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Arrythmias Are a Significant Comorbidity in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 – For patients with adult congenital heart disease, arrythmias are a significant comorbidity and are associated with health care use and increased mortality, according to a...
Severe QT Prolongation Common in Users of Antipsychotic Medications
TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2024 – More than one in eight patients receiving quetiapine or haloperidol therapy appear to develop severe QT prolongation (SQTP), according to a study published online Jan. 14...
Lasting Benefits Seen for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With Defibrillator
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 – Receipt of a cardiac-resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) offers long term benefit for patients with heart failure, reduced ejection fraction, and a widened QRS...
Medical Cannabis Use for Chronic Pain Linked to New-Onset Arrhythmia
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 – For patients with chronic pain, medical cannabis use is associated with an increased risk for new-onset arrhythmia, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in the...
Apple Watch Can Help Identify Arrhythmias in Children
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2023 – An Apple Watch can record arrhythmia events in children, including those that are not necessarily detected on traditional ambulatory cardiac monitors, according to a study...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Increases Risk for Later Arrhythmias
MONDAY, Nov. 6, 2023 – Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) overall, as well as Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) individually, have an increased risk for developing later...
Experimental Pacemaker Can Recharge Its Own Battery
MONDAY, Nov. 6, 2023 – It’s a pacemaker that’s a bit like the Energizer bunny – it will keep ticking and ticking and ticking. An experimental pacemaker is able to partially recharge its own battery b...
Fast-Acting Investigational Nasal Spray May Ease Rapid Heartbeat
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 – Up to 2 million people in the U.S. experience rapid-fire heartbeats from time to time, and many end up in the hospital for treatment. But an investigational nasal spray...
Benefit of ICD Attenuated in CKD Patients Receiving Cardiac Resynchronization
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 – For patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), the benefit of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) may...
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