Catheter ablation a first-line treatment for atrial flutter
Use of catheter ablation is not only beneficial for treating atrial flutter but also can significantly reduce hospital visits – both inpatient and emergency – and lower the risk for atrial...
View ArticleIn ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation, 'less may be more'
In patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) - an abnormal heart rhythm – treating only the pulmonary veins with a procedure called ablation resulted in reasonable outcomes without the need to...
View ArticleA new method for healing hearts
(Medical Xpress)—A University of Arizona surgeon is exploring how amniotic tissue, with its anti-inflammatory and anti-scarring properties, may help prevent complications after heart surgery.
View ArticlePoison control data show energy drinks and young kids don't mix
More than 40 percent of reports about energy drinks to U.S. poison control centers involved children younger than 6 with some suffering serious cardiac and neurological symptoms, according to a new...
View ArticleNatpara approved for hormone disorder causing low blood calcium
(HealthDay)—Natpara (parathyroid hormone) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to control low blood calcium among people with hypoparathyroidism.
View ArticleHeart failure patients fare better with catheter ablation than Amiodarone
Among patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation, those who underwent catheter ablation were less likely to die, be hospitalized or have recurrent atrial fibrillation than patients taking a...
View ArticleAvelox approved for plague
(HealthDay)—Avelox (moxifloxacin) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday to treat plague, a rare but deadly bacterial infection that can strike the lungs (pneumonic), blood...
View ArticleCancer overtakes cardiovascular disease as UK's No. 1 killer—but only among men
Cancer has overtaken cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease and stroke, as the UK's No 1 killer—but only among men, reveals research published online in the journal Heart.
View ArticleStudy sheds light on atrial fibrillation symptoms, quality of life
Most patients with atrial fibrillation—the most common type of abnormal heart rhythm—experience multiple symptoms and decreased quality of life, according to a large, nationally representative study....
View ArticleOne in ten teens using 'study drugs,' but parents aren't paying attention
As high schoolers prepare for final exams, teens nationwide may be tempted to use a "study drug"—a prescription stimulant or amphetamine—to gain an academic edge. But a new University of Michigan poll...
View ArticleDeath rates decline for advanced heart failure patients, but outcomes are...
UCLA researchers examining outcomes for advanced heart-failure patients over the past two decades have found that, coinciding with the increased availability and use of new therapies, overall mortality...
View ArticleNew implanted defibrillator works well without touching heart
A new type of defibrillator implanted under the skin can detect dangerously abnormal heart rhythms and deliver shocks to restore a normal heartbeat without wires touching the heart, according to...
View Article'Smart' pacemaker can help slow heart keep up, avoid damage
A new generation pacemaker that paces only when rhythm disturbances occur can reduce the risk of permanent abnormal heart rhythms in people with a slow heart rate, according to late-breaking research...
View ArticleWhy athletes are more likely to need pacemakers in old age
A new study by The University of Manchester has shed light on why athletes are more likely to have abnormal heart rhythms.
View ArticleCommon BPA-like chemical, BPS, disrupts heart rhythms in females
Bisphenol S (BPS), a common substitute for bisphenol A (BPA) in consumer products, may have similar toxic effects on the heart as previously reported for BPA, a new study finds. The results were...
View ArticleScientists discover link between skin diseases and Sudden Cardiac Death Syndrome
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) who specialise in genetics of the skin are investigating an unlikely link between skin disease and heart disease which will hopefully shed new...
View ArticleLong-term overtreatment with anti-clotting/antiplatelet drug combo may raise...
Long-term overtreatment with the anti-clotting drug warfarin, combined with antiplatelet therapy with aspirin or clopidigrel to prevent stroke, may raise the risk of dementia in people with atrial...
View Article'Wireless' pacemaker working well so far, researchers say
(HealthDay)—For a handful of patients who've received the first wire-free pacemaker, the results are still good after 18 months, researchers reported Wednesday.
View ArticleSounding the alarm about caffeine powder
In a world craving stimulation to stay awake, function at peak levels or just feel a bit brighter, caffeine is the ready ingredient in an expanding array of foods, beverages and medications.
View Article'Digitizing' crosstalk among heart cells may help locate epicenters of heart...
A team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins cardiologist and biomedical engineer Hiroshi Ashikaga, M.D., Ph.D., has developed a mathematical model to measure and digitally map the beat-sustaining...
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