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Arrhythmia Defined
The heart beats when an electrical signal travels from the sinoatrial node—the heart’s natural pacemaker—to the heart. Arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, results when these electrical impulses are disrupted. Arrhythmia can be a minor problem, such as a short pause or premature heart beat that has no affect on a person’s overall heart rate. However, an arrhythmia that lasts for a long time can cause the heart to beat too slowly or too quickly. A normal heart beats 60 to 100 times per minute. Tachycardia occurs when the heart beats more than 100 times per minute, and bradycardia means the heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute.
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Warfarin underused
Published August 28, 2008, 1:41 pm, Times of Malta
New research indicates that most patients with atrial fibrillation -- the most common type of heart arrhythmia -- who suffered a stroke and were eligible for anticoagulation treatment, were not taking any warfarin or were not taking enough.
Why Did Darryl Die?
Published August 27, 2008, 9:55 pm, New York Times
To remake the juvenile justice system, New York State will need to downsize some facilities, hire more mental health workers and retrain current staff members.
Finding 'Lost' Survivors Of Congenital Heart Defects: Stanford Hospital Program Provides Care To Adults Born With ...
Published August 27, 2008, 5:14 am, Medical News Today
Hand a napkin to Jim Wong, and he can quickly diagram the four things that are wrong with his heart. Between sips of coffee, he chats casually about how surgeons implanted one artificial valve, repaired a second valve, sewed up a small hole between the two upper heart chambers and did a maze procedure to stop the arrhythmia that hindered his heartbeat. But Wong considers himself lucky.
Local Attorney Reviews Digitek Recall Cases
Published August 26, 2008, 10:08 pm, The Memphis Daily News
The first call the attorney received was from a family whose loved one had died. The family said doctors told them they weren’t sure why the person ha....
Child Collapses, Dies At Football Practice In N.J.
Published August 26, 2008, 3:44 pm, WCBS-TV New York
The Waldwick recreational football team had just begun warm-up exercises on Monday afternoon when 13-year-old Sean Fisher collapsed on the field and died. Witnesses say a father, who happens to be a paramedic, rushed over to Fisher and administered CPR. A defibrillator was used once an EMT arrived, but it was too late, and now a community mourns the loss of a young life.
OSU synchronizing hearts
Published August 26, 2008, 1:16 am, The Columbus Dispatch
Heart-failure patients currently ineligible for a device that synchronizes the heart's chambers are being asked to test the therapy in hopes that it helps them stay alive and out of the hospital.
Editor Named for New Journal - Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics Debuts in October
Published August 25, 2008, 8:31 am, Newswise
The American Heart Association has set an October launch date for its sixth new cardiology subspecialty journal - Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics. This is the last in the launch of six new journals, appearing under the banner of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Editor Named for New Journal - Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics Debuts in October
Published August 25, 2008, 8:16 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
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How Medical Records Can Save Your Life
Published August 25, 2008, 7:43 am, ABC News
Keeping good medical records can safeguard your health, one doctor explains.
September 2008 is Atrial Fibrillation Month Focusing on Life-Threatening Irregular Heartbeat
Published August 25, 2008, 12:19 am, PRWeb
Atrial fibrillation patient resource, StopAfib.org, proclaims September 2008 as Atrial Fibrillation Month to raise awareness of this life-threatening irregular heartbeat that is a growing threat to baby boomers. Once considered benign, this cardiac arrhythmia can lead to congestive heart failure, and one-third of atrial fibrillation patients will have a stroke. After mini maze surgery cured her ...
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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
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- Conductive Bridges in Cardiac Tissue: A Beneficial Role or an Arrhythmogenic Substrate? -- Rudy 94 (6): 709 -- Circulation Research
- Natural Remedies for Arrhythmia
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- 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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