News tagged with cardiac testing
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 ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Do all student athletes need heart screenings?
Seemingly every year there are reports of a young, apparently healthy athlete dying on the court or playing field.
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Heart-targeting Listeria increase cardiac disease risk
Certain strains of the food pathogen Listeria are uniquely adapted to infect heart tissues and may put people at a higher risk from serious cardiac disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of ...
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Cardiologists uncover new heart attack warning sign
Cardiologists at the University of Connecticut Health Center have identified a protein fragment that when detected in the blood can be a predictor of heart attack.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 06, 2011 |
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New blood test could detect heart disease in people with no symptoms
A more sensitive version of a blood test typically used to confirm that someone is having a heart attack could indicate whether a seemingly healthy, middle-aged person has unrecognized heart disease and an increased risk ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Diagnosing heart attacks may be a lick and a click away
A diagnostic tool developed by Rice University scientists to detect heart attacks using a person's saliva is being tested at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in collaboration with Baylor ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 03, 2010 |
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Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers
Physicians should "throttle back" from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients before non-cardiac surgeries, according to a report by the University of Michigan released online this week.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Postmortem genetic tests after sudden death may provide less expensive way to identify risk
Targeted postmortem testing to identify genetic mutations associated with sudden unexplained death (SUD) is an effective and less expensive way to determine risk to relatives than comprehensive cardiac testing of first degree ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Cardiac CT is more cost effective when managing low-risk patients with chest pain
The use of cardiac CT for low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency department, instead of the traditional standard of care (SOC) workup, may reduce a patient’s length of stay and hospital charges, according to a study ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Heart screening unnecessary in type 2 diabetes patients with no symptoms
Routine screening for coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes patients with no symptoms of angina or a history of coronary disease is unnecessary and may lead initially to more invasive and costly heart procedures, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 14, 2009 |
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