ECG for Cardiac Risk Prediction in Chronic and ESKD ECG for Cardiac Risk Prediction in Chronic and ESKD
Sudden cardiac death is among the most common CVD causes of death in advanced kidney disease. Is electrocardiographic assessment currently under-utilized for risk prediction for these patients?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news

AI Detects'Hidden' AFib During Normal Sinus Rhythm AI Detects'Hidden' AFib During Normal Sinus Rhythm
ECGs are often insufficient to detect atrial fibrillation, leaving patients open to potential stroke. A new artificial intelligence model rapidly identifies AF, even during sinus rhythm.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - August 8, 2019 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

2017 Int'l Recommendations Better Identify Adolescent Athletes With Abnormal ECGs 2017 Int'l Recommendations Better Identify Adolescent Athletes With Abnormal ECGs
The 2017 international recommendations for interpretation of adolescent athletes ' ECGs better identify those with serious cardiac pathology, compared with earlier criteria, according to a study of more than 11,000 young British soccer players.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - August 7, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

AI-Enabled ECG During Normal Sinus Rhythm Identifies A-Fib
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2019 -- An artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled electrocardiograph (ECG) acquired during normal sinus rhythm can identify individuals with atrial fibrillation, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in The Lancet. Zachi I.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 2, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Letter to the Editor: Beware of Who is Ordering ECGs and Why
No abstract available (Source: Emergency Medicine News)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - August 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: news

Electrocardiographic changes in patients with acute brain injury - Castro RRT.
[Abstract unavailable] Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: TBI Source Type: news

Life in Emergistan: Pile on the Fear, the ECGs, and the Debt
No abstract available (Source: Emergency Medicine News)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - June 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Life in Emergistan Source Type: news

FDA Grants First Ever Clearance For Six-Lead Personal ECG Device
KardiaMobile® is the Only Personal ECG that Delivers Multi-Dimensional Insight into a Patient's Heart MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 13, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- AliveCor, the leader in FDA-cleared consumer electrocardiogram te... Devices, Monitoring, Cardiology, FDA AliveCor , electrocardiogram, KardiaMobile, personal ECG (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - May 13, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

AliveCor ’s New Indications Help Consumers Understand Their Hearts
AliveCor is giving consumers a chance to understand their heart (beats) a whole better through a pair of new indications. The Mountain View, CA-based company said its KardiaMobile ECG is now cleared for the detection of BradyCardia and TachyCardia. Previously, AliveCor had a nod from FDA for KardiaMobile to detect Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) and Normal Sinus Rhythm. The Mountain View, CA-based company said the new indications make it the only consumer-cleared device with the ability to detect the three most common heart arrhythmias. "No other consumer ECG device in the world, can tell you more about your heart than KardiaMo...
Source: MDDI - April 24, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Cardiovascular Source Type: news

FDA Grants First-Ever Clearances to Detect Bradycardia and Tachycardia on a Personal ECG Device
KardiaMobile® Now The Only Personal ECG to Detect The Three Most Common Heart Arrhythmias MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 23, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- AliveCor, the leader in FDA-cleared consumer electrocardiogram technology (... Devices, Monitoring, Cardiology, FDA AliveCor, KardiaMobile, ECG, Bradycardia, Tachycardia (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - April 23, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

AHA News: After Family's Health Scare:'We Had to Do This Together '
FRIDAY, April 19, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- At his annual medical visit three years ago, John Lavaki told his doctor he sometimes felt short of breath going up and down the stairs. An electrocardiogram showed abnormal electrical... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 19, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Eliminating routine but low-value preoperative tests for cataract surgery patients associated with cost savings
FINDINGSUCLA researchers found that eliminating routine but unnecessary procedures before people undergo cataract surgery has the potential to save costs and resources for hospitals serving lower-income patients.Forgoing routine chest x-rays, electrocardiograms and other preoperative procedures — which studies have found to have no clinical benefit prior to cataract surgery — was associated with a savings of $67,241 over three years at one of the medical centers analyzed in the study. The change was also associated with other benefits – for instance, one licensed vocational nurse had approximately 70 percent more tim...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 16, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

BioSig raises $9m
BioSig Technologies (OTCQB: BSGM) has raised $8.6 million in a new round of equity financing, according to a recently posed SEC filing. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based company is developing the Pure EP system, which is designed for acquiring, digitizing, amplifying, filtering, measuring and calculating, displaying, recording and storing electrocardiographic and intracardiac signals for patients undergoing electrophysiology procedures. The device is intended to reduce noise and artifacts to produce high-fidelity cardiac signals, which the company claims could increase the diagnostic values of the signals. BioSig is not loo...
Source: Mass Device - March 29, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Wall Street Beat BioSig Technologies Source Type: news

Detecting Arrhythmias in Clinical Trials Using ECG Monitoring, New...
Clinical trials in cardiovascular medicine have grown in size, scope and complexity, requiring instruments for monitoring the heart to keep pace. Electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring has evolved from...(PRWeb March 21, 2019)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/detecting_arrhythmias_in_clinical_trials_using_ecg_monitoring_new_webinar_hosted_by_xtalks/prweb16185858.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 21, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

National Mobile X-Ray buys MMDS
Mobile x-ray, ultrasound, and electrocardiogram technology provider National...Read more on AuntMinnie.com (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 19, 2019 Category: Radiology Source Type: news