Arrhythmia Alliance E-Bulletin

“Promoting better understanding, diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for individuals with cardiac arrhythmia”

March 2007

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ORLive Presents: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
This will be accomplished by inducing ventricular fibrillation and allowing the device to detect and correct the arrhythmia.
...

 

Heart Checks could save 7000 lives

Net Doctor

 

Driving okay for most with primary-prevention ICDs, say updated guidelines

TheHeart.org

 

Personal ECG Powered By Neural Network Software
Wireless Healthcare - Royston,UK
The MHM 100 is capable of detecting a wide range of potentially serious
arrhythmias such as tachycardia (including VT), bradycardia, atrial and ventricular ...

 

For Week After Receiving ICD, Getting Behind Wheel Seen Risky
CME Teaching Brief® - MedPage Today

 

Ahead of the Bell: St. Jude Medical
Businessweek, New York

 

Medtronic to test MRI-safe pacemaker
Twin Cities Business Journal - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Currently, regulations prohibit the use of MRI scans on people with
pacemakers because of safety concerns. About 350 people who are eligible for pacemaker ...

Pleiotropic Effects of Statins
American College of Cardiology

 

Restricted driving urged for heart device patients

Medline Plus

 

Heart Failure Hospitalisations Cut By A Quarter With Intensive Atorvastatin Treatment
Medical News Today

 

Abbott To Initiate First Study To Evaluate XIENCE™ V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System In Treatment Of Women With Cardiovascular Disease
Medical News Today

 

New Pan-European Guidelines On The Treatment Of Diabetes, Cardiovascular And Valvular Heart Diseases Published
Medical News Today

 

Patients with Heart ICDs Have Less Driving Restrictions
Medical News Today

 

Lets Get To Heart Of Coronary Artery Disease
Medical News Today

 

Tracing The Causes Of Heart Failure
Medical News Today

 

Results Of Inhaled Treprostinil Controlled Pilot Studies Reported In The Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology
Medical News Today

 

Increased Risk Of Death From Drug Used In Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Medical News Today

 

Heart Attack Mortality Risk Associated With Hodgkin Disease Treatments
Medical News Today

 

Early Detection Of Artery Weakening Can Be A Life-Saver
Medical News Today

 

Remote Device Allows Cardiologist To Monitor Patients Daily At Their Homes
Medical News Today

 

Coffee Seen Not to Raise Heart Attack Risk
Medline Plus

 

Methamphetamine Use Linked to Heart Condition

Medline Plus

 

Key presentations from FDA DES hearing, including Swedish registry, released early online by

TheHeart.org

 

Beta blockers prevent atrial fibrillation in systolic HF

InCirculation.net

 

Molecular autopsy method reveals genetic heart defect cause of young deaths

InCirculation.net

 

Exercise in heart failure study launched

InCirculation.net

 

Driving okay for most with primary-prevention ICDs, say updated guidelines

TheHeart.org

 

Heart implant to block deadly calls

The Telegraph, UK

 

Philips Unveils Industry’s First Networked Patient Monitor ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... monitor/defibrillator or cardiac bedside monitor/defibrillator with built-in pacing, synchronized cardioversion and defibrillation capabilities. ...

 

Pulse Pressure Important Risk Factor for the Development of New-Onset AF
Medscape

 

International Partners discuss Benefits of Medical Tourism

Medical Tourism Conference

 

Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center describe findings in heart attack risk factors
Therapeutics Daily

 

Stent or operate? New York Times revisits the age-old stenting vs ...
TheHeart.Org - New York,NY,USA
This debate, begun anew in the drug-eluting-stent era but raging since interventional
cardiologists began impinging on patients historically directed into ...

Predictor Of Mortality In Cardiac Patients Found By Researchers
Medical News Today

 

Pulse Pressure Identified As Important Risk Factor For Atrial Fibrillation

Medical News Today

 

Irregular Heartbeat Linked To Genetic Mutation, Mayo Clinic Study Shows

Medical News Today

 

NHS Hospital Scheme exceeds targets

NetDoctor