Category Archives: Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as Broken-Heart Syndrome, started being reported in the 1990s by Japanese authors [1,2]. They found that Takotsubo cardiomyopathy patients were usually postmenopausal women who often developed signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndrome around the period of a strong emotional stressor [1,2] Continue reading →

Researchers in Portugal successfully treated a case of acute myocarditis in a patient with monkeypox and say it should be on physicians radars as a rare, but potentially serious complication. Monkeypox is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus similar to the variola virus, which causes smallpox. As of September 1, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 19,465 total confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus infections in the United States Continue reading →

By the end of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a clear sign that some virus patients had longer-lasting health issues due to their coronavirus infections. There were early studies that postulated there might be long-term myocardial and vascular damage due to COVID, but a year and hundreds of clinical studies later, the impact of long-COVID, or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), appears to be less severe than originally thought. Continue reading →

Baptist Health is adding a new Heart Rhythm Center at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, which will house a team of medical caregivers specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of all heart rhythm disorders. The new Heart Rhythm Center will be a part of the Baptist Heart Hospital, Northeast Floridas only freestanding hospital for heart-and-vascular care. Cardiac electrophysiology (EP), a subspecialty of cardiology that focuses on the hearts electrical activity, is a rapidly growing field at the forefront of efforts to find new treatments and cures for arrhythmias. Continue reading →

WHEN Karl Lansleys wife died in her sleep as she slept beside him, aged only 36, his loss was so overwhelming, that at first he thought hed never be able to move on. Karl had been making a cup of tea for wife Carli when his daughter realised her mum wasn't moving. Continue reading →

October 5, 2021 The Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Research at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center, an expert in heart rhythm abnormalities and the hearts electrical system, presented new data about the heart and COVID-19 and other key topics at the Heart Rhythm Society 2021 Annual Scientific Sessions held in Boston, MA, July 26-30. New Data about the Heart and COVID-19 Taya V Continue reading →

FORT WAYNE Although commonly thought of as a respiratory illness, COVID-19 can affect multiple organs, including the heart and vascular system, explains cardiologist Dr. Matthew Bilodeau, with Lutheran Health Network. Mild COVID-19 illness is typically recognized by upper respiratory tract symptoms, loss of taste and smell and gastrointestinal symptoms. Continue reading →

Post-COVID-19 infection, there is an increased tendency of clot-formation which can lead to heart attack and brain attack, says Dr. Rakesh Rai Sapra, director cardiology, QRG Hospital, Faridabad Continue reading →

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Overview Of Temporary Cardiac Pacing Leads Industry 2020-2025: This has brought along several changes in This report also covers the impact of COVID-19 on the global market. Continue reading →