Researchers with McMaster University have found that a commonly prescribed dementia medication doesn't increase the risk of death or certain heart rhythm problems, contrary to past warnings.
Apr 15, 2024
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Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, in collaboration with researchers at the National University Hospital of Iceland, have published a study on a cardiac electrical abnormality that can potentially result ...
Jul 26, 2023
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Heart rhythm measures in the electrocardiograms of the first pig-to-human heart transplant found unexpected differences in the electrical conduction system of the genetically modified pig heart compared to an unmodified pig ...
Oct 31, 2022
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Using the wrong mathematical formula to assess heartbeat rhythms may lead oncologists to inappropriately stop life-saving chemotherapy, according to research findings from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists. ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Less than 1% of the population has been diagnosed with Long QT syndrome—a rare heart condition that can cause chaotic, sometimes fatal, heart rhythms.
May 25, 2022
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Herbal supplements may be natural, but that does not mean they are always safe. A new case report appearing in Heart Rhythm Case Reports, an official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, published by Elsevier, is a case in ...
May 16, 2022
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A simple electrocardiogram (ECG) can pinpoint hospitalized COVID-19 patients at high risk of death who might need intensive management. That's the finding of a study presented at EHRA 2022, a scientific congress of the European ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Researchers from Mayo Clinic and AliveCor Inc. have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a mobile device that can identify certain patients at risk of sudden cardiac death. This research has yielded a breakthrough ...
Feb 1, 2021
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Debates over whether hydroxychloroquine should be taken to help lessen the duration and impact of COVID-19 have revolved around the drug's reputation for causing cardiac events such as abnormal heart rhythms or beats and ...
Sep 16, 2020
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A patient who met many of the published safety guidelines for chloroquine therapy against COVID-19 was observed to have a very abnormal ECG pattern after treatment began, leading to multiple episodes of torsade de pointes ...
Jun 18, 2020
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