Ventricular Fibrillation

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Name: Ventricular Fibrillation

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Verdict recorded five years after man’s death

A coroner has recorded a narrative verdict after an inquest into the death, five years ago, of a Warkworth man.Grahame Percy Giles, 61, died on March 20, 2008, after suffering a heart attack.But his family and north Northumberland coroner Tony Brown only ... [Published Northumberland Gazette - May 16 2013]

Entities: Verdict, Tony Brown, Mark Willis, Ventricular Fibrillation

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

Community First Responders

“A responder is a member of the public, trained by the ambulance service, who volunteers to help in their community by responding to medical emergencies before the arrival of an emergency ambulance”First Responders are trained by qualified instructors ... [Published Business Zone - May 16 2013]

Entities: Defibrillation, Cardiac Arrest, NHS, emergency, Ventricular Fibrillation

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

St. Jude’s ICDs, CRT-Ds get CE mark

The Ellipse and Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-Ds) received CE mark in Europe, St. Jude Medical announced.The devices include an algorithm that adjusts shocking ... [Published Cardiovascular Business - May 13 2013]

Entities: CE-mark, St Jude Medical Inc, Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Medical myth: Flatlining patients can be shocked back to life

'Hitting the heart muscle with a big dose of electrical energy acts a bit like hitting Ctrl-Alt-Delete on your computer (or Alt-Command-Esc for the Mac users)' writes Michael Vagg.It's a well-used hospital drama scene, but can a flatlining patient be ... [Published Special Broadcasting Service - May 13 2013]

Entities: Cardiac Arrest, Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

St Jude Medical Inc

St. Jude (STJ) Receives CE Mark for Next-Gen ICDs

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ) announced CE Mark approval of its next-generation Ellipseâ¢ and SJM Assuraâ¢ portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds). The new portfolio ... [Published Street Insider - May 08 2013]

Entities: Defibrillation, Ellipse, St Jude Medical Inc, CE-mark

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

New Chip Detects Intracardiac Ventricular Fibrillation

Image: Imec’s low-power chip for intracardiac ventricular fibrillation detection (Photo courtesy of IMEC). A new low-power intracardiac signal-processing chip for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) helps detect ventricular fibrillation.Developed ... [Published Hospi Medica - May 07 2013]

Entities: Ventricular Fibrillation, IMEC, Leuven (Belgium), Solid State

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Victoria | Ambulance VIC paramedic on speaking tour in the UK

An Ambulance Victoria air ambulance intensive care paramedic is in the UK showcasing our world-leading health care system. MICA flight paramedic Ben Meadley is on a speaking tour funded by Paramedics Australasia and the UK College Of Paramedics to explain ... [Published Big Medicine - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Cardiac Arrest, Patient, Mica, Helicopter

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

HRS: Lead management, ablation updates on tap at meeting

Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) will offer new sessions as well as topics that were well received at previous meetings for its 2013 scientific sessions scheduled May 8-11 in Denver. The meeting, to be kicked off by a plenary session by former President Bill ... [Published Cardiovascular Business - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Ablation, Heart Rhythm Society, Ventricular Fibrillation

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Best Cardiologist in hyderabad

Dr.Susheel Gundewar is a , Choosing best cardiologist that will offer the best results is important if you are experiencing any problems with your heart. This doctors is trained to understand how the heart works, and they are understand the problems and ... [Published PR-Canada.net - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Sinoatrial node, Stress Test, Ventricular Fibrillation

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Reports Outline Cardiology Study Results from University of Valencia

(NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Cardiovascular Week -- Researchers detail new data in Cardiology. According to news reporting originating from Valencia, Spain, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Introduction and objectives: ... [Published NewsRX - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: University of Valencia, Ventricular Fibrillation, Cardiology

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

The Quest for the Identification of Genetic Variants in Unexplained Cardiac Arrest and Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation

by Pieter G. Postema... ... [Published Bionity.com - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Ventricular Fibrillation, idiopathic, Cardiac Arrest

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

Off the wagon but now I'm chasing the wagon down to get back on

Since I last wrote a lot of things have happened. I had a cyst on my ovary, it was my birthday and anniversary, and my husband collapsed on the ice hockey rink again because his heart rate got too high and his ICD was charging to shock him since he went ... [Published Weight Watchers - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Ventricular Fibrillation, Cyst, Ovary

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...for 70 percent of lead failures in older leads," said Johan Vijgen, M D , director of electrophysiology at Jessa Hospitals in Hasselt, Belgium. "With important safety features designed to ensure successful delivery of high-voltage therapy, these new devices offer my patients a higher standard of care."

St. Jude Medical receives CE mark approval for new portfolio of ICDs and CRT-Ds [Published Zecco - 12 hours ago]

"The ambulance is there and that's what really saved (him). That the crew was able to get there in time" said Mark Hodges, director of the county's Regional Occupation Program, of the student, whose family asked that he not be named

Three named Red Cross heroes for distributing 30 AEDs to sports programs at Santa Cruz County sch ... [Published Santa Cruz Sentinel - May 15 2013]

"Hitting the heart muscle with a big dose of electrical energy acts a bit like hitting Ctrl-Alt-Delete on your computer (or Alt-Command-Esc for the Mac users)" writes Michael Vagg

Medical myth: Flatlining patients can be shocked back to life [Published Special Broadcasting Service - May 13 2013]

...said Silvia G Priori, MD, PhD, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Department of Molecular Medicine University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, HRS Chairperson. "Clinicians and other healthcare professionals from around the world have come together to address this concern which is top of mind for our field." The consensus statement provides a state of the art review of the field and reports the recommendations of a writing group comprised of international...

Three Scientific Societies present the first comprehensive recommendations on patients with inher ... [Published Individual.com - May 10 2013]

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Storytelling in Medicine [Published Science-Based Medicine - Dec 18 2012] We can’t stress often enough that anecdotes are not reliable evidence; but on the other hand, patient stories can serve a valuable purpose in medical education. Hearing how a disease affected an individual patient is more powerful than reading a list ...

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