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Arrhythmias during and after zoledronic acid infusion patients with bone metastasis.
Zoledronic acid (ZA) is one of the important bisphosphonates which is widely used in bone metastatic cancer and osteoporotic patients. In a few studies, it has been reported that treatment with bispho...
Coronary artery fistulae are uncommon but may be haemodynamically significant, being an incidental finding in 0.1-0.2% of coronary angiograms. Even rarer is the association between fistulae and non-at...
Brain pacemaker (BPM) systems are similar to cardiac pacemaker (CPM). On CPM, damage caused by ionizing radiation may lead to failure of the device. We report here a clinical situation of a patient tr...
This study sought to determine the risk of ischemic stroke (IS)/thromboembolism (TE) associated with renal impairment and its incremental predictive value over established risk stratification scores (...
Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: drug therapies for rate and rhythm control.
Pharmacological treatment of atrial fibrillation in the context of heart failure poses numerous challenges. Management decisions are limited by contraindications to several drugs and the paucity of ro...
The interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) act as pacemaker cells that are involved in gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders, although the pathogenesis of these disorders is still unclear. The GI tract...
Giant right atrial thrombus in premature newborn.
Pediatric guidelines for treatment options of right atrial thrombosis in newborn are quite limited. Herein we present a case with giant atrial thrombosis resulting from umbilical venous catheter and i...
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is associated with a faster heart rate (HR), which is a risk factor for arrhythmias. However, the underlying mechanisms for this increased HR are poorly understood. Therefore, th...
Propafenone Versus Vernakalant for Conversion of Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation.
INTRODUCTION: An oral loading dose of propafenone 600 mg is used in our center as in other places around the world for conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients without structura...
News Articles
BERLIN -- (Marketwired) -- 05/23/13 -- BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of innovative medical technology, announced today that enrollment has been completed for the highly anticipated IMPACT study....
Medtronic Announces CE Mark and Launch for CapSureFix Novus(TM) 5076 MRI Lead
Proven Lead Expands Access to MRI for Patients with Slow Heartbeat TOLOCHENAZ - May 21, 2013 -- Medtronic today announced CE Mark (Conformité Européenne) and launch of its CapSureFix Novus(TM)5076...
WAYNE, N.J., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC, a leading provider of cardiovascular technologies, today announced that it has acquired LAAx Inc., a privately held company that ha...
ANDOVER, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced that CX50 xMATRIX, the world's first portable ultrasound with Philips' industry leading Li...
Medtronic to Honor Those Who Give Back After Receiving Life-Enhancing Medical Technology
(View the Bakken Invitation video here) Live On. Give On: Ten inspirational people will be awarded a $20,000 charitable donation and be honored at an awards celebration in Hawaii as part of the f...
PTSD Patients' Brains Perform Abnormally, Even In Non-Stressful Conditions
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Regions of the brain that have been linked to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military veterans continue to perform abnormally, even...
Some Hospitals Under The Microscope For Steep Pricing
The New York Times and Los Angeles Times report on specific hospitals that have been shown to be among the most expensive in the nation. Meanwhile, Modern Healthcare reports on interest from some Sena...
Boston Scientific Schedule of Major Events and Presentations at EuroPCR 2013
NATICK, Mass., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) is scheduled to participate at the annual EuroPCR Scientific Program May 21-24 in Paris. "We are pleased to p...
Anticoagulation for pacemaker surgery
Clinically significant device-pocket haematoma is reduced when patients requiring long-term warfarin therapy undergo pacemaker or implantable cardioverter–defibrillator surgery without interruptio...
New Data On Boston Scientific's Atrial Fibrillation Watchman Device Could Lift Outlook
By Trefis: Boston Scientific's (BSX) stock rallied over 5% on Thursday after the medical device maker released the much-awaited four-year follow-up data from the Protect AF clinical trial pertainin...
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St. Jude Medical, Inc. / AGA Medical
St. Jude Medical develops medical technology and services that focus on putting more control into the hands of those who treat cardiac, neurological and chronic pain patients worl...
Founded in 1998, SurgiVision, Inc. is a leader in the emerging field of MRI-guided interventions, creating innovative platforms for performing the next generation of minimally inv...
Founded in 1998, MRI Interventions, Inc. is creating innovative platforms for performing the next generation of minimally invasive surgical procedures in the brain and heart. Util...
Electrochem, founded in 1979, is a world leader in the design and manufacture of custom battery and wireless sensing technology solutions. A subsidiary of Greatbatch, Inc., Electr...
Acutus Medical and Index Ventures
Acutus Medical is a medical technology company committed to developing an innovative breakthrough platform technology of safe, cost effective and clinically advanced tools for the...
TYRX, Inc. commercializes innovative, implantable combination drug+device products focused on infection control, including the AIGISRx® Antibacterial Envelope, designed to redu...
Based in Eden Prairie, Minn., NeoChord is a privately held medical technology company focused on advancing the treatment of mitral regurgitation. The Company expects to commercial...
Based in Eden Prairie, Minn., NeoChord is a privately held medical technology company focused on advancing the treatment of mitral regurgitation. The Company received CE marking i...
ARYx Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a portfolio of internally discovered products designed to eliminate known safety issues associated with well...
St. Jude Medical is dedicated to making life better for cardiac, neurological, and chronic pain patients worldwide through excellence in medical device technology and services. The company has five ma...
Clinical Trials
Resynchronization Therapy in Young Patients With and Without CHD
Pacemakers can be attached to one or more than one of the heart chambers. After watching pacemakers work over time, doctors have found that the pacemakers that stimulate only one chamber o...
Rhythm Disturbances After Ventricular Septal Defects
We would like to conduct a retrospective chart review examining the incidence of surgical heart block in children treated in the Cardiac Service Line at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta....
The goal of X-Change HF is to estimate the effect of biventricular stimulation in patients who need antibradycardia ventricular stimulation (more than 80%); are eligible for the exchange o...
Atrial Pacing for Termination and Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Present treatment strategies are aimed at termination of AF an...
Technical Development of Strain Rate Echocardiography
This study will examine heart function using two imaging techniques - echocardiography (ultrasound) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - to evaluate newly developed software for echocard...
Clinical Trial of Propranolol for Seasonal Affective Disorder
The purpose of this study is to determine what dose of a new timed-release tablet of the drug propranolol will reduce secretion of the hormone melatonin in healthy volunteers. This study w...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Study the Normal Eye
This study will assess the value of improved magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to study the lens of the human eye. Knowledge of how cataracts develop and progress has been hampe...
Studying the Effectiveness of Pacemaker Therapy in Children Who Have Thickened Heart Muscle
A heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) causes abnormal thickening of the heart muscle, which obstructs the flow of blood out of the heart. The thickened muscle and the...
Biomarkers in Aortic Stenosis - B.A.S.S.
This study is being done to determine whether or not new blood test(s) can determine the severity of heart conditions. Aortic stenosis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mitral regurgitation, a...
Placement of Permanent Pacemaker Study
The purpose of this study is to determine the predictors for placement of permanent pacemakers soon after cardiac surgery. We will measure the following to see what influence, if any, they...
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ECG Course 2
Dr. Dean Keller and Dr. Melissa Stiles continue their discussion on reading an electrocardiogram.
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Natriuretic Peptides
Peptides that regulate the WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE in the body, also known as natriuretic peptide hormones. Several have been sequenced (ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE).
Wandering Spleen
A congenital or acquired condition in which the SPLEEN is not in its normal anatomical position but moves about in the ABDOMEN. This is due to laxity or absence of suspensory ligaments which normally provide peritoneal attachments to keep the SPLEEN in a fixed position. Clinical symptoms include ABDOMINAL PAIN, splenic torsion and ISCHEMIA.
Atrial Septum
The thin membrane-like muscular structure separating the right and the left upper chambers (HEART ATRIA) of a heart.
Foramen Ovale, Patent
A condition in which the FORAMEN OVALE in the ATRIAL SEPTUM fails to close shortly after birth. This results in abnormal communications between the two upper chambers of the heart. An isolated patent ovale foramen without other structural heart defects is usually of no hemodynamic significance.
Sinus Arrest, Cardiac
The omission of atrial activation that is caused by transient cessation of impulse generation at the SINOATRIAL NODE. It is characterized by a prolonged pause without P wave in an ELECTROCARDIOGRAM. Sinus arrest has been associated with sleep apnea (REM SLEEP-RELATED SINUS ARREST).
