News tagged with cardiac rhythm disorder

Keeping a beating heart in rhythm

Screening for a group of genetic mutations in people with a special heart condition could help doctors determine who is at risk for cardiac arrest or sudden death, reports a new study in Science Translational Medicine today. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Canadian Journal of Cardiology publishes advice on genetic testing of inherited cardiac arrhythmias

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society and Canadian Heart Rhythm Society have produced the first-ever comprehensive guidelines on the use of genetic testing in the clinical management of inherited heart rhythm disorders, released ...

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created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists unlock the 'gates' on sudden cardiac death (w/ Video)

Australian researchers have come one step closer to understanding how the rhythm of the heartbeat is controlled and why many common drugs, including some antibiotics, antihistamines and anti-psychotics, can cause a potentially ...

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created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists reveal the mystery of sudden cardiac death

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at The University of Manchester have solved a mystery connected with why people die from sudden cardiac arrest during sleep - potentially saving thousands of lives.

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created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop innovative imaging system to study sudden cardiac arrest

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

Concurrent imaging of metabolic and electric signals in the heart

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 ...

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

New Therapy that Prevents Heart Failure (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients who had a cardiac resynchronization device combined with a defibrillator (CRT-D) implanted had a 34 percent reduction in their risk of death or heart failure when compared to patients ...

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created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New technique prevents major cause for heart-related stroke

Physicians at The Mount Sinai Medical Center were the first in the country to perform a non-surgical procedure using sutures to tie off a left atrial appendage (LAA), which is the source of blood clots leading to stroke in ...

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