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Targeted drug therapy prevents exercise-induced arrhythmias
Mar 29, 2009 |
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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.
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Expert consensus on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias
May 14, 2009 |
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A call to action for more research to be undertaken into catheter ablation in the field of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) has been issued in a joint consensus document from the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) a registered ...
Abnormal heart function associated with reduced capacity for exercise
Jan 20, 2009 |
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Patients with abnormal diastolic function (when the heart is relaxed and expanded) in the left ventricle of the heart have a substantially lower maximum capacity for exercise, according to a study in the January 21 issue ...
EKG can show false positive readings for diagnosing heart condition
Nov 16, 2009 |
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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 ...
Improving survival rates among users of left ventricular assist devices
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Despite the general success of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) used in critically ill heart failure patients, implantation of these devices often leads to increased bleeding and a need for high-volume blood transfusions ...
Screening for left ventricular dysfunction may have less value than thought
Jun 11, 2009 |
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The value and cost-effectiveness of screening for left ventricular (LV) dysfunction remains unclear, particularly since specific, evidence-based treatments are not available for the majority of patients with preserved systolic ...
An angry heart can lead to sudden death, researchers find
Feb 24, 2009 |
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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 ...
For hospital patients, defibrillation delays mean lower survival
Jan 02, 2008 |
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[B]30 percent of patients receive life-saving defibrillation more than two minutes after cardiac arrest[/B] An estimated 750,000 hospitalized patients experience cardiac arrest and undergo CPR annually, and less than 30 ...
During CPR, more chest compressions mean more saved lives
Sep 14, 2009 |
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The chance that a person in cardiac arrest will survive increases when rescuers doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) spend more time giving chest compressions, according to a multi-center study reported in Circulation: Jo ...
Safety study of capsule endoscopy in patients with implantable cardiac devices finds no interference
Oct 26, 2009 |
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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 ...
Women suffering sudden cardiac arrest have lower prevalence of structural heart disease than men
Nov 17, 2009 |
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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 ...
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