Researchers Identify Key Step In Cocaine-Induced Heart Enlargement, Sudden Death
Cocaine, in concentrations commonly sold on the street, causes the abnormal buildup of primitive proteins in heart muscle, a process causing heart enlargement that can ultimately lead to sudden death.
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Closing In On Lethal Heart Rhythm In Young Athletes
Lethal heart rhythm defect can be prevented by the new method of improved screening.
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Eastern Europe, Middle East Tops in Cardiovascular Disease Deaths
Adverse health effects due to cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease are no longer afflictions solely of the Western, industrialized world.
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An Irregular Heartbeat Makes Exercise Deadly
The heartbeat of humans lacking the protein cardiac calsequestrin (CASQ2) is irregular, and potentially fatal, only during exercise and not at other times.
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Imaging Technique May Prevent Injury During Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
A new imaging procedure may reduce the risk of esophageal injury in patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF).
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Replacing Electronic Pacemakers
UC Davis researchers have successfully used a custom designed protein and gene delivery system to restore normal heart rhythms in pigs with electronic pacemakers, reducing their dependence on implanted devices.
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New Treatment Demonstrated For Dangerous Staph Infections
FDA already has approved the drug daptomycin for treating heart infections and bacteremia, also known as bloodstream infection or blood poisoning.
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Be Still My Beating Heart: Ilk Gene Underlies Heart Failure
ILK and some of its binding partners are essential components of the cardiac mechanical stretch sensor, dysfunction of which is suspected to be responsible for a significant proportion of human heart failure.
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When The Doctor Is Out, Nurses Next Line of Defense For Heart Patients
nurses are key to improving functioning in heart failure patients in African American and Hispanic communities.
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As Heart Procedures Increase, Quality and Cost Controls Are Critical
With more than a million heart and vascular interventions performed each year in the United States., it becomes even more critical to the healthcare system to keep costs down and quality high.
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Light To Moderate Drinking Reduces Risk of Cardiac Events, Death
Alcohol may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and heart failure and contribute to a lower death rate.
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Digitalis Safe In Patients With Common Form of Heart Failure
Despite a widely held belief that the heart drug digitalis shouldn't be given to patients with diastolic heart failure, a new analysis shows it is relatively safe.
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Aggressive Heart Pacing May Work Best In Some Spinal Cord Patients
Patients with recurring problems with the heart slowing or stopping after a neck injury damages their cervical spinal cord may need aggressive therapy to avoid further cardiovascular problems and even death.
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A Genetic Cause for Atrial Fibrillation
The study provides new insight into a previously unrecognized mechanism for electrical instability in the human heart.
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Heart Has Enough Oxygen To Survive Hypothermia, CPR Crucial
Researchers may have ruled out insufficient oxygen supply to the heart as the critical variable in whether a mammal's heart survives while in a hypothermic state.
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Older Blood Associated With Worse Outcomes After Repeat Heart Surgery
Older stored blood transfused into patients undergoing repeat heart surgery is associated with a significant increased risk of death.
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Very Early Signs of Atherosclerosis and Heart Failure Seen Together on MRI
Middle age and older people are more likely to exhibit subtle changes in heart function despite feeling healthy but having early signs of atherosclerosis.
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Is Expensive New Heart Rhythm Treatment 'Worth It'?
Study suggests expensive new Heart Rhythm Treatmentyes for some, but not others.
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Using Device To Give CPR Does Not Improve Survival
Victims of sudden cardiac arrest were more likely to be discharged alive from the hospital if they received manual cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rather than CPR administered by the mechanical device.
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Implantable Defibrillators Save Lives But May Increase Heart Failure Risk
Some patients whose lives were prolonged by Implantable cardioverter defibrillators were sicker and more prone to develop heart failure.
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Men and Women May Need Different Heart Transplant Assessment Criteria
Gender based differences seen in predictive value of exercise test results of heart failure patients.
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When a Child's Heart Stops, Onset Time of Abnormal Rhythms Is Crucial
The life threatening disordered heart rhythms that may accompany full cardiac arrest, occurs more frequently in children than commonly believed.
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Reducing The Damage Caused By Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac arrests outside of a hospital setting are very common and many patients who have been resuscitated die.
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Painkillers and Heart Failure
Common painkillers are associated with increased risk of first hospital admission for heart failure.
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Metabolic Syndrome Significantly Boosts Risk of Heart Failure in Middle Age
Metabolic syndrome may directly affect the heart itself as well as boosting the build up of fatty deposits in the arteries.
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Even A Little Cooling Helps After Cardiac Arrest
Even modest cooling of the brain might have significant benefit to humans who have been resuscitated after cardiac arrest.
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Simple Formula Predicts Blood Needs in Heart Surgery
This model could easily be used by any hospital's blood bank to allocate blood in a more safe and cost effective manner.
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Reliability, Failure Rates for Cardiac Devices
While pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are among the most clinically important medical devices several device malfunctions have called into question their safety and reliability.
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University of Virginia Health System Tests New Device for Mitral Valve Disease
This is less invasive than open heart surgery and patients can heal quicker.
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Researchers Now Able to Look Deep Into Heart to View Triggers of a Heart's Beat
Being able to witness the precise events that form the heart's orchestral rhythm could enable researchers to better understand the underlying causes of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.
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Growing Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic In China
As more people in China adopt Western diets and lifestyles, many are developing a cluster of cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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Older Donor Hearts Just as Good
Patients who receive healthy hearts from donors 50 years of age and older appear to fare just as well as patients who receive younger hearts.
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Researchers Zero In on Diagnosing Sometimes Fatal Heart Rhythm Disorder
Long QT syndrome is an uncommon, and sometimes fatal, heart rhythm disorder that is often present from birth.
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Physician Experience Related to Accurate Identification of Third Heart Sound
Physicians with more experience are better able to detect a third heart sound that is an indicator of heart disease.
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Magnetically Guided Catheter Zaps Atrial Fibrillation
A remotely controlled catheter device guided by magnetic fields provides a safe and practical method for delivering radio frequency ablation treatment in the hearts of patients with atrial fibrillation.
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More Experienced Physicians May Be More Accurate At Detecting Third Heart Sound
In a study, based on cardiac examination of actual patients, physicians with more clinical experience were more likely to accurately detect a third heart sound.
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Cardiac Examination Skills
Cardiac examination skills appear similar among medical students, resident physicians and faculty physicians.
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Protein's Role in Heart Failure Prevention
Scientists at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that a protein in cardiac muscle cells may play a crucial role in heart failure prevention.
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Catheter Procedure Does Not Increase Mortality in Advanced Heart Failure Patients
Cardiologists have been at odds about using catheterization to treat heart failure patients.
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Fatal Heart Condition in Young Athletes
The heart condition, which runs in families, is among the top causes of sudden cardiac death among young athletes.
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