Category: Heart – Cardiology

Future Predictions: The Future of Cardiology – Meet a Super Cardiologist Specializing in Interventional Electrophysiology

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February 21, 2012

“It can now be attested that electrophysiologists
exact the only true cure in cardiology.”

ABC of interventional cardiology
Percutaneous interventional electrophysiology
Author: Gerry C Kaye, MD

“The electrophysiological approach to treating arrhythmias has been revolutionized by radio-frequency ablation. Better computerized mapping, improved catheters, and more efficient energy delivery has enabled many arrhythmias to be treated and cured. The ability to ablate some forms of atrial fibrillation and improvement in ablation of ventricular tachycardia is heralding a new age of electrophysiology. Ten years ago it could have been said that electrophysiologists were a relatively benign breed of cardiologists who did little harm but little good either. That has emphatically changed, and it can now be attested that electrophysiologists exact the only true cure in cardiology.”

[Via: Access this educational article at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov BMJ. 2003 August 2; 27(7409): 280–283.doi: 10.1136 bmj.327.7409.280 PMCID: PMC1126663 Copyright © 2003, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. ]

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Yoga The Future of Cardiology Treatment Prescribes Yoga as it Has Been Shown to Reduce the Number of Potential AF Cardiac Episodes by up to 40%

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February 4, 2012

Yoga may have positive effect on anxiety, depression, and arrhythmia [Atrial fibrillation (AF or A-fib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heart beat]. Source: Cardiology Today

“Emotional stress is very well correlated with AF. A lot of patients with AF complain of significant anxiety and depression, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, director of the Center for Excellence in AF and EP Researcher at the University of Kansas, told Cardiology Today. “However, it is unclear whether anxiety and depression bring on the AF or if AF brings on the anxiety and depression.”

During a session here, Lakkireddy presented unpublished data from a study that measured quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with AF. The study included 49 patients who participated in two 60-minute yoga sessions a week for 3 months. Researchers measured quality of life, anxiety and depression scores at baseline and again at the end of 3 months. Additionally, yoga reduced symptomatic AF episodes from 3.8 at baseline to 2.9 at 3 months. The number of asymptomatic AF episodes was also reduced after yoga practice, Lakkireddy said. Yoga was also associated with improved quality of life, anxiety and depression scores at the end of the study period. Correlation analysis showed that change in anxiety and depression correlated with the change in the number of AF episodes.

“There was a 35% to 40% reduction in the number of AF episodes in this study,” Lakkireddy said in an interview. “Yoga doesn’t completely cure AF, but in gross terms, the number of AF episodes was significantly lowered to reach statistical significance.”

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Predictions: When Will You Have a Stroke or Heart Attack? Prediction Accuracy is a Matter of Statistics!

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January 26, 2012

Heart Attack or Stroke?
ScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2012) — Will you have a heart attack or a stroke in your lifetime? Your odds may be worse than you think.

“We are giving incomplete and misleading risk information if we only focus on the next 10 years of someone’s life,” said principal investigator Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, chair and associate professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “With even just one risk factor, the likelihood is very large that someone will develop a major cardiovascular event that will kill them or substantially diminish their quality of life or health.”

Some key findings of the study:

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Catheter Based Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Will Soon Become a Standard of Care: Patient Education by Daniel Rieders, MD, FACC, FHRS, CCDS

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January 16, 2011

Patient education on atrial fibrillation ablation performed by Daniel Rieders, MD, FACC, FHRS, CCDS. The procedure to cure atrial fibrillation, AF, A fib, is called a pulmonary vein isolation procedure. This electrically isolates the pulmonary veins from the left atrium using a probe, catheter, from the groin.

About Catheter Ablation
Cardiac catheter ablation is a minimally-invasive procedure performed to treat heart rhythm disorders. In this procedure, catheters (thin, flexible tubes) are threaded through the patient’s blood vessels to reach the heart. Radiofrequency energy (heat), a laser or nitrous oxide (extreme cold) is applied through the catheter tip to the abnormal heart tissue. The energy destroys (ablates) the abnormal heart tissue causing the heart rhythm disorder.

Catheter ablation is performed by electrophysiologists (cardiologists with specialized training in the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disorders). Several types of catheter ablation may be performed, depending on the cause and severity of the patient’s heart rhythm disorder. Many types of heart rhythm disorders may be treated successfully by catheter ablation. Some patients may still need treatment with medications or implantable devices after the procedure.
Source: Mayo Clinic