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EKG can show false positive readings for diagnosing heart condition

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The electrical measurements on the electrocardiogram can often mislead physicians in diagnosing the heart condition left ventricular hypertrophy, causing other screening tests to be ordered before a definitive conclusion ...





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Study: CT scans rule out heart attacks faster

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A new study suggests that a type of "super X-ray" can give a faster, cheaper way to tell whether a chest pain sufferer is really having a heart attack.


Safety study of capsule endoscopy in patients with implantable cardiac devices finds no interference

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

A study of patients with implantable cardiac devices such as pacemakers, implantable defibrillators or left ventricular assist devices found that performing capsule endoscopy in these patients is safe and that the devices ...


Patient research to benefit from cutting edge heart scanner

Patient research to benefit from cutting edge heart scanner

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A state-of-the-art chest scanner, the first of its kind in the UK, will allow doctors and researchers to spot heart problems that were previously undetectable.


Concurrent imaging of metabolic and electric signals in the heart

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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 ...


Acute heart attack patients receiving high ionizing radiation dose

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Acute heart attack patients received an average total dose of ionizing radiation equal to 725 chest X-rays from medical tests during their hospital stay, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's ...


Continuous chest compression-CPR improved cardiac arrest survival in Arizona

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The chance of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital was found to be twice as high when bystanders performed continuous chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth breathing than when bystanders performed standard CPR. ...


Study finds it's safe to treat HER2-positive breast cancer with trastuzumab and adjuvant radiation

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, following primary surgery for their cancer, is Trastuzumab (Herceptin)--typically used in combination with chemotherapy. However, a new study by researchers ...


Women suffering sudden cardiac arrest have lower prevalence of structural heart disease than men

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A woman who suffers sudden cardiac arrest is significantly less likely than a man to exhibit the decrease in the heart's pumping ability that is widely recognized as a precursor, says a new study in the Nov. 24 Journal of ...


Inhibition of GRK2 is protective against acute cardiac stress injuries

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inhibition of a protein known to contribute to heart failure also appears to be protective of the heart in more acute cardiac stress injury, namely ischemia reperfusion, according to two studies conducted at the Center for ...


Researchers develop innovative imaging system to study sudden cardiac arrest

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A research team at Vanderbilt University has developed an innovative optical system to simultaneously image electrical activity and metabolic properties in the same region of a heart, to study the complex mechanisms that ...



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