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Heart Attack Triggers Arrhythmia in Some, Explores Potential Treatment

Heart Attack Triggers Arrhythmia in Some, Explores Potential Treatment

The genetic pathway that causes some people to develop an abnormal heart rhythm, or arrhythmia, after experiencing a heart attack has been identified by a team of researchers led by the Univ...

Fast Heart Rate in Cancer Patients May Up Death Risk

Fast Heart Rate in Cancer Patients May Up Death Risk

Fast heart rate (Tachycardia) may increase the risk of death in cancer patients, reports a new study. Cancer patients who experienced tachycardia within one year of cancer diagnosis had...

Link between Secondhand Smoke and Cardiac Arrhythmia Identified

Link between Secondhand Smoke and Cardiac Arrhythmia Identified

New study finds that continuous indoor exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke triggers changes in the heart's electrical activity that can predict cardiac arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death....

Potential Marker May Help Identify People with Abnormal Heart Rate

Potential Marker May Help Identify People with Abnormal Heart Rate

Potential marker has been discovered to identify which people with abnormally fast heartbeats are at high risk of developing heart failure, reports a new study. The findings of the study are...

Too Much Stress at Work can Lead to Irregular Heart Rate

Too Much Stress at Work can Lead to Irregular Heart Rate

Work pressure can increase the risk of developing a rapid and irregular heart rate, known as atrial fibrillation (AF), which can lead to various other complications such as stroke, dementia,...

Smoking, Alcohol Consumption Increase Lifetime Risk Of Irregular Heart Rate

Smoking, Alcohol Consumption Increase Lifetime Risk Of Irregular Heart Rate

Smoking and alcohol consumption increases lifetime risk of a rapid and irregular heart rate, called atrial fibrillation, which can lead to a stroke, dementia, heart failure and other complic...

Excess Alcohol Consumption can Increase Your Heart Rate

Excess Alcohol Consumption can Increase Your Heart Rate

Consuming more alcohol can increase your heart rate, says a team of researchers. The research was presented on 18th of March, 2018 at EHRA 2018 Congress, organized by the European Society of...

Researchers Develop Drones Capable of Reading Human Heart Rate

Researchers Develop Drones Capable of Reading Human Heart Rate

Drones capable of measuring a person's breathing and heart rate from 60 metres away have been developed by Australian researchers. The researchers led by Javaan Chahl from the Uni...

Electrocardiogram to Detect Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Electrocardiogram to Detect Depression and Bipolar Disorder

A simple 15-minute electrocardiogram could help a physician determine whether a patient has major depression or bipolar disorder . This has been found by recent research at the Loyola Uni...

Men With Low Heart Rate More Likely to Engage in Anti-Social Behaviours

Men With Low Heart Rate More Likely to Engage in Anti-Social Behaviours

Men with low resting heart rate were at significantly greater risk of engaging in a variety of anti-social behaviours such as stalking, according to a study. The results revealed that...

Irregular Heart Rate Can Be Detected Using The New Smartphone App

Irregular Heart Rate Can Be Detected Using The New Smartphone App

A smartphone app, combined with a hand-held wireless single lead heart monitor (ECG), could be used to test for irregular heart rate, a potentially fatal condition known as atrial fibrillati...

New Insights into Wrist-worn Heart Rate Monitors

New Insights into Wrist-worn Heart Rate Monitors

New study assessed the accuracy of 4 popular wrist-worn heart rate monitors under conditions of varying physical exertion. The study published online by JAMA Cardiology conducted by M...

New Activity Tracker Uses Heart Rate to Help People Achieve Optimal Health

New Activity Tracker Uses Heart Rate to Help People Achieve Optimal Health

An activity tracker has been developed that uses heart rate data to personalize the amount of exercise needed to reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. "The health benefi...

Ultrathin Electronic Skin to Measure Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen Level

Ultrathin Electronic Skin to Measure Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen Level

An ultrathin electronic skin (e-skin) that can measure oxygen levels when stuck to the body has been developed by Japanese scientists. The e-skin is developed using flexible electronics that...

Is Daily Stress Linked With Heart Rate Variability?

Is Daily Stress Linked With Heart Rate Variability?

How you perceive and react to stressful events in life is more important to your health than how frequently you encounter stress, suggests a study conducted at Pennsylvania State University....

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Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is caused due to an extra electrical pathway in the heart, which increases the heart rate.

Heart Rate and Heart Rhythm

Normal heart rate and rhythm can be measured by checking pulse on the wrist and evaluated with an electrocardiogram. Myths about heart rate can lead to anxiety.

What is Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome

What is Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Holter Monitoring - Tests, Procedures and Results

Holter monitoring gives doctors a constant reading of the heart rate and rhythm over a 24-hour period (or longer). It is a non-invasive procedure that can be used at home.

Cardiac Ablation

Cardiac Ablation is a minimally invasive heart procedure, which involves identifying and scarring the arrhythmia-causing heart tissue.

Palpitations And Arrhythmias

Palpitations are unpleasant sensation of one's own heartbeat.

Heartbeat Calculator

Online Heartbeat Calculator (heart odometer) counts the number of times your heart has beaten so far. Read more information on irregular and fetal heartbeat.

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