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Patients with pacemakers can now be assessed remotely via hospital-based assessment booths, freeing up patient time and NHS resources, according to researchers at the University of Southampton.

Short sleepers, especially those with poor sleep quality, have an increased risk of total cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD), concludes a 15 year Dutch follow-up study. The study¹ was presented at EuroPRevent 2011 in Geneva, where it was nominated for a young investigator award.

The annual Heart Rhythm Week will be held from the sixth to the twelfth of June 2011 by the Arrhythmia Alliance, encouraging national awareness and understanding of cardiac arrhythmia.

What a great title for a book! Its remit is to, “provide comprehensive information to help people with heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias) get an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment”, this it does very well.

A study which aims to describe adverse events associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) and the drugs used to treat it, has been published in the British Journal of Cardiology (BJC).¹

Cardiologists are currently unprepared for the impact on cardiovascular (CV) care of the ageing population, according to a whitepaper¹ published recently in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The number of heart transplant units in the UK should be reduced, due to the lack of transplants being performed and the difficulty for surgeons of maintaining the relevant expertise, according to a study¹ published recently online at bmj.com.

Calcium supplements increase the risk of cardiovascular events, according to a study published recently in the British Medical Journal.¹ Their use in managing osteoporosis should be re-assessed, according to its authors.

Women born with congenital heart disease (CHD) are more likely to have been born preterm or small-for-gestational age (SGA), and are more likely to have children suffering from both problems, according to a large population-based register study¹ published recently in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica – journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The link between Fabry disease and cardiovascular (CV) events has been analysed in a report published recently in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology,¹ which its authors claim is the first study to systematically analyse the rates and risk factors associated with such events in a large cohort of patients.