Cardiac Monitoring

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cardiac safety testing is an important part of the approval of new chemical entities (NCEs). For more than 20 years, cardiac safety...

Hospitals in several states are partnering with a private equity-backed company to offer combined emergency and urgent care in a single building. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services — often by a lot.

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

Neuro-cardiac collaboration can make a big difference post-stroke

Fewer strokes and bleeding complications and greater med compliance were benefits of treatment guided by implanted loop recorders in a registry analysis.

These results suggest that continuous monitoring to detect AF should be considered in a larger population of stroke patients rather than just those with cryptogenic stroke, the investigators say.

STROKE AF studied a group not typically considered for Afib detection and management

The Harmar supervisors have approved the conversion of a former gambling site into a medical equipment manufacturing facility. By a 4-0 vote with Supervisor Bob Exler absent, the supervisors greenlighted the plan of Madison Acquisitions to remake the former Meadows off-track betting site on Anchor Drive into a manufacturing facility

An algorithm can help doctors decide which hospitalized patients can safely skip routine checks of vital signs at night.

A new AI model can monitor a patient's heart health as effectively as catheterization, reducing a patient's risk of heart failure.

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

Extending the simple CT scan administered to all acute stroke patients to include the upper part of the heart increased cardioaortic thrombus detection by almost sixfold.

Sex should factor into tailoring of postoperative care, research suggests

Pacemaker, syncope rates prompt advice not to ignore bradycardia issue

Many cancer therapies increase the risk of atrial fibrillation, but this is underreported in clinical trials, and so oncologists may underestimate the risk of this adverse event.

The board that regulates emergency medical technicians in Tennessee on Friday voted to suspend the licenses of the two E.M.T.s who arrived at the scene and failed to render aid.

In the U.S., heart disease is the number one killer. For patients living with congestive heart failure, warning signs often go unnoticed until it is too late. Legacy monitoring systems are inefficient. InfoBionic's cloud-based MoMe™ ARC (Advanced Remote Cardiology) Platform captures and delivers near real-time cardiac monitoring capabilities while alerts can be customized for each patient.

Intrahospital transport poses significant risks to critically ill patients. Data gaps during transportation to other hospital areas with less sophisticated equipment or upon arrival in a new location add to this risk. Healthcare providers need consistent monitoring of critically ill patients. The virtual telemetry company, Infobionic, is developing the cloud-based MoMe™ ARC (Advanced Remote Cardiology) Platform,…

With a pivotal shift from brick-and-mortar hospital care to virtual care at home, an accompanying upsurge in innovative technology must go hand in hand, as well. InfoBionic CEO Stuart Long explains how telemetry—especially, remote cardiac monitoring—is answering that call.

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