MONDAY, Oct. 26, 2020 — The importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is reaffirmed in an updated American Heart Association guideline […]
Resuscitation mat simplifies cardiac massage
Every year, some 10,000 people in Germany die from cardiac arrest, even though they could have been saved. In fact, […]
Team approach to cardiac care increases chance of surviving heart attack complications
When multidisciplinary health care teams were engaged in caring for patients suffering from refractory cardiogenic shock, a severe condition that […]
New study shows link between secondhand smoke and cardiac arrhythmia
Continuous indoor exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke triggers changes in the heart’s electrical activity, known as cardiac alternans, that can […]
Three landmark heart studies shed light on sudden cardiac arrest
Today, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, the research group led by Sumeet Chugh, MD, professor of Medicine and […]
New and better marker for assessing patients after cardiac arrest
Last year, researchers Tobias Cronberg and Niklas Mattsson at Lund University in Sweden published a study showing serum tau levels […]
Can manipulating gut microbes improve cardiac function in patients with heart failure?
A clinical study called the GutHeart Trial is poised to examine the potential relationship between the bacterial composition of the […]
Using adrenaline in cardiac arrests results in less than 1 percent more people leaving hospital alive
A clinical trial of the use of adrenaline in cardiac arrests has found that its use results in less than […]