News tagged with left atrium
Size matters: Obesity leading risk factor of left atrial enlargement during aging
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, according to findings ...
Novel imaging approach may assist in predicting success of treatment for atrial fibrillation
Oct 07, 2008 |
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University of Utah researchers have developed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based method for detecting and quantifying injury to the wall of the heart's left atrium in patients who have undergone a procedure to treat ...
First human use of new device to make arrhythmia treatment safer
Jul 16, 2008 |
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On June 16, 2008, Barbara Ganschow of Palatine, IL, became the first person in the world to be successfully treated with a new device designed to make it safer and easier for heart specialists to create a hole in the cardiac ...
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In Taiwan, bird catchers turn bird watchers
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When Yeh You-chin was a boy half a century ago, he ate migratory birds with relish, but now he is at the forefront of efforts to preserve the feathered visitors to his south Taiwan home.
Taiwan plans massive growth in solar energy
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Taiwan plans to boost its use of solar panels by a factor of 200 over the next decade and a half in an effort to increase clean energy, a ranking official said Friday.
Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution
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You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors ...
Microsoft search engine Bing suffers brief outage
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US software giant Microsoft has blamed a problem during testing for a half-hour outage of its new Web search engine Bing.
Stopping rape as an object of war
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It is a disturbing truth that sexual- and gender-based violence (SGBV) is used as a war tactic in developing nations. Silvia Dominguez, assistant professor of sociology at Northeastern University, ...
System 97W's 'castle wall' breached, and opened up to dissipation
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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The "walls" of System 97W have been breached, and residents in the Western Pacific Ocean no longer have a tropical cyclone to worry about today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center cancelled their "formation ...
WISE Launch Scheduled for Dec. 11
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is scheduled for Dec. 11.
Scientists take theoretical research on 'nasty' molecule to next level
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some atoms don't always follow the rules. Take the beryllium dimer, a seemingly simple molecule made up of two atoms that University of Delaware physicists Krzysztof Szalewicz and Konrad Patkowski ...
Keeping Mars Contained
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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When robotic spacecraft bring a sample of Mars back to Earth, scientists will need specially-designed facilities to study the samples and prevent them from escaping to the outside world.
Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous ...
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