American Heart News - Heart News

APRIL 10, 2024

Research Highlights: Treating gum disease within three months after a heart procedure to correct an irregular heart rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation (AFib), may lower the chances of it reoccurring. Inflamed gums may predict AFib recurrence after.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Ioannis Katsoularis, image courtesy of Klas Sjöberg milla1cf Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:23 December 14, 2023 — Individuals infected with COVID-19 are also at an increased risk of suffering from heart rhythm disturbances, such as atrial fibrillation.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 3, 2024

Many studies have shown that potentially lethal heart rhythm disturbances ('ventricular arrhythmia') are more likely to occur in the morning, when people wake after a night's sleep, but until now the trigger mechanism has not been fully understood.

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DAIC

JUNE 11, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 06/11/2024 - 18:09 June 11, 2024 — Stereotaxis (NYSE: STXS), a pioneer in surgical robotics for minimally invasive endovascular intervention, today announced that Hospital Santa Maria della Pietà, in Nola in the Metropolitan City of Naples, has established the first robotic cardiac heart program in Southern Italy.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 28, 2024

In a Leicester study that looked at whether artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to predict whether a pe 100 29351 0 29351 0 0 258k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 260k rson was at risk of a lethal heart rhythm, an AI tool correctly identified the condition 80% of the time.

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HeartRhythm

MAY 15, 2024

Allied health professionals, or allied professionals (APs), have a rich history in the foundation of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS). Visionary APs such as Susan L. Fraser, RN, FHRS, CCDS, and Marleen E.

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HeartRhythm

JANUARY 29, 2024

Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) committees have been created to advance our strategic goals, which evolve over time in response to scientific advances, clinical needs, external forces, and internal capabilities. The Quality Improvement (QI) Committee is a relatively new committee, formed in 2017.

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American College of Cardiology

MAY 20, 2024

Several abstracts at Heart Rhythm 2024, held May 16-19 in Boston, MA, featured data from the NCDR suite of registries.

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American Heart News - Heart News

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Research Highlights: In a large study of adults with implanted heart devices that detected short, symptomless bouts of irregular heart rhythm, known as subclinical atrial fibrillation, those who took the anti-clotting medication apixaban were 37% less.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Investigators found that an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can detect an abnormal heart rhythm in people not yet showing symptoms.

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DAIC

JANUARY 18, 2024

milla1cf Thu, 01/18/2024 - 14:21 January 18, 2024 — Abbott announced the first global procedures have been conducted using the company's new Volt Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System to treat patients battling common abnormal heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 30, 2023

A study of more than 83,000 questionnaires by women ages 50-79, found more than 25% developed irregular heart rhythms, known as atrial fibrillation, which may increase their risk for stroke and heart failure.

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Science Daily - Stroke

AUGUST 22, 2023

Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder, affecting more than 40 million people worldwide. A study in more than 15,000 people has found that physical fitness is linked with a lower likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation and stroke.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

APRIL 17, 2024

Adults with congenital heart defects were more likely to experience an abnormal, irregular heartbeat, finds a new study.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Researchers from Murdoch University have discovered that a simple measure of heart rate variability, taken at rest or during sleep, can identify a person's optimal treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

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DAIC

MAY 17, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 05/17/2024 - 18:54 May 17, 2024 — Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology, is presenting new retrospective study results demonstrating the clinical and economic benefits of Philips’ AI-powered cardiac care solutions at the Heart Rhythm Annual Meeting in Boston (May 16-19).

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Patients undergoing catheter ablation for AF often experience resolution of symptoms even when AF recurs, suggesting symptoms are not solely due to the heart rhythm. It remains unclear what causes symptoms in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF).

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 26, 2024

Editorial Boards for JACC and JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology (JACC: CEP) will integrate their efforts to attract and publish the best electrophysiology (EP) content and produce the greatest patient impact, as one of the first initiatives of incoming JACC Editor-in-Chief Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, FACC.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 10, 2024

Treating gum disease in the three months after a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation (AFib) may lower oral inflammation and may reduce AFib recurrence, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 10, 2024

People taking medical cannabis for chronic pain have a slightly increased risk of arrhythmia, according to research published in the European Heart Journal today (Thursday). Arrhythmia is when the heart beats too slowly, too quickly or irregularly. It includes conditions like atrial fibrillation.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Apple watches have some advantages over traditional ways of diagnosing cardiac arrythmias in children but need more validation, finds a new study.

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Medical Xpress - ECG

DECEMBER 1, 2022

New research supported by the euCanSHare and HealthyCloud projects has revealed that a model combining ECG features and cardiac imaging-derived radiomics data improves the detection of AF in women. The study was published in the journal Scientific Reports.

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DAIC

JULY 24, 2024

care pathways and to provide millions of Americans with the ability to just use their smartphone to obtain easy and accurate heart rhythm measurements. These measurements can enable the early detection and monitoring of heart rhythm conditions such as atrial fibrillation. and a specificity of 99.9%.1

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HeartRhythm

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Wearable technology has become increasingly prevalent. A number of devices are available on the market, ranging from smartphones to eyeglasses, headbands, and necklaces to monitor and record a multitude of vital signs and markers of health.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

JANUARY 25, 2024

Unfortunately, implementation of devices, including those with the greatest evidence, in clinical care pathways is still suboptimal.

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American Heart News - Heart News

JULY 22, 2024

Research Highlights: Two new, basic research studies in rodents (mice and rats) analyzed the impacts that alcohol may have on the heart. In a mouse study, abnormal heart rhythms that can occur after a pattern of repeated simulation of binge drinking.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Background Cardiac arrhythmias have markedly increased in recent decades, highlighting the urgent need for appropriate test systems to evaluate the efficacy and safety of new pharmaceuticals and the potential side effects of established drugs.

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American Heart News - Heart News

MARCH 5, 2024

Research Highlights: An analysis of health data in the UK Biobank found a 20% higher risk of irregular heart rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation, among people who said they drank two liters or more per week (about 67 ounces) of artificially sweetened.

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HeartRhythm

JANUARY 20, 2024

The motion relationship and time intervals of the pulsed-wave Doppler (PWD) spectrum are essential for diagnosing fetal arrhythmia (FA). However, few technologies are currently available to automatically calculate fetal cardiac time intervals (CTIs).

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Stroke Journal

MARCH 8, 2024

Subclinical AF (SCAF), defined as AF discovered during the interrogation of prolonged heart monitoring, is often asymptomatic and short-lasting, is associated with increased stroke risk compared with sinus rhythm, and may progress to clinical AF. Stroke, Ahead of Print.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Home rhythm monitors including continuous wearable devices and intermittent monitoring devices may reduce time to detection compared to traditional interval follow-up (FU) with electrocardiogram (ECG) or multi-day monitoring.

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DAIC

APRIL 9, 2024

Four heart rhythm organizations from around the globe developed the statement. It is also published in Heart Rhythm , the official journal of the HRS, Journal of Arrhythmia , the official journal of the APHRS, and Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology , the official journal of the LAHRS.

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Med Page Today

MAY 21, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- Pulsed field ablation (PFA) trials continued to accrue positive data, as reported at the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) annual meeting. Superiority, Finally Secondary analysis of the pivotal ADVENT trial showed that.

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HeartRhythm

JULY 21, 2024

The declining number of electrophysiologists pursuing academic research careers could negatively impact innovation for patients with heart rhythm disorders in the coming decades.

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Medical Xpress - ECG

JUNE 23, 2023

It could be the shopping trip that saves your life: supermarket carts are helping to diagnose atrial fibrillation which can then be treated to prevent disabling or fatal strokes. The research was presented at ACNAP 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine.

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American College of Cardiology

JUNE 11, 2024

Pulsed-field energy ablation (PFA) was significantly associated with hemolysis compared to radiofrequency ablation (RFA) following pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), according to the results of a study presented at Heart Rhythm 2024.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 10, 2024

Patients with post-COVID-19 vaccination postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) all have preexisting conditions, according to a study published in the January issue of Heart Rhythm.

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