Sentences with phrase «of heart rhythm disturbances»

«Long - distance cross-country skiers at increased risk of heart rhythm disturbances.»

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The standard test for risk assessment in relation to life - threatening cardiac rhythm disturbances is currently the left ventricular ejection fraction, which represents a measure of the heart's function and measures the volume of the beat in relation to the overall volume of blood in the ventricle.

Elderly athletes with a lifelong history of training and competing in endurance events like marathons, triathlons and iron man challenges can have heart rhythm disturbances, known as arrhythmias.

Heart attack survivors often experience dangerous heart rhythm disturbances during treatment designed to restore blood flow to the injured heart muscle, a common and confounding complication of an otherwise lifesaving intervenHeart attack survivors often experience dangerous heart rhythm disturbances during treatment designed to restore blood flow to the injured heart muscle, a common and confounding complication of an otherwise lifesaving intervenheart rhythm disturbances during treatment designed to restore blood flow to the injured heart muscle, a common and confounding complication of an otherwise lifesaving intervenheart muscle, a common and confounding complication of an otherwise lifesaving intervention.

Professor Peter Weissberg, Medical Director at the BHF, which helped fund the research, said: «This exciting science explains how the carbon monoxide molecule, which is produced by our heart cells during a heart attack, can protect hearts from potentially fatal disturbances of heart rhythm.

Dr Andersen said the study was important because, although there have been other studies looking at the effects of endurance exercise on various cardiovascular problems such as ischemic heart disease and stroke, there have been only a few, smaller studies of its effect on heart rhythm disturbances, and they have tended to look at people who are less physically active, or compared very sedentary people with those who were very active.

«Clinical recommendations advising against the regular consumption of caffeinated products to prevent disturbances of the heart's cardiac rhythm should be reconsidered, as we may unnecessarily be discouraging consumption of items like chocolate, coffee and tea that might actually have cardiovascular benefits,» said Marcus in a press release.

The known side effects of IGF - 1 injections include jaw pain, facial and hand swelling and heart - rhythm disturbances, especially if doses of more than 100 micrograms (mcg) are injected.

Dr. Gina Pasieka and Dr. Kacie Schmitt, colleagues of Dr. Tyrrell, have been conducting a study, sponsored by the IWF, using a subset of the LCS participants that were diagnosed with ventricular premature contractions (VPCs) to try and determine if this rhythm disturbance is actually an indicator of underlying heart disease such as dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) or may be representative of an underlying life threatening arrhythmia.

Surgery is also used in older patients for treatment of pericardial diseases, heart rhythm disturbances (pacemaker implantation), and cardiac tumors.

Congenital heart disease (animals born with a heart problem), valvular heart disease (abnormalities of the heart valves), arrhythmias (rhythm disturbances), and heartworm disease can all lead to CHF.

The series of images obtained from an echo can be used to interpret a physical exam finding of a heart murmur or rhythm disturbance, stage cardiac disease, or uncover a congenital defect of the heart.

Cisapride was withdrawn from the human market because when it was combined with any of several commonly prescribed drugs, heart rhythm disturbances ensued.

An ECG can detect minor disturbances in the heart beat or rhythm and allow your veterinarian to diagnose many types of heart disease.

It can occur in various types of heart blocks or arrhythmias (rhythm disturbance).