by University College London UCL medical student Mansoon Tamang in the ECGI vest. Credit: University College London A reusable vest that can map the electrical activity of the heart in fine detail could potentially be used to better identify people at high risk of sudden cardiac death, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers. Electrical...
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, June 30, 2021 — Regularly eating a Southern-style diet may increase the risk of sudden cardiac death, while routinely consuming a Mediterranean diet may reduce that risk, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access journal of the American Heart Association. The Southern...
by Doug Carlson, Florida State University Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences Stephen Chelko, right, works in his laboratory with graduate student Maicon Landim-Vieira. Chelko’s lab has published research providing important new insights about arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of sudden cardiac death among young athletes. Credit: Mark Bauer/FSU College of Medicine Nearly a half-million people a year die...
KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: RESEARCHERS IN LITHUANIA CAME UP WITH THE IDEA WHICH WOULD ALLOW MEASURING ELECTROLYTE BALANCE NONINVASIVELY AT HOME THROUGH AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM. Researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania came up with the idea on how to measure fluctuating blood potassium levels non-invasively, through electrocardiogram. The researchers claim that their method may become a...
