72 hour Holter Recordings with MT-101 nano

The strengths of Holter ECG monitoring include its simplicity and the lack of need for patient activation. The continuous monitoring allows capture of asymptomatic arrhythmias or arrhythmias associated with loss of consciousness as well as documentation of circadian variation in arrhythmia occurrence.

ICD ‘hacking’ being researched

It is now possible to hack implanted devices such as pacemakers to obtain patient information or even make them lethal, a study has warned.

Implanted devices are used to keep the heart beating regularly, to shock a heart that is beating chaotically, to stimulate parts of the brain or to deliver drugs. Millions are in use worldwide.

Pre-hospital ECGs critical for heart attack patients

Lifesaving procedures to open blocked heart arteries could begin much sooner for heart attack patients if electrocardiograms (ECGs) were recorded before they arrive at the hospital and used to put treatment teams into action, according to a scientific statement in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

AHA and Google, attacking heart disease

The American Heart Association is making it easier for you to evaluate your 10-year risk of having a heart attack and keep track of medical information to reduce your risk and better manage your health by offering the heart attack risk assessment tool on Google Health. To use the American Heart Association heart attack risk [...]

CPR / AED Awareness Week

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Each year, about 310,000 coronary heart disease deaths occur out-of-hospital or in emergency departments in the United States. Of those deaths, about 166,200 are due to sudden cardiac arrest – nearly 450 per day. Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any time. Many victims appear healthy with no known heart [...]