Pacemakers are implanted
for abnormal heart rhythms that cause the heart to beat too slowly or result in pauses in the heart beat.
Heart and lungs: Uses a stethoscope to listen
for any abnormal heart rhythms or breathing problems.
Not exact matches
Over the longer term, patients who knew they were being prayed
for had a higher rate of post-operative complications like
abnormal heart rhythms, perhaps because of the expectations the prayers created, the researchers suggested.
Guidant recently won the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Rockville, Md.)
for an implantable device that can detect and correct
abnormal and life - threatening
heart rhythms.
Two other vignettes consider other issues raised by a 78 - year - old patient with dementia and an
abnormal heart rhythm, and the value of screening tests
for high cholesterol or colon cancer in a 69 - year - old patient with dementia.
WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2016 (HealthDay News)-- Ritalin, a popular drug
for treating attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), might increase the risk of an
abnormal heart rhythm shortly after a young person starts taking it, a new study suggests.
Ritalin, a popular drug
for treating attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), might increase the risk of an
abnormal heart rhythm shortly after a young person starts taking it, a new study suggests.
This is particularly true
for those who are on certain types of medications or have preexisting
heart conditions such as tachycardia, which is a prolonged elevated
heart rate, or arrhythmia, which is an
abnormal heart rhythm.
In addition to annual
heart tests, owner - monitoring of
heart rate at home can reduce the need
for costly hospitalizations
for heart problems, as an adjustment in medication can often correct an
abnormal rhythm before it progresses too severely.
She will listen closely to your pet's
heart and lungs
for signs of disease, such as a
heart murmur or an
abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia).
The ECG is a recommended test
for all animals with
abnormal heart sounds & / or
rhythms and can be useful
for identification of
heart enlargement or drug effects on the
heart.
They will also auscult their lungs and listen to the
heart for any
abnormal rhythms or sounds.
It is
for these reasons that every cat should have at least an annual physical exam and oral exam, including a veterinarian listening to the
heart for murmurs or
abnormal rhythms, and palpating the abdomen
for enlargements, areas of pain or organ abnormalities.
Your pet will need to be monitored in the hospital
for at least 48 hours after the surgical procedure to monitor
for common complications, including
abnormal heart rhythms, electrolyte disturbances, abdominal discomfort, etc..
Your veterinarian may also ask to perform an ultrasound of the
heart called an echocardiogram, or an electrocardiogram (ECG), which will show the electrical conduction in the
heart to screen
for any arrhythmiasA condition in which the
heart beats with an irregular or
abnormal rhythm..
This test is used to detect and evaluate
for arrhythmias (
abnormal heart rhythms), which can be very fast or very slow and can cause fainting, weakness, or lethargy.How fast the
heart is beating
This is a technique that is becoming more commonly used to precisely diagnose the reason
for intermittent collapse in dogs with
abnormal heart rhythm.
Your vet should always check
for signs of a
heart murmur or
abnormal rhythm.
The
heart rate monitors built into the Apple Watch and other wearable devices can detect
abnormal heart rhythms with 97 percent accuracy, according to a new study conducted by the team behind the Cardiogram app
for Apple Watch in conjunction with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.More than 139 million
heart rate and step count measurements were collected from 9,750 users of the Cardiogram app who also enrolled in the UC San Francisco Health eHeart Study, with the data used to train DeepHeart, Cardiogram's deep neural network.Once trained, DeepHeart was able to read
heart rate data collected by wearables, distinguishing between normal
heart rhythm and atrial fibrillation with a 97 percent accuracy rate, both when testing UCSF patients with known
heart
Monitor and treat in - home hospice patients, read and monitor telemetry
for patient
rhythm and
heart rate changes, and notify physicians
for changes in patient condition, changes in telemetry or
abnormal lab results.
Monitor and treat post-op patients; read and monitor telemetry
for patient
rhythm and
heart rate changes, and notify physicians
for changes in patient condition, changes in telemetry or
abnormal lab results.