Welcome To Iconocast

How to add a URL link from your web site to the Iconocast web sites

Virtual tour of Southern California

Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: arrhythmia + arrhythmia: + 3,800,000  Related to the article below (Last Update: 8/5/2008)

Ontario Now Ontario introduces protocol for autopsies in unexplained sudden deaths The Canadian Press, TORONTO - Jul 29, 2008 Dr. Michael Gollob, director of the Inherited Arrhythmia Clinic and Arrhythmia Research Laboratory at the Heart Institute, said many coroners and ... New autopsy rules for mystery deaths Globe and Mail Mother applauds new autopsy rules Mississauga Ontario Adopts Canada's First Cardiac Autopsy Guide for ... Canada NewsWire (press release) Canada.com - Canoe.ca all 43 news articles » Falwell's Last Days Forbes, NY - At 12:40 pm, doctors at Lynchburg General Hospital pronounced Jerry Falwell dead of cardiac arrhythmia. He was 73. On that day, Falwell's office sat ... Autopsy protocol pleases woman Peterborough Examiner, Canada - Aug 1, 2008 Dr. Michael Gollob, Director of the Inherited Arrhythmia Clinic and Arrhythmia Research Laboratory, at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, ... First human use of new device to make arrhythmia treatment safer Science Centric, Bulgaria - Jul 22, 2008 On 16 June 2008 Barbara Ganschow of Palatine, IL, became the first person in the world to be successfully treated with a new device designed to make it ... Strategic Programming of Detection and Therapy Parameters in ... Cardiosource, DC - The 1? endpoint was a morbidity index of appropriate and inappropriate shocks, arrhythmic syncope, and untreated sustained VT/VF. ... Analyst Blog CV Therapeutics Big News to Come Zacks.com, IL - We remind investors, there are three separate applications here: one for first-line angina, one for a potential anti-arrhythmic claim, and another for use ...CVTX Gay Wired Did Bernie Mac Die? Not So, Says Publicist Gay Wired, CA - The disease can prove fatal in about 5 percent of cases, as it was for football star Reggie White, who died of a cardiac arrhythmia most likely caused in ... Cardiac arrhythmia killed jail prisoner Ventura County Star, CA - Jul 17, 2008 The Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office released an autopsy report this week that says a 37-year-old Ventura man died from cardiac arrhythmia while in ... CV angina drug action delayed by FDA Bizjournals.com, NC - Jul 28, 2008 That was the day the FDA was to give its approval or not for expanding the use of Ranexa as a frontline angina treatment, for use in heart arrhythmia ...CVTX Thyroid check is wise move for elders The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Might an older woman with a normal TSH level, but a slightly elevated T4, have an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation, a cardiac arrhythmia ...

Arrhythmia

Arrhythmia is any variation from the normal rhythm of the heartbeat. The heart rate at rest is usually between 60 and 100 beats per minute. Much lower rates may be normal in young adults, particularly those who are physically fit. Variations in heart rate are normal. The heart rate responds not only to exercise and inactivity but also to such factors as pain and anger.

Only when the heart rate is too fast or too slow or when the electrical impulses travel in abnormal pathways is the heartbeat considered abnormal. Such rhythms may be regular or irregular.

How a patient describes his or her arrhythmia symptoms often helps the doctor diagnose an arrhythmia and determine how serious it is. The most important considerations are whether the:

Article continues below and (thank you)

• Heartbeats are fast or slow, regular or irregular or short or long
• Person feels dizzy, light-headed, faint or even loses consciousness
• Person is experiencing chest pain, shortness of breath or other unusual sensations along with the palpitations
• Palpitations happen when the patient is at rest or only during strenuous or unusual activity
• Palpitations start and stop suddenly or gradually

Techniques for finding the exact nature of arrhythmia include:

• Electrocardiography (EKG) is the main technique for detecting arrhythmias. This test can provide a picture of the arrhythmia. An EKG shows the heart rhythm over a brief time. Often, however, arrhythmias come and go.
• A portable monitor (Holter monitor) that the patient wears for 24 hours can record arrhythmias that may occur during a normal day. The patient is also asked to keep a diary of symptoms while the monitor is worn.
• Electrophysiologic studies may be helpful when long-term, life-threatening arrhythmia is suspected.

Several procedures can be useful in correcting irregular heart rhythms:

• Radiofrequency ablation in which electrical energy is applied to get rid of abnormal electrical pathways in the heart and restore normal heart rhythms.
• MAZE, a new surgical technique can now permanently end atrial fibrillation