Alcohol Septal Ablation in Hypertrophic Obstructive CardiomyopathyAlcohol Septal Ablation in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
What can we glean from the largest study on sudden cardiac death -- in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who are treated with alcohol septal ablation? Heart (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Freedom in waiting: A ventricular assist device gives Aidan’s family independence
Aidan
When Aidan was just 8 months old, his parents Patrick and Tavina received shocking news—their son had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a rare but serious disease that affects the muscle of the heart. Given his young age and severity of his condition, the early prognosis was bleak.
“Things didn’t look good at first,” remembers Patrick. “We were steeling ourselves for the real possibility that Aidan wouldn’t make it to see his first birthday.”
But, heart condition or not, little Aidan was a fighter, and with minimal medical management his condition stabilized. Over the years, he grew ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 3, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts Heart conditions Our patients’ stories Christina VanderPluym Heart Center heart transplant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy MD VAD ventricular assist device Source Type: news
Enlarged Heart No Excuse for Inactivity (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may unnecessarily place restrictions on their physical activity, a survey suggested. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 10, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
ICDs Effective in Young Patients (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- In pediatric patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators can terminate ventricular tachyarrhythmias, but with a high complication rate, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 2, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Stanford Researchers Use Stem Cells To Pinpoint Cause Of Common Type Of Sudden Cardiac Death
When a young athlete dies unexpectedly on the basketball court or the football field, it's both shocking and tragic. Now Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have, for the first time, identified the molecular basis for a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that is the most common cause for this type of sudden cardiac death. To do so, the Stanford scientists created induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, from the skin cells of 10 members of a family with a genetic mutation that causes the condition... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
New Hope for Stopping Sudden Cardiac Deaths
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Sudden cardiac death in young athletes has been a problem since the year 490 B.C., when a young Greek soldier ran from Marathon to Athens and fell suddenly to his death. (Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) The sudden death of a young athlete is tragic, but for the first time researchers have identified the molecular basis for the condition that is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - January 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Researchers use stem cells to pinpoint cause of common type of sudden cardiac death
When a young athlete dies unexpectedly on the basketball court or the football field, it's both shocking and tragic. Now researchers have, for the first time, identified the molecular basis for a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that is the most common cause for this type of sudden cardiac death. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 3, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news
Stanford researchers use stem cells to pinpoint cause of common type of sudden cardiac death
(Stanford University Medical Center) When a young athlete dies unexpectedly on the basketball court or the football field, it's both shocking and tragic. Now Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have, for the first time, identified the molecular basis for a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that is the most common cause for this type of sudden cardiac death. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
