Heartbeat: focus on heart disease in women
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...
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Heartbeat: sudden cardiac death risk predicted by simple ECG measures
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....
Heartbeat: can machine learning improve outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction?
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...
Heartbeat: is cardiovascular health affected by marital status, living alone or loneliness?
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
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...
Heartbeat: When should patients consider implantable cardiac defibrillator deactivation?
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...
Heartbeat: time for action to eliminate sex disparities in management and outcomes of patients with an acute coronary syndrome
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...
Heartbeat: is the keyword 'atrial or 'fibrillation?
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...
Heartbeat: the potential power of naps for cardiovascular health
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,...
Heartbeat: guidelines versus reality for patients with severe aortic stenosis
The increasing prevalence of aortic stenosis (AS) in our ageing population and clinical trials demonstrating the benefits of transcatheter valve implantation for severe symptomatic AS...
Heartbeat: sex differences in patient-reported outcomes with atrial fibrillation
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) now are recognised as an essential element in clinical cardiovascular research studies. In addition, we are increasing aware of significant sex...
American Indians may have a higher risk for irregular heartbeat
Irregular heartbeat or atrial fibrillation (AFib) occurred more often among American Indians than among other racial and ethnic groups, according to new research published in...
Heartbeat: telemedicine and outcomes in patients with an acute coronary syndrome
In patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), prehospital transmission of the ECG offers the potential to reduce the time delay between symptom onset and...
Intense Gaming Can Trigger Irregular Heartbeat, Fainting in Some Players
Title: Intense Gaming Can Trigger Irregular Heartbeat, Fainting in Some PlayersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 9/18/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/19/2019 12:00:00 AM Source link...
Intense Gaming Can Trigger Irregular Heartbeat, Fainting in Some Players
A handful of video gamers have passed out when intense sessions caused their heartbeat to lapse into an irregular rhythm known as an arrhythmia, researchers...
Intense Gaming Can Trigger Irregular Heartbeat, Fainting in Some Players
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New guidelines for management of a fast heartbeat released
At the ESC Congress 2019 held in Paris last weekend, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on supraventricular tachycardia were published. The document titled,...
Heartbeat: armed conflict and cardiovascular disease
Armed conflict affects a substantial number of people worldwide and often interferes with efforts to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease (CVD). Jawad and colleagues1 performed...
Guidelines on management of fast heartbeat published today
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on supraventricular tachycardia are published online today in European Heart Journal. The document highlights how catheter ablation is...