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ARRHYTHMIA IN THE NEWS
UPDATED JUNE 2009


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Blackburn with Darwen roadshow taking place to spot cardiac problems Lancashire Telegraph - Blackburn,England,UK By Emma Cruces » PEOPLE are being encouraged to learn their pulse rate in a bid to prevent deaths from cardiac arrhythmia . NHS Blackburn with Darwen is this ... See all stories on this topic Yeovil Hospital helps to promote Arrhythmia Awareness Week Yeovil Express - Yeovil , England , UK They may cause individuals to experience palpitations, light-headedness and loss of consciousness. “Knowing your Pulse” Health and Fitness \| Health \| Know your pulse Trudie Lobban Trustee and Founder of the Arrhythmia Alliance said of the campaignFinding out about arrhythmias early could improve a patient's chance of ... your pulse is one of the easiest ways to ... Workers offered heart checks for 'silent' killer Rye and Battle Today - England,UK The checks are being supported by the Arrhythmia Alliance charity and the Atrial Fibrillation Association. The full article contains 236 words and appears ... AF AWARE Cardiology Groups Call for Greater Awareness and Better ... PR Newswire UK (press release) - London,UK ... Atrial Fibrillation Association (AFA), Stroke Alliance For Europe (SAFE), ... Atrial fibrillation (AF), is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal ... Blackburn with Darwen roadshow taking place to spot cardiac problems Lancashire Telegraph - Blackburn,England,UK By Emma Cruces » PEOPLE are being encouraged to learn their pulse rate in a bid to prevent deaths from cardiac arrhythmia . NHS Blackburn with Darwen is this ... See all stories on this topic Warning over triathlon death rate Independent - London , England , UK Cardiologists have speculated that swimming may trigger a type of heart rhythm malfunction called long QT syndrome. This is an inherited condition affecting ... Ion-channel agents may play important role in future AF drug therapy Cardiology Today - Thorofare , NJ , USA The proliferation of catheter ablation has not reduced the importance or effectiveness of drug therapy for AF. According to Mohan N. Viswanathan, MD, ... Pioneering procedure that can cure a faulty heartbeat Daily Mail - UK By Carol Davis Tens of thousands of Britons are killed each year by the heart Research and Markets: New Report Forecasts the Size of Global ... Earthtimes (press release) - London , UK Defibrillators are used for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia , including Ventricular Fibrillation (VF), Ventricular Tachycardia, and Atrial Fibrillation ... condition atrial fibrillation , but now a London cardiologist has developed a ... New Method Significantly Improves Treatment Of Severe Heart ... Medical News Today (press release) - UK The findings were presented in Boston at Heart Rhythm 2009, the annual Heart Rhythm Society's Scientific Sessions, by Dr. Atul Verma, Electrophysiologist at ... Rare illness that killed teenager puts her whole family at risk This is London - London , England , UK Rebekah Borg, 18, from Camden Town , died on 12 February from a disorder called sudden arrhythmic death syndrome — which it is thought to have killed her ... Medtronic Pacemaker Defects Reported Among Kappa and Sigma Devices AboutLawsuits.com - USA Approximately 37000 Medtronic Kappa and Sigma pacemakers could contain a wiring defect, according to an advisory letter Medtronic sent to doctors this month ... Hambleden hopes to be trailblazer in life saving scheme This is Local London - UK Charity Arrhythmia Alliance is running a national campaign to place AEDs in every community. It says the machines, which administer a shock to restore the ... High Alzheimer's Risk For Those With Atrial Fibrillation Inventorspot - USA ... links between Alzheimer's disease and atrial fibrillation are being presented to the Heart Rhythm Society's annual meeting in Boston this weekend. ... Dronedarone effective for treatment of AF in different patient ... Cardiology Today - Thorofare , NJ , USA Lucky-to-be-alive mum urges family to help other heart disease ... Lynn News - King's Lynn , UK She has Ebstein's Anomaly, with one of her heart valves in the wrong place, and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome , which makes her heart beat faster than it ... According to Richard L. Page, MD, president of the Heart Rhythm Society and a professor of medicine and head of cardiology at the University of Washington ... See all stories on this topic Patients plug into technology at home Worthing Today - Worthing , England , UK PACEMAKERS with wireless technology are allowing heart patients to stay at home while specialists give them internet check-ups. The DGH has introduced new ... Medtronic shows encouraging results for MRI safe pacemaker HealthJockey.com - Mumbai, Maharashtra , India The EnRhythm MRI SureScan pacemaker is believed to have revealed that it is not subject to any problems arising due to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...ardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator or CRT-D) devices. ... Boston Scientific wins CE Mark for new defibrillation lead system Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA This system, combined with the new Teligen implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and Cognis cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), ... St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval of Accent RF and ... Earthtimes (press release) - London , UK “We designed the pacemakers in response to the physician and patient needs for intelligent products that streamline testing and follow-up, ... Research and Markets: Overall the Western European Cardiac Rhythm ... Earthtimes (press release) - London , UK ... examine the following markets: pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronisation devices and ablation catheters and leads. FDA oks New Medtronic Left Heart Lead for Cardiac ... Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles , CA , USA ... life-threatening heart rhythm . CRT and CRT-D have become increasingly important therapeutic options for patients with moderate and severe heart failure ... World first Arrhythmia procedure at London Bridge Hospital Private Healthcare UK - UK One of Britain's leading specialists in the treatment of severe arrhythmia , Dr Richard Schilling, has developed a new and more effective procedure at London ... St. Jude Medical Announces FDA Approval of Current Plus ICD and ... WELT ONLINE - Berlin,Berlin,Germany Cardiac resynchronization therapy - delivered in an ICD or a pacemaker - resynchronizes the beating of the heart's lower chambers (ventricles), ... St. Jude Gets Warning Letter for Catheter Production Facility FDA news (subscription) - Falls Church,VA,USA The warning letter cited manufacturing operations primarily for the Safire ablation catheter with a 4- or 5-millimeter nonirrigation tip. ... MVP: Atrial pacing does not improve outcomes in patients with ICDs Cardiology Today - Thorofare,NJ,USA Patients in the managed ventricular pacing group with PR intervals >230 ms ... support that is required or desired in typical patients HRS: Device Lead Problems Need Coordinated Response Heart rhythm ... Modern Medicine - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA William H. Maisel, MD, of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and colleagues writing for a Heart Rhythm Society task force on lead issues, ... with ICDs is still ... HRS: Long Term Follow-up Confirms ICD Survival Benefit MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ, USA ... landmark MADIT-II (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Trial II) trial at a late-breaking clinical trials plenary at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting. ... Heart disease , the equal opportunities killer Daily Mail - UK A: It occurs when an area of heart muscle is deprived of blood because of a blockage in a coronary artery. As the muscle no longer has oxygen to feed it, ... Medtronic announces recall of certain pacemakers due to malfunction Medtronic is currently advising clinicians that it has identified a potential problem which may affect a certain type of pacemaker. The pacemakers are known as the Kappa® and Sigma® series. This subset of pacemakers accounts for approximately 2% of all Kappa and Sigma pacemakers implanted worldwide and relates to devices that mostly have been implanted for about five years or longer. The failure rate in this very small subset is very low, below 1% at this time. MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT DEVICE: Automatic external defibrillator: Welch Allyn AED 10 (previously branded as MRL JumpStart). Specific serial numbers are affected. Used in hospitals, ambulances and public places. The 500,000th pacemaker operation in the UK has taken place - at the same hospital, St George's, London, which carried out the first such procedure in 1958. Watch the 500,000th pacemaker operation - Mark Gallagher, a Consultant Cardiologist, talks through the procedure. BBC News - UK Mrs Trudie Lobban , founder of the Arrhythmia Alliance said: "Although implants have increased in the UK by 5% each year, we need an increase of 15% per ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8012420.stm Read Some Poetry During This National Poetry Month The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA The Librarian of Congress , Dr. James Billington, wrote of her, ... Tuesday Book Club meets 4 pm today for "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers ... St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval of ICDs with Features ... PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien , Austria AF is the most common abnormal heart rhythm condition, ... Presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress , Toronto , Ontario , October 26, 2008. ... Doctors told Kirsten her heart palpitations were nothing to worry ... Mail on Sunday - London , UK ... because GPs often don't appreciate the risks and are also unaware of specialist arrhythmia centres,' says Trudie Lobban, director of the organisation. ... 'Silent' heart attacks more common than thought, study says CNN - USA This may cause symptoms such as severe chest pain, shortness of breath, fainting and nausea. Anyone who believes that he or she is having a heart attack ... Earthtimes (press release) Telegraph.co.uk Peter Aindow ( Bailey ) and Sarah Bristow ( Mrs Cleavage ) - Norfolk Band , Cleaving Heevages launching a new CD Beats Per Minute to raise money for the Norfolk Heart Trust Merck acquires rights to atrial fibrillation candidate Pharmafocus - Chichester,West Sussex, UK Merck has signed an agreement with Vancouver-based Cardiome Pharma to develop its new treatment for atrial fibrillation vernakalant. ... See all stories on this topic Big men more susceptible to abnormal heart rhythm Reuters UK - UK During an episode of atrial fibrillation , or AF, abnormal electrical activity in the heart causes its upper two chambers to beat in a rapid Perry Life Support to Attend FDIC - One of the World's Largest ... Newswire Today (press release) - London , UK ... myocardial function and results in chest pain, hypotension with tachycardia , cardiac dysrhythmias, myocardial ischemia and ventricular fibrillation. ... Zoll Medical recalls defibrillators MSN Money - USA It is intended to treat patients having a heart attack (cardiac arrest). The device analyzes an unconscious patient's heart rhythm and instructs the user to ... See all stories on this topic New catheter helps patients beat irregular heart rhythms St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA ... William Cox was scheduled for a delicate catheterization procedure to treat an atrial flutter, a type of abnormal heart rhythm . Shortly before Cox, 72, ... New Operation Can Cure Irregular Heartbeat Sky News - UK The condition is called atrial fibrillation , and affects one in a 100 people. Standard surgical techniques have a 40% failure rate. But the new procedure, ... See all stories on this topic Cleaving Heevages' CD says a heartfelt thanks Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norwich,England,UK Bailey, 48, who lives in Little Dunham, near Swaffham, never realised he had Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome , which causes heart irregularity and very rarely ... 'Fit and healthy' 25-year-old died using Nintendo Wii Fit game Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom The family have been told he could have been killed by Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. He died on March 4 after returning home from a trip to Portugal , ... Targeted drug therapy prevents exercise-induced arrhythmias EurekAlert (press release) - Washington , DC , USA The Dutch patient, for example, experienced ventricular tachycardia - and ICD shocks - whenever he got out of bed, Knollmann said. ... New CPR campaign aims to train 80000 Irish Health - Ireland The Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) is aiming to improve the national survival rate from sudden cardiac arrest by training 80000 people in lifesaving CPR ... Clinical Trial Exploring Use of Cardiac Device in New Groups of ... Earthtimes (press release) - London , UK Some heart failure patients may also be at risk for sudden cardiac death and are eligible to receive an implantable -cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), ... New Arrhythmia Support Group gets off to a flying start Thurrock Gazette - Thurrock , UK Patients may also be fitted with pacemakers or ICD 's (implantable cardioverter ... "In the meantime we hope to help set up smaller local support groups ... Sanofi-Aventis' Heart Rhythm Drug To Face FDA Panel Review RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA The DIONYSOS trial was a head to head comparison of the efficacy and safety of Multaq with antiarrhythmic drug Amiodarone in the maintenance of sinus rhythm ... Coronary heart disease patients 'failing to meet European guidelines' Nursing Times - UK Many patients with coronary heart disease are failing to meet European guidelines on lifestyle, risk factors and prevention of further disease , latest study ... Arrhythmia/EP FDA advisory panel recommends dronedarone approval for atrial fib US-based St. Jude Medical to release 20 devices in Japan in 2009 Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA JUDE MEDICAL INC. plans to introduce 20 new pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) products in Japan during 2009. One such new product, ... A million Britons suffer from arrhythmia - Dr Sabine Ernst, an electro-physiologist at the Royal Brompton, has pioneered a new technique using one-tonne magnets. To learn more click http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7924814.stm Patients' lawyers in Medtronic cases want new judge Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis , MN , USA Fredrikson also does substantial patent work for Medtronic involving implantable devices. The documents include a long list of ties between Fredrikson and ... UK's NICE recommends Bayer drug Xarelto Reuters - USA ... be used after surgery, the big commercial potential lies in using it to prevent strokes in people with atrial fibrillation, a common heart arrhythmia . ... 10-K: ATS MEDICAL INC MarketWatch (press release) - USA We completed a global partnership agreement with CryoCath to market CryoCath's surgical cryotherapy products for the ablation of cardiac arrhythmias . ... Medtronic spends $1B on heart valve acquisitions Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis , MN , USA By JANET MOORE, Star Tribune With its once high-flying spine and cardiac- rhythm businesses struggling, Medtronic Inc. forked over more than $1 billion ... Transoma Medical Receives FDA Marketing Clearance for Sleuth AT ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA AF is the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting approximately 2.2 million patients in the United States and is increasing in prevalence as the population ... The Heart.org Interventional/Surgery Medtronic buying transcatheter-valve companies Feb 23 Biotronik catheter secures CE Mark SmartBrief - Washington , DC , USA Biotronik received CE Mark approval from the European Union for a magnetic irrigated gold-tip catheter . The Trignum Flux catheter is a flexible ablation ... Medtronic Q3 profit surges; tops consensus - Update1 Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA Medtronic recently acquired Canadian company CryoCath as well as privately-held Ablation Frontiers, both of which make catheters to treat the heart defect ...