A UCLA-led study involving mice and human data could also have implications for individuals with diabetes and obesity, uncovering new treatment possibilities for life-threatening arrhythmias.
Tag: Arrythmia
Go Red For Women, doctor shares important heart health tips.
Hafiza Khan, MD, at Baylor Scott & White Health, shares important heart health tips for women. What You Need to Know: Take time to focus on yourself Hormonal changes can affect the stability of a woman’s heartbeat Maintain a good…
Can Technology Help You Keep Watch of Your Heart Health?
Interventional cardiologist Dr. Henry Sun, director of LifeBridge Health’s Cardiovascular Institute, gives the scoop on the heart health monitoring capabilities of smart watches.
Air pollution exposure associated with increased risk of irregular heartbeat: Large study
Does air pollution affect your heart? Acute exposure to air pollution was found to be associated with an increased risk of arrythmia — irregular heartbeat — in a large study of 322 Chinese cities published in CMAJ
New Tool Predicts Sudden Death in Inflammatory Heart Disease
Johns Hopkins University scientists have developed a new tool for predicting which patients suffering from a complex inflammatory heart disease are at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Published in Science Advances, their method is the first to combine models of patients’ hearts built from multiple images with the power of machine learning.
Compound May Prevent Arrhythmia Caused by Medicines
A team of researchers including Ira S. Cohen, MD, PhD, of the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, has identified a compound that prevents the lengthening of the heart’s electrical event which can cause a lengthening of the EKG’s Q-T interval and a sometimes deadly arrhythmia.
FSU College of Medicine researcher develops new possibilities to prevent sudden cardiac death
Stephen Chelko, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences at the Florida State University College of Medicine, has developed a better understanding of the pathological characteristics behind arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, as well as promising avenues for prevention.
An atomic view of the trigger of the heart beat
Heart cells have tiny pores that generate electrical signals to initiate each heart beat. Structural studies of these channels are providing details how they work, how they malfunction due to different inherited mutations, and how they respond to drugs.
Ohio State’s Heart and Vascular Center Names 2019 Schottenstein Laureate
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Center has named Dr. Dan Roden, senior vice president for Personalized Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, as recipient of the 2019 Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences.
‘M-RISE’ Research Program Aims to Prevent Brain Damage Caused by Cardiac Arrest
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – For the more than 350,000 Americans that experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year, less than 1 in 10 of those treated will survive with good neurologic function. “Survival for these patients decreases with every minute there is a delay…