Sentences with phrase «of cardiac conditions»

With the June 2014 addition to the second floor of PVSEC's hospital, the cardiology department now has more space dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac conditions in dogs and cats.

An electrocardiogram (ECG) will most often be used as a diagnostic tool to evaluate the presence of heart arrhythmias (the term used to describe a group of cardiac conditions in which the heartbeat is irregular, too fast, or too slow).

In the canine section, Amanda Ingram of Liverpool University was the winner for her study of cardiac conditions in dogs.Runner up was Lee Pritchard of Bristol University for the comparison of three presentations of Cauda Equina syndrome and third place went to Katie Wu of Edinburgh University for the comparison of skin disorders in three dogs.

Inactivity is the most dangerous «exercise» of all and proponents of inactivity love to play up the rare, man bites dog instances of runners dying of cardiac conditions.

Conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity are thought to boost the risk of these cardiac conditions by similar degrees, the researchers said.

There might be unknown channelopathies that increase the risk of cardiac conditions triggered by the drug, says Hartung.

The majority of cardiac conditions prompting ICU admission resulted from cardiomyopathy.

$ 950,000.00 — Settlement in medical malpractice action involving misdiagnosis of cardiac condition resulting in death

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Potential subjects were accepted into the study if they had none of the following conditions: severe or symptomatic cardiac disease or hypertension; history of bleeding disorders; chronic history of gastric, intestinal, liver, pancreatic, or renal disease; any portion of the stomach or the intestine removed (other than an appendectomy); history of intestinal obstruction, malabsorption, or use of antacid drugs; cancer (active or use of medications for a history of cancer treatment within the past 5 y); history of chronic alcoholism; a convulsive disorder; or abnormal results in screening blood or urine samples.

Our collaborative approach and commitment to bringing together the perfect combination of specialists to treat any heart condition provides patients with access to leading doctors in Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery, interventional Radiology and Anesthesiology.

Landon was diagnosed with hypernatremic dehydration (a high concentration of sodium in the blood), cardiac arrest from hypovolemic shock (a condition where the liquid portion of the blood is dangerously low), and hypoxic - ischemic encephalopathy (a brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation).

Congenitally acquired conditions were the second leading cause of maternal cardiac ICU admissions...

The reality is not «gentle proteins», cute pink hearts or «probiotics just like those in breastmilk» but dirty contaminated bottles, diarrhea, babies screaming with pain from otitis media, babies separated from their mothers in pediatric wards with acute respiratory disease, damaged guts that morph into chronic lifelong conditions such as Crohn's disease, more women dying of breast cancer, the cost and pain of living a life with diabetes and lives cut short because of cardiac disease and so on.

The leading cause of maternal mortality in the US is cardiac disease, followed by other pre-existing conditions.

«So if you have a cardiac condition, it's presumed that it's directly the result of the work that you do.

The study, recently published in the journal Resuscitation, found that patients discharged in «good neurological condition» after a brief cardiac arrest (when the heart suddenly stops beating normally and can not pump blood effectively) had significant memory problems and a 10 to 20 per cent reduction in size of their brain's memory region, the hippocampus.

It took 5 years of testing to identify cells that, given the right conditions, would develop into healthy cardiac cells when injected into a mouse heart.

Now, researchers at the University Department of Internal Medicine II at the MedUni Vienna (Clinical Department of Cardiology), as part of an international cooperation, have successfully demonstrated the advantages of an implanted defibrillator (ICD) as a means of prevention in patients with moderately restricted cardiac function, and that patients with the condition must be treated as carefully as patients with ischaemic heart failure which has developed following a heart attack, for example.

This one predisposed her to long QT syndrome, a condition that dramatically increases the risk of sudden cardiac death.

This device enables cardiac electric activity to be measured in a non-aggressive way, so that the diagnosis of heart conditions such as coronary heart disease or arrhythmia can be greatly improved.

The oxidative stress and resulting inflammation appear to play a role in the development of atherosclerosis (blocked arteries) and can make other health conditions worse, especially for people with existing cardiac or lung conditions including asthma.

Patients affected by this genetic condition suffer from wasting of skeletal muscles as well as arrhythmia and other cardiac dysfunctions.

In all but one case the firm's lawyers have successfully argued that mitigating circumstances — mainly the victim's alleged drug use or a pre-existing cardiac condition — meant they would have died from the trauma of being physically subdued by police officers in any case.

Unfortunately, with many conditions — such as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and sudden cardiac death (SCD)-- the cause of death is not always apparent after a traditional clinical autopsy.

The study showed that women under 46 who had both ovaries removed experienced a significantly elevated risk of multiple chronic health conditions that included depression, hyperlipidemia, cardiac arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and osteoporosis.

The study's experimental design required that the group stop the experiment at 3 months, though the baboon was still «in very good condition,» University of Munich cardiac surgeon Paolo Brenner said after the presentation.

Take, for example, a condition called cardiac hypertrophy, in which the left ventricle, one of the two major chambers of the heart, increases in size and thickness, usually in concert with weight gain and hypertension.

After controlling for other possible contributing mental and physical conditions and their associated behaviors, researchers found no significant increased risk for either congenital malformations or cardiac malformations among women who took either typical or atypical APMs in the first 90 days of pregnancy, with the possible exception of risperidone which continued to show a slightly increased risk.

Kidney research at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has unexpectedly led to a discovery about the formation of the heart, including the identification of a gene responsible for a deadly cardiac condition.

«Kidney research leads to surprising discovery about how the heart forms: Finding sheds light on cause of deadly cardiac condition.»

The study offers new data in an ongoing debate over the risks and benefits of using epinephrine to treat cardiac arrest, an often - fatal condition in which the heart stops beating.

Coronary artery disease, or the buildup of plaque and blockages in the heart's arteries, is the most common cause of cardiac arrest, though it can also be caused by other forms of heart disease as well as some genetic diseases and other conditions.

Overall, 25 % of people with a condition that may lead to a sudden cardiac death would not be identified, say the authors.

While ECGs can be better at detecting certain conditions, these don't pick up all signs and symptoms associated with cardiac disease, and the sensitivity of this test is generally low.

The study is part of the Therapeutic Hypothermia after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest (THAPCA) trials, the largest examination to date of therapeutic hypothermia in children other than newborns for any health condition.

Winstock adds that from the little that is known about the substance's toxicology, groups he would advise to steer clear of mephedrone include those aged 21 or under, anyone with mental health problems, those with neurological, cardiac or blood pressure conditions and anyone with a history of alcohol or drug problems.

Each condition is associated with an elevated risk of cardiac events, including heart attack and stroke.

They estimate that around 0.001 % of young athletes die suddenly from sudden cardiac arrest every year, often caused by an underlying cardiovascular condition.

About Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation is nationally recognized for the treatment and research of both spinal cord and brain injuries and also leads the field in the care and treatment for stroke, neurological diseases, amputation, orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions and cardiac recovery.

Okyanos Center for Regenerative Medicine — A state - of - the - art medical facility in Freeport, Bahamas, that offers regenerative medicine treatment for orthopedic, neurologic, cardiac and other chronic conditions using enzyme - derived Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) from the patient's own fat.

As part of this effort, Xu and her team discovered that growing stem cells under «simulated microgravity» for a few days stimulates the production of cardiac muscle cells, several times more effectively than regular conditions.

«In the future, this will move us towards a way to understand how to generate a cardiac muscle or other specific cell type without having to try an unwieldy number of cell culture conditions.»

About Kessler Institute Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, a division of Select Medical, provides comprehensive care and specialized treatment to address the complex needs of individuals with spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, amputation, neurological diseases, cardiac recovery and orthopedic / musculoskeletal conditions.

University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded more than $ 15 million to improve the lives of people suffering from neurological conditions, cardiac illnesses, cancer and to advance our understanding of life - threatening Influenza.

A novel way of approaching protection - based therapeutics for glaucoma should derive from evidence accumulating over two decades in stroke and cardiac arrest: That simultaneously activating a variety of self - defense responses in cells with stressful «conditioning» stimuli induces the expression of a host of genes that promote cell survival.

To assess whether CAMKK1 can improve cardiac tissue repair, the group overexpressed CAMKK1 in MSCs and injected the modified MSCs or their conditioned medium (CM) into infarcted cardiac tissue at the time of AMI.

Because of their unique regenerative potential, MSCs exhibit potential for use in tissue regeneration and repair for conditions such as cardiac anomalies or injury, bone disorders and metabolic diseases.

In fact, cardiac arrest (complete stop of heart) is completely different from the condition of heart failure.

Kessler is proud to be part of one only nine federally - designated Model Systems for the treatment and research of both spinal cord and brain injuries, a distinction shared with Kessler Foundation, and also leads the field in the care of individuals with stroke, neurologic diseases, amputation, orthopedic trauma, cancer and cardiac conditions.

In addition to the increase in premature deaths, the researchers estimate that Volkswagen's excess emissions will contribute directly to 31 cases of chronic bronchitis and 34 hospital admissions involving respiratory and cardiac conditions.