FDA Approves Multaq(R) for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter
... is the leading cause of hospitalization for arrhythmia in the U.S. and represents one-third of hospitalizations for arrhythmia in Europe. Hospitalization associated with AF has ... of mortality. Atrial flutter, another type of arrhythmia generating in the atrium, occurs less frequently, ...Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center Celebrates Successful First Year
... Texas, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas Cardiac arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David's Medical Center ... one year, the physician team at the Texas Cardiac arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, coupled ... of electrophysiologists with the Texas Cardiac arrhythmia physician group and TCAI includes J. David ...eCardio Diagnostics Launches Academic Medicine Initiative
... health systems. It is the first time an arrhythmia monitoring company has addressed the unique ... we have developed the first offering by an arrhythmia monitoring company specifically designed to meet ... and Complimentary state-of-the-art arrhythmia monitors, including extended monitors, cardiac ...Effects of anesthesia on the heart
... genetic mutations can predispose individuals to arrhythmia and/or sudden cardiac death (SCD), a leading ... and a determining factor in the development of arrhythmia and/or SCD. Ninety percent of the known mutations ... it is associated with triggering irregular arrhythmia that can cause sudden cardiac arrest. Earlier ...Study Offers Clues to Link Between Arrhythmia, Sudden Death
... about the molecular mechanisms that cause cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) and how it triggers sudden ... . "We are still struggling to understand why arrhythmia causes sudden cardiac death in some patients, but ... died suddenly, while there was no spontaneous arrhythmia or sudden death among the animals with LQT1. ...Defibrillators Not Dangerous While Driving
... Christine M. Albert, director for the Center for arrhythmia Prevention at Brigham and Women's Hospital in ... who is given an ICD after experiencing a major arrhythmia -- an irregular heartbeat -- should not drive for ... applies for patients who have not experienced an arrhythmia to allow for recovery from the surgery. Driving ...ATS Medical Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results
... makes the probe particularly useful in minimally invasive cardiac arrhythmia procedures. Full release of the ATS CryoMaze 10-S Probe in the U.S. ... Heart valve therapy $14,736 $12,093 $27,981 $22,774 Surgical arrhythmia 4,722 4,386 9,626 8,234 Surgical tools & ...ATS Medical Announces First Use of the New ATS CryoMaze 10-S Probe
... that quickly achieves the coldest probe temperatures available for cardiac arrhythmia surgery. The argon-based cryoablation system routinely reaches probe ... example of ATS Medical's commitment to cardiac surgery and the cardiac arrhythmia market. We are driving innovation in this segment to improve ease of use ...eCardio Receives Significant Investment in Private Funding from Sequoia Capital
... -- eCardio Diagnostics , one of the nation's leading providers of arrhythmia monitoring services, today announced that it has received a significant ... and solutions that optimize the flexibility, speed and accuracy of cardiac arrhythmia diagnoses--contributing to the timeliest, most effective and appropriate ...eCardio Launches NEW Atrial Fibrillation Information System (AFIS(TM))
... Foundation Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD, Director of the Cardiac arrhythmia Center, UCLA School of Medicine Edward Gerstenfeld, MD, ... and solutions that optimize the flexibility, speed and accuracy of cardiac arrhythmia diagnoses--contributing to the timeliest, most effective and appropriate ...Expert consensus on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias
... to be undertaken into catheter ablation in the field of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) has been issued in a joint consensus document from the European Heart ... to anatomic locations in the heart and facilitate identification of the arrhythmia substrate during stable sinus rhythm. Percutaneous epicardial mapping ...Blood Pressure Drug May Not Ease Irregular Heartbeat
... loses ability to pump blood, said Dr. Anne M. Gillis, director of the arrhythmia program at the University of Calgary in Canada, who wrote an accompanying ... Florence, Italy; Anne M. Gillis, professor, medicine, and director, arrhythmia program, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; April 16, 2009, New ...iCardiac's Highly Automated QT(sm) Technology Now Validated in Over 10 Clinical QT Studies
... that are more predictive than the QT interval for characterizing arrhythmia risk associated with novel medicines. The drive to automate more of ... analysis of cardiac repolarization signals and contains several advanced arrhythmia biomarkers, as well as advanced ECG signal processing tools. The COMPAS ...Weight-Loss Aids Bought on Internet Might Harm Your Heart
... study senior author Dr. Mehdi Razavi, director of the institute's clinical arrhythmia research lab and a clinical associate professor of medicine at Baylor ... medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, and director, clinical arrhythmia laboratory, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston; ...Popular arthritis drug may disrupt heart rhythm, UB research finds
... to a standard prescription, reduced the heart rate and induced pronounced arrhythmia in fruit flies and the heart cells of rats. The drug inhibited the ... the main effect of the drug in our study was induction of arrhythmia, and arrhythmia is often the result of ion-channel dysfunction, continued Singh, we ...St. David's Medical Center Implements New Robotic Technology to Treat Common Heart Rhythm Disorders
... Roughly 2.2 million people in the United States suffer from one form of arrhythmia called atrial fibrillation or A Fib. During A Fib, the heart's two small ... Administration (FDA) for use in the diagnostic phase of catheter-based arrhythmia procedures. Prior to the introduction of robotic technology, the majority ...Response Times Vary for In-Hospital Heart Attacks
... a process in which an electronic device gives the heart an electric shock. This helps restore normal contraction rhythms in a heart having dangerous arrhythmia or in cardiac arrest. The American Heart Association recommends that defibrillation be performed within two minutes of cardiac arrest. The longer the ...MULTAQ(R) (dronedarone) for Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter Now Available in the United States
... Hospitalization associated with AF has increased dramatically (two-to-three fold) in recent years in the U.S. Atrial flutter, another type of arrhythmia generating in the atrium, occurs less frequently, and may evolve into atrial fibrillation. About sanofi-aventis Sanofi-aventis, a ...Endoscopic Technologies to Pay U.S. $1.4 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud
... resolves allegations that the San Ramon, Calif.-based company marketed its medical devices to treat atrial fibrillation (the most common cardiac arrhythmia or abnormal heart rhythm), a use that is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The government also alleged that Estech ...CardioNet Terminates Merger With Biotel
... action. Biotel has developed significant new products in wireless MCT and event recorder applications. These products are of significant value to arrhythmia service organizations, and Biotel believes these products are cost effective and well positioned for the current medical reimbursement climate. ...CardioFocus Receives CE Mark for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Catheter
... received from our notified body," said Burke Barrett, CardioFocus VP of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs. Atrial Fibrillation is a common cardiac arrhythmia affecting several million people in Europe and over 2.5 million more in the United States. Symptoms can range from weakness and dizziness to more ...Sleep Disorders Linked to Arrhythmias
... and cardiovascular disease." The study also found that hypoxia (deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching body tissues) may trigger ventricular arrhythmia in older men. In addition, the "strong associations between central sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation [arrhythmia originating in the heart's upper ...Atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes still poses problems for sports cardiologists
... the sports participants as in the regular patients. Left atrial size and long-standing atrial fibrillation were the only independent predictors for arrhythmia recurrence after the treatment, not sports participation. 2. Deconditioning reverses expression of cardiac fibrosis markers in an animal model of ...EUROPACE raises remote monitoring profile
... is to increase the number of devices that can be interrogated remotely. Technology is available to download data related to device function, arrhythmia frequency, cardiovascular hemodynamic parameters and patient activity, from specific CIEDs and transmit the encrypted data using telephone technology ...Studies Report More Harmful Effects From BPA
... like adding the two together. It's worse." Women are more likely to die after a heart attack than men, and Belcher suspects an increased rate of arrhythmia might bear some of the responsibility for that trend. His team is currently collecting human heart cells from transplant patients to try to ...NewCardio Medical and Technology Team Presents Two Abstracts at Heart Rhythm Society Conference
... the speed and accuracy of diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome. HRS is the international leader in science, education and advocacy for cardiac arrhythmia professionals and patients, and the primary information resource on heart rhythm disorders. Its mission is to improve the care of patients by ...Risk Factor for Stroke More Common Among Whites
... higher prevalence of risk factors such as high blood pressure, new research shows. About 2.2 million Americans have atrial fibrillation, a heart arrhythmia in which the two upper chambers, or atria, quiver chaotically instead of beating in a normal rhythmic pattern, according to the Heart Rhythm Society. ...NewCardio to Introduce Technology at Heart Rhythm Society Conference
... infarction to improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis. HRS is the international leader in science, education and advocacy for cardiac arrhythmia professionals and patients, and the primary information resource on heart rhythm disorders. Its mission is to improve the care of patients by ...Abnormal Heartbeat After Bypass a Bad Sign
... before they undergo bypass surgery. "If they develop atrial fibrillation, we will study the results in those who receive optimal treatment for the arrhythmia and those who do not," Filardo said. "We now have no data on the death rate of people treated with optimal care for atrial fibrillation after a ...