Heartbeat Archives

Heartbeat: empowering patients with digital home management

NewsemiaSeptember 26, 2020

by NewsemiaSeptember 26, 202003

Digital technology now offers unprecedented opportunity for patients to be actively involved in monitoring and managing their chronic cardiovascular conditions. Patients have access to low-cost...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: interaction of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone blocking drugs with COVID-19 disease susceptibility and severity

NewsemiaSeptember 15, 2020

by NewsemiaSeptember 15, 202006

Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the primary receptor for the SARS-CoV-2 virus raising concern that patients with cardiovascular disease being treated with an ACE...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: therapeutic targets for prevention of calcific aortic valve stenosis

NewsemiaAugust 29, 2020

by NewsemiaAugust 29, 202009

Current management of calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS) is limited to palliation of end-stage disease with valve replacement to relieve left ventricular outflow obstruction. Rather...

Biology

Investigating the Cause of Irregular Heartbeat Following Cell Therapy for Regeneration of Heart Tissue

NewsemiaAugust 28, 2020

by NewsemiaAugust 28, 202008

The promise of cell therapies is twofold. Firstly, the ability to regenerate from injuries that do not normally heal, such as severed nerves, or large...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: taking care of patients with cardiovascular disease during a pandemic

NewsemiaAugust 15, 2020

by NewsemiaAugust 15, 202004

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) specialists have faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic starting with a critical role in caring for severely ill patients with COVID-19,...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: weather, air pollution and cardiac arrest

NewsemiaAugust 11, 2020

by NewsemiaAugust 11, 202005

Outcomes of patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remain poor despite considerable efforts in many countries directed towards rapid access defibrillation, emergency medical services...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: Heart disease and COVID-19

NewsemiaJuly 26, 2020

by NewsemiaJuly 26, 202006

During the COVID-19 pandemic it has become evident that the interaction between COVID-19 infection and cardiovascular disease goes both ways: patients with underlying cardiovascular disease...

Pediatrics

Lupus Drug Prevents Low Heartbeat in High-Risk Newborns: Study

NewsemiaJuly 19, 2020

by NewsemiaJuly 19, 202004

Lupus Drug Prevents Low Heartbeat in High-Risk Newborns: Study Source link...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: Early cardiomyopathy or physiological left ventricular dilation in athletes?

NewsemiaJuly 6, 2020

by NewsemiaJuly 6, 202004

Athletic physical conditioning results in changes in cardiac anatomy and function that make it challenging to distinguish normal physiological changes from a pathological process in...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: Rapid rule-out pathways for acute myocardial infarction

NewsemiaJune 24, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 24, 202004

Clinical decision making in patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain remains a challenge; while only 10% to 20% are ultimately diagnosed with...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: risk of stroke in patients with heart failure

NewsemiaApril 7, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 7, 2020027

In patients with heart failure (HF), the increased risk of ischaemic stroke often is attributed to coexisting atrial fibrillation (AF). To test the hypothesis that...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: focus on heart disease in women

NewsemiaMarch 25, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 25, 2020025

The relationship between hormone status and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women remains controversial. CVD mortality is higher in women who experience period cessation at a...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: sudden cardiac death risk predicted by simple ECG measures

NewsemiaMarch 10, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 10, 202008

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) accounts for 10%–20% of all deaths in high-income countries, with about 50% of victims having no prior history of heart disease....

Cardiology

Heartbeat: can machine learning improve outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction?

NewsemiaFebruary 25, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 25, 2020019

Machine learning offers the opportunity to gain new insights into clinical cardiovascular disease as shown in the paper in this issue of Heart on novel...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: is cardiovascular health affected by marital status, living alone or loneliness?

NewsemiaFebruary 8, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 8, 2020013

Many studies suggest there is a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals who are lonely, not married or living alone.1–4 But which is...

AHA News: Baby Survived 27 Minutes Without a Heartbeat

NewsemiaJanuary 20, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 20, 2020026

Title: AHA News: Baby Survived 27 Minutes Without a HeartbeatCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/16/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/17/2020 12:00:00 AM Source link...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: When should patients consider implantable cardiac defibrillator deactivation?

NewsemiaJanuary 17, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 17, 2020016

The use of implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) has dramatically improved outcomes for patients with many types of heart disease. Yet, the patient with an ICD...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: time for action to eliminate sex disparities in management and outcomes of patients with an acute coronary syndrome

NewsemiaJanuary 5, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 5, 2020036

Sex differences in the clinical presentation of patients with chest pain and acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are well known. Even so, sex disparities persist in...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: is the keyword 'atrial or 'fibrillation?

NewsemiaDecember 11, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 11, 2019022

The association of left atrial (LA) enlargement, atrial fibrillation (AF) and adverse cardiovascular outcomes is well known. However, it remains unclear whether this association is...

Cardiology

Heartbeat: the potential power of naps for cardiovascular health

NewsemiaNovember 22, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 22, 2019011

The significance of napping for cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been a matter of controversy, with studies showing discordant results depending on the methods of evaluation,...