Cardiologists and radiation oncologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis pioneered the use of radiation therapy, a cancer-fighting technique, to treat patients with ventricular tachycardia, a potentially fatal abnormal heartbeat.
Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have identified how biological pacemaker cells--cells that control your heartbeat--can "fight back" against therapies to biologically correct abnormal heartbeat rates. The research also uncovered a new way to boost the effectivenes
Washington [US], November 15 (ANI): According to the findings of a new research, consuming caffeinated coffee appears to have both beneficial and harmful short-term health effects like increased abnormal heartbeats, increased physical activity and reduced sleep duration.
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): The resources needed to treat fulminant myocarditis -- severe, inflammation of the heart that develops rapidly -- are outlined in a new Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association on how best to reduce fatalities from this rare condition.