Sentences with phrase «rhythm disturbances»

They can also cause life - threatening heart rhythm disturbances.

They need to see what kind of rhythm disturbance is there.

Many cats with rhythm disturbances show relatively few signs of disease.

They can also cause life - threatening heart rhythm disturbances, so the patient is assessed for all these potential complications.

And thirdly, there are a host of cardiac rhythm disturbances that are directly caused by weight loss and malnutrition.

«Following a heart attack, many patients suffer potentially lethal rhythm disturbance called ventricular tachycardia (VT).

In the next few weeks, joint pain ensues with 15 percent of people developing neurologic abnormalities associated with Lyme disease and five percent of people developing a heart rhythm disturbance called A-V block.

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 intervention.

The research showed that those who had 4 or more cups of coffee a day (400 mg of caffeine or more) had an 18 % lower risk of being hospitalized because of heart rhythm disturbances while those that consumed at least 1 - 3 cups had a 7 % lower risk.

Cisapride was withdrawn from the human market because when it was combined with any of several commonly prescribed drugs, heart rhythm disturbances ensued.

Pathophysiology of rhythm disturbances in small animals.

Use of the intestinal motility modifier cisapride leads to heart rhythm disturbances when it is combined with certain other medications.

Amitriptyline should not be used in pregnancy or lactation, in patients with seizure disorders, patients with «dry eye» («KCS»), or in patients with cardiac rhythm disturbances.

«The study in Nature shows that after a heart attach in mice, treatment with specially engineered cells can reduce this potentially lethal rhythm disturbance.

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.

«We investigated cardiac muscle weakness patients with non-dangerous cardiac rhythm disturbances.

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.

The researchers say these molecular changes in the sinus node — the cardiac structure responsible for generating heart rhythm — may help us to understand the more frequent occurrence of heart rhythm disturbances or even loss of consciousness in athletes.

«Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disturbance and is associated with a five-fold increased risk of ischaemic stroke,» said Dr Al - Khalili.

Immersion in excessively cold water can be dangerous for some people as they could cause a gasping response that leads to drowning or stimulate strong heart rhythm disturbances that can result in cardiac arrest.

Stimulant medications currently contain a warning targeted to specific high - risk children, including those with structural heart defects, cardiomyopathy, or heart - rhythm disturbances.

Symptoms of hyperkalemia include fatigue, muscle weakness, heart palpitations and rapid breathing, and if potassium gets high enough it can cause heart rhythm disturbances, which can disrupt blood flow enough to cause stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and clots in the lungs.

Cardiac rhythm disturbances can also occur as the potassium levels decrease.

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.

Heart rhythm disturbances are usually absent or mild, but atrial fibrillation is an occasional complication in dogs with Class III disease.

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.

Potassium is often added to the fluids or the animal's diet to safeguard against muscle weakness and heart rhythm disturbances that result from low electrolyte levels.

«After identifying the source of the rhythm disturbance... the team was able to successfully ablate the abnormal tissue, eliminating Nekot's rhythm disturbance, and with it, the need for life - long medication and the risk of ongoing heart failure.»

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