First- and second-generation potassium binders reduced potassium levels in a Swedish cohort of patients, despite premature ...

Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in US adults and the most common cause of death after MI. 101,102 Although the rate of sudden cardiac death (SCD) has decreased with advanced reperfusion ...

A 19-year-old from Arizona in the United States died after attempting the viral ‘dusting’ trend, which involves inhaling keyboard cleaning spray. According to doctors, Renna O'Rourke died of cardiac ...

You will be connected to an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor that records the electrical activity of the heart during the procedure. Your heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, oxygenation level, ...

Cardiac sarcoidosis is an infiltrative cardiomyopathy that results from granulomatous inflammation of the myocardium and may present with high-grade conduction disease, ventricular arrhythmias, and ...

Some of the findings of a report into staff culture at the cardiac surgery unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) are “quite appalling”, the chairman of the Belfast Health Trust Ciaran ...

Cardiac deaths in Massachusetts exceeded expected levels from 2020 to 2023, with rates 16–17% higher than anticipated in 2020–2022 and 6% higher in 2023, ...

Electrocardiography (ECG, EKG): Small, sticky electrodes are applied to your chest and attached to a special machine, known an ECG machine.This machine records your heart’s electrical activity ...

Cardiac catheterization. This test involves the insertion of a tiny, hollow tube (catheter) through a large artery in the leg or arm leading to the heart to provide images of the heart and blood ...

A 2-year-old's sudden cardiac arrest leads to diagnosis of a rare heart condition called Brugada syndrome, highlighting the need for awareness and emergency preparedness.

Dia A. Smiley, DO, FACC, et al., sought to determine the diagnostic performance of 124 I-evuzamitide PET/CT in the early detection of cardiac ATTR compared to 99m Tc-pyrophosphate. In total, they ...

Samuel Dubik Mahama, the former Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has been summoned by national security officials. He has had his caution statement recorded as part of an ...