMaster University researchers who studied heart patients found that stair-climbing routines, whether vigorous or moderate, provide significant cardiovascular and muscular benefits.
May 17, 2021
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Surgery
Dexamethasone treatment safe in surgery
A large scale trial by Monash University has definitively found a drug commonly used during anaesthesia before surgery to prevent nausea and vomiting does not increase the risk of a surgical wound infection as once feared.
May 5, 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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Cardiology
In-hospital cardiac procedures up for those with gout, rheumatoid arthritis
(HealthDay)—Rates of in-hospital cardiac procedures continued to increase in people with gout and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from 1998 to 2014, although they decreased for the general population, according to a study published ...
Mar 30, 2021
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Cardiology
First AI system for contactless monitoring of heart rhythm using smart speakers
Smart speakers, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, have proven adept at monitoring certain health care issues at home. For example, researchers at the University of Washington have shown that these devices can detect cardiac ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Cardiology
Do you want to be resuscitated? This is what you should think about before deciding
Every day, in every hospital, doctors and nurses respond to "code blue" situations. This is an emergency alert for when a patient's heart stops beating, called a cardiac arrest.
Feb 11, 2021
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