http://arwatch.co.uk An Educational Resource for Cardiac Rhythm Management Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:30:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The ‘3 Million Lives’ campaign aims to enhance the lives of millions of people with chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, by accelerating the rollout of telecare and telehealth services across England.  In support of the campaign, the Department of Health (DOH) has published headline findings from Whole ... http://arwatch.co.uk/2012/01/telemedicine-gets-the-ok-from-doh/ The survey - a joint initiative of the Heart Failure Association  and European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) - gathered information on more than 2,000 patients at 141 centres in 13 European countries. Its aim was to assess the effect of cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) ... http://arwatch.co.uk/2012/01/crt-comes-of-age/ Researchers from the Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Canada, examined prospectively collected data from a total of 138 consecutive patients with no prior history of atrial fibrillation (AF), who underwent TAVI with a balloon expandable valve. Patients were on continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring until hospital discharge, and NOAF was defined ... http://arwatch.co.uk/2012/01/tavi-related-new-onset-af-increases-stroke-risk/ One study1 reports on an initiative using echocardiography to document early warning signs of adverse effects from trastuzumab (Herceptin ®), while the other uses echocardiography to evaluate the protective role of ACE inhibitors and statins on the hearts of cancer patients.2 “These studies open the way for the early identification of myocardial damage at ... http://arwatch.co.uk/2012/01/echo-targets-cancer-drug-cardiotoxicity/ Joe Mulligan, British Red Cross head of first aid education, said:  “It’s vital that everybody knows basic first aid skills to help themselves and the people around them, and this app is a great way to reach people who may never go to a class. By harnessing mobile technology, with ... http://arwatch.co.uk/2012/01/british-red-cross-launch-firstaid-app/ The two new reference materials, which closely match the upper and lower levels for digoxin monitoring, are both certified as European Reference Materials (ERM®) and made under accreditation to ISO Guide 34 for the production of reference materials. The material (ERM®-DA200a Frozen Human Serum – Digoxin, High Level and ERM®-DA201a Frozen ... http://arwatch.co.uk/2012/01/digoxin-dose-level-monitoring-improved/ The authors say that for the first time they have estimated the speed at which the Grim Reaper usually walks: about 1.8 miles per hour. He never walked faster than 3 miles per hour. To assess his role in mortality and walking speed, a team of researchers based at Concord Hospital ... http://arwatch.co.uk/2012/01/grim-reaper%e2%80%99s-walking-speed-measured/ The study, led by Richard Field (Clinical Research Assistant, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust), examined all UK newspaper articles published between 1 January and 30 June 2010 containing the words ‘cardiac arrest’, ‘CPR’ or ‘resuscitation’. 181 articles were identified as referring to individual cardiac arrests occurring outside hospital. In ... http://arwatch.co.uk/2012/01/newspapers-exaggerate-survival-after-cardiac-arrest/ http://arwatch.co.uk/2012/01/welcome-to-new-sponsor/ The study aimed to establish which specialties were more likely to be honoured, and how long doctors needed to practise before an honour is conferred.  Researchers led by Dr Shofiq Islam (Department of Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital) identified 417 doctors receiving honours between January 2000 and January 2011. They were stratified ... http://arwatch.co.uk/2012/01/public-health-doctors-top-new-year%e2%80%99s-honours-list/