News tagged with cardiac arrhythmias


Atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes still poses problems for sports cardiologists

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Competitive sports and endurance training comes with a real -- even if rare -- twist. While most people will enjoy the benefits and pleasures of exercise, there are a few for whom regular athletic training will increase the ...





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An angry heart can lead to sudden death, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Before flying off the handle the next time someone cuts you off in traffic, consider the latest research from Yale School of Medicine researchers that links changes brought on by anger or other strong emotions to future arrhythmias ...


Studies point to novel target for treating arrhythmias

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Abnormal heart rhythms - arrhythmias - are killers. They strike without warning, causing sudden cardiac death, which accounts for about 10 percent of all deaths in the United States.


New genetic link between cardiac arrhythmias and thyroid dysfunction identified

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Genes previously known to be essential to the coordinated, rhythmic electrical activity of cardiac muscle -- a healthy heartbeat -- have now also been found to play a key role in thyroid hormone (TH) biosynthesis, according ...


Anger management: The key to staying heart healthy?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research published in the March 3, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds that anger-induced electrical changes in the heart can predict future arrhythmias in patients with implantable cardio ...


Researchers using parallel processing computing could save thousands by using an Xbox

Researchers using parallel processing computing could save thousands by using an Xbox

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (23) | comments 21

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by a University of Warwick researcher has demonstrated that researchers trying to model a range of processes could use the power and capabilities of a particular XBox chip as a ...


Concurrent imaging of metabolic and electric signals in the heart

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cardiac rhythm disorders can result from disturbances in cardiac metabolism. These metabolic changes are tightly linked with specific cardiac electrophysiology (CEP) abnormalities, such as depressed excitability, impaired ...


Study offers novel insight into cardiac arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death

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created May 09, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital provides much-needed insight into the molecular mechanisms that cause arrythmia, or irregular heartbeat, and how it triggers sudden cardiac death, one of the nation’s leading ...


Evidence for protective effect of fish oil not conclusive

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Fish oil protects against deaths from heart problems, but doesn't provide a clear benefit in heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias), according a study published on bmj.com today.


Targeted drug therapy prevents exercise-induced arrhythmias

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created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A 12-year-old Dutch boy - bedridden for three years because of an inherited cardiac arrhythmia syndrome - can now join his friends on the soccer field thanks to a discovery made by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers.


Older men with breathing problems during sleep more likely to have irregular heartbeats

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created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increasingly severe sleep-related breathing disorders in older men appear to be associated with a greater risk of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), according to a report in the June 22 issue of Archives of Internal Me ...



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