Search Tag: bradycardia

2020 20 Jul

Older, critically ill patients with COVID-19 who received a combination of the antiretroviral medications lopinavir and ritonavir experienced bradycardia, a  slow heart rate, more often, according to new research published  in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, an American Heart Association journal. The combination of antiretroviral...Read more

2018 08 Nov

The  American College of Cardiology,  the  American Heart Association , and the  Heart Rhythm Society  have just released new guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of patients with bradycardia and cardiac conduction disorders.   Bradycardia, defined as a heart rate of less than 50 beats a minute, can limit the amount of blood and oxygen...Read more

2015 23 Jun

Novel research presented at EHRA EUROPACE – CARDIOSTIM 2015 by Professor Michael Giudici, Director of arrhythmia services in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. revealed that patients can test drive a pacemaker outside the skin before deciding to have a permanent implant. Prof. Giudici explained that...Read more