News articles tagged with 'fibrillation' (Page 2)
Mexican-Americans with heart rhythm disorder have increased risk for second stroke
— 10 Sep 2010 10:10 | HealthMexican-American stroke survivors with a heart rhythm disorder have more than twice the risk for another stroke compared to non-Hispanic whites, according to a study published in Stroke:…
Success stops drug trial
— 1 Sep 2010 09:11 | HealthThe data monitoring committee of the AVERROES study, seeing overwhelming evidence of the success of apixaban in the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation who are…
Heart disorder hits national epidemic proportions
— 31 Aug 2010 09:57 | HealthA growing epidemic of the world's most common heart rhythm disorder is resulting in an alarming number of hospital admissions in Australia, according to cardiology researchers…
Homecare after hip surgery in seniors increases survival rate
— 17 Aug 2010 10:06 | HealthSeniors who received home care after discharge from hospital for partial hip surgery (hemiarthroplasty) were 43% less likely to die in the three months following the procedure, found…
Millions of Americans in early stages of kidney disease need stroke monitoring
— 29 Jul 2010 10:37 | HealthMillions of Americans in the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an increased risk of having atrial fibrillation (AF) - a major risk factor for stroke - according to…
Can chaos theory help predict heart attacks?
— 22 Jul 2010 09:11 | HealthChaos models may someday help model cardiac arrhythmias - abnormal electrical rhythms of the heart, say researchers in the journal CHAOS, which is published by the American Institute…
Detection of potentially deadly atrial fibrillation dramatically improved by new algorithm
— 20 May 2010 13:43 | HealthAn algorithm developed by Ki H. Chon, PhD, head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in partnership with Snehraj Merchant of The ScottCare…
New arrhythmia drug provides only modest efficacy and no clear safety benefits
— 6 Apr 2010 09:53 | HealthIn a rigourous new review of the antiarrhythmic drug dronedarone (Multaq), researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute conclude that the controversial drug is only modestly effective…
Blacks more likely to have undiagnosed key stroke risk factor, have higher stroke incidence
— 16 Mar 2010 06:07 | HealthBlacks are more likely to have an undiagnosed key risk factor for stroke and are more likely to have a stroke than whites, according to two studies presented at the American Stroke…
Blacks less likely to know they have heart condition or to use treatment for it
— 16 Mar 2010 03:05 | HealthA large nationwide study that includes neurologists from Mayo Clinic has found that blacks are substantially less likely than whites to know that they have atrial fibrillation or to…