Protein CVD Risk Score; Long-Term Arrhythmias With Epilepsy; Automated ASD Detection
(MedPage Today) -- Large-scale proteomics produced a protein risk score that modestly improved prediction of cardiovascular events over clinical risk factors alone. (JAMA)
A heightened long-term risk of cardiac arrhythmias was observed in people... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 22, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Occam's Razor: Two Arrhythmias in a Single Heart? Occam's Razor: Two Arrhythmias in a Single Heart?
This case study presents a patient with tachycardia involving a rapid rhythm in the atria and the ventricles at different rates. What was the diagnosis?Circulation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Serious Arrhythmias Playing Video Games'Extremely Rare'Serious Arrhythmias Playing Video Games'Extremely Rare '
Young people with genetic heart disorders predisposing to arrhythmias who are properly treated can engage in e-gaming with very little risk of a cardiac event, researchers say.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - August 8, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Neighborhood disadvantage is associated with sleep disturbance in a sample of trauma-exposed Veterans - Miller KE, So CJ, Brownlow JA, Woodward SH, Gehrman PR.
This study examined associations among neighborhood disadvantage, all-night respiratory sinus arrhythmia, fear of sleep, nightmare frequency, and sleep duration in a sample of trauma-exposed Veterans. METHODS: Participants completed bas... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
The Connection Between Diabetes and Heart Arrhythmias
The human heart beats roughly 3 billion times during the course of an average lifetime. Every single time it beats, blood is drawn into its two upper chambers, held there briefly by a network of valves, and then pumped out forcefully through its two lower chambers. This drawing-and-pumping action ensures that about six liters of freshly oxygenated blood leaves the heart and enters the bloodstream every minute—a volume that can rise to more than 35 liters per minute when someone is exercising.
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But none of that can happen unless the heart’s complicated machinery&md...
Source: TIME: Health - July 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Can Patent Foramen Ovales Cause Problems?
Discussion
During fetal development, the heart primum and secundum septa grow and overlap leaving a small but important channel between the two atria. The foramen ovale is a flap valve moving blood from the right atrium into the left atrium directly and bypassing the high pressure pulmonary system. After birth and breathing air, the neonate’s lungs open up and the pulmonary vascular resistance decreases. The left atrium now has a relatively higher pressure than the right atria, and therefore pressure on the flap valve closes the foramen ovale. Usually within 6-12 months, the fusion of the primum and secundum of the f...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 24, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Suicidal sodium nitrite intoxication: a case report focusing on the postmortem findings and toxicological analyses-review of the literature - Andelhofs D, Van Den Bogaert W, Lepla B, Croes K, Van de Voorde W.
Sodium nitrite (NaNO(2)) is an inorganic compound that is commonly used as a preservative (E250) in the fish and meat industry. When ingested, sodium nitrite will lead to methemoglobinemia, hypotension, and arrhythmias. An increasing trend in the use of so... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Testosterone Treatments Aren ’ t Linked to Heart Risks When Patients Are Carefully Monitored, Study Finds
Advertisements for treatments for “low T,” or low testosterone levels in middle-aged and older men, have led to spikes in demand. But the safety and legitimacy of those testosterone therapies hasn’t been clear.
In a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, researchers provide the most conclusive evidence yet that testosterone treatments appear to be safe for the heart and are not associated with an increased risk of certain heart-related events.
In the study, led by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic, more than 5,200 men age...
Source: TIME: Health - June 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news
Ventricular arrhythmias associated with over-the-counter and recreational opioids - Krantz MJ, Rudo TJ, Haigney MCP, Stockbridge N, Kleiman RB, Klein M, Kao DP.
BACKGROUND: Epidemic increases in opioid deaths prompted policies limiting access to prescription opioids in North America. Consequently, the over-the-counter opioids loperamide (Imodium A-D) and mitragynine, the herbal ingredient in kratom, are increasing... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Kratom Linked to Outsized Proarrhythmic Risks
(MedPage Today) -- Over-the-counter agents misused to curb opioid withdrawal or induce euphoria at high doses were linked to a disproportionate number of lethal arrhythmias reported to national pharmacovigilance systems, researchers found.
Antidiarrheal... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - June 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
STtereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation (STAR) STtereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation (STAR)
Learn about the STOPSTORM consortium, which investigates the current clinical use of STereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation (STAR) practice in Europe.Europace (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Vigorous Exercise Not Harmful With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 -- Among individuals with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), vigorous exercise is not associated with a higher rate of death or life-threatening arrhythmias such as resuscitated sudden cardiac arrest, arrhythmic syncope, or... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Changing Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy? Changing Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?
Data indicate that extended ECG monitoring detects a higher incidence of clinically relevant arrhythmias than 24-hour monitoring.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - May 16, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Surprisingly More NSVT Using Extended ECG Monitoring in HCM Surprisingly More NSVT Using Extended ECG Monitoring in HCM
With implications for sudden-death risk assessment, 30-day compared to 24-hour monitoring may detect far more clinically important arrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - May 9, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Air pollution could cause irregular heartbeat within hours, new study warns
The risk of arrhythmias could occur several hours after exposure to air pollution and persist for 24 hours, according to new research. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
