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Physical Therapy > Arrhythmia
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Arrhythmia Defined
An abnormal heart rhythm.
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CERT classes may provide skills to save lives
Published September 7, 2008, 11:16 pm, The Potpourri
When Hurricane Edouard began its approach to the Gulf Coast region in early August, Tomball Fire Department Chief Randy Parr sent out an e-mail to an elite group of people telling them to be ready for what ever may come the city’s way.
Defibrillators Save Lives, Don't Diminish Quality Of Life, Researchers Find
Published September 6, 2008, 10:15 pm, Science Daily
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest among patients with heart failure, and they do so without significantly altering a person's quality of life, say researchers from Duke University Medical Center.
Hansen Medical Announces World's First Robotic Transvascular Aneurysm Repair
Published September 6, 2008, 3:14 am, Medical News Today
Hansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN), the global leader in flexible robotics and the developer of robotic technology for accurate 3D control of catheter movement, announced today that a team of physicians led by Professor Nick Cheshire at St.
Catheter Ablation System For Atrial Fibrillation Shows Reduced Procedure Time, Remarkable Safety Profile And Excellent ...
Published September 4, 2008, 3:12 am, Medical News Today
Ablation Frontiers, Inc., announced that two important studies, involving its innovative atrial fibrillation ablation products were presented by Dr. Lucas Boersma of the St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, Netherlands at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress.
Further Analysis From ATHENA Study Showed That Multaq(R)(Dronedarone) Reduced The Risk Of Stroke In Patients With ...
Published September 4, 2008, 3:10 am, Medical News Today
This Analysis Showed That Multaq(R) (Dronedarone) Decreased the Risk of Stroke by 34% in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter Already Adequately Treated by Antithrombotic Therapy The results of a post-hoc analysis of the data from the ATHENA study were presented
Debibillators save lives without harming quality of life
Published September 3, 2008, 9:03 pm, TechJournal South
DURHAM, N.C. – Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among patients with heart failure, and they do so without significantly altering a person's quality of life, say researchers from Duke University Medical Center.
Breakthrough drug could cut risk of stroke by a third in 700,000 irregular heartbeat sufferers
Published September 3, 2008, 8:10 pm, Daily Mail
Thousands of lives could be saved using a new drug which cuts deaths from a common heart rhythm disorder by almost a third.
London News and Reviews
Published September 3, 2008, 5:56 pm, Evening Standard
Tens of thousands of strokes could be prevented each year in patients with a common heart rhythm disorder, say researchers. Findings from the largest trial of its kind show that Multaq reduced the chances of stroke by more than a third in those with atrial fibrillation.
Defibrillator shocks signal worsening condition
Published September 3, 2008, 3:29 pm, CBC
Implanted defibrillators can provide a lifesaving shock to the heart patients wearing them, but those people should inform doctors when it happens because it could be a sign their heart condition is deteriorating, two recent studies suggest.
Patients with mild to moderate heart failure who receive ICD shock therapy are at higher risk of future death from ...
Published September 3, 2008, 2:49 pm, UW News
While implantable heart defibrillators reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest in patients with mild to moderate heart failure, patients who receive defibrillator shocks for rhythm disturbances have a higher future risk of death, primarily from heart failure, a new study has found.
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Sun Aug 24
- Cardiac arrhythmia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Heart Disease Help - Forums and Discussions - MedHelp: This forum is for questions and support regarding heart issues such as: Angina, Angioplasty, Arrhythmia, Bypass Surgery, Cardiomyopathy , Coronary Artery Disease, Defibrillator, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Mitral Valve, Pacemaker, PAD, Stenosis, Stress Tests
Mon Aug 11
- Conductive Bridges in Cardiac Tissue: A Beneficial Role or an Arrhythmogenic Substrate? -- Rudy 94 (6): 709 -- Circulation Research
- Natural Remedies for Arrhythmia
Fri Aug 8
- Sodium Channel Block With Mexiletine Is Effective in Reducing Dispersion of Repolarization and Preventing Torsade de Pointes in LQT2 and LQT3 Models of the Long-QT Syndrome -- Shimizu and Antzelevitch 96 (6): 2038 -- Circulation: Our results suggest that although pacing and sodium channel block are very effective in abbreviating the QT interval and TDR in LQT3, these therapeutic approaches may also be valuable in reducing the incidence of arrhythmogenes is in LQT2.
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- Pause induced early afterdepolariz ations in the long QT syndrome: a simulation study -- Viswanathan and Rudy 42 (2): 530 -- Cardiovascular Research: ... EADs preferentially in M cells suggests a possible role for these cells in the generation of arrhythmias that are associated with abnormalities of repolarization (e.g., TdP). The ionic mechanism of pause...
- A dynamic model of the cardiac ventricular action potential. I. Simulations of ionic currents and concentration changes -- Luo and Rudy 74 (6): 1071 -- Circulation Research: A mathematical model of the cardiac ventricular action potential is presented. The model presented here for the mammalian ventricular action potential is based mostly on the guinea pig ventricular cell.
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