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AUSTIN, Texas, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In May 2013, Andrea Natale, M.D., F.H.R.S., F.A.C.C., F.E.S.C., cardiac electrophysiologist and executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David's Medical Center, celebrates five years of leadership at TCAI--an international treatment, training and research center specializing in heart rhythm disorders. Dr. Natale, a world-renowned expert in the field of electrophysiology, has led approximately 75...

Special sessions and cutting-edge research reinforce commitment to optimal patient care worldwide DENVER, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, former United States President, Bill Clinton presents the keynote address at the Opening Plenary Session at Heart Rhythm 2013, the Heart Rhythm Society's 34(th) Annual Scientific Sessions and this year's premier conference on cardiac arrhythmias. Taking place at the Colorado Convention Center, Heart Rhythm 2013 builds on years of tradition and...

CLEVELAND, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CardioInsight Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of non-invasive electrocardiographic mapping technology, announced today that it will host a symposium during the Heart Rhythm Society's upcoming 34(th) Annual Scientific Sessions from May 8 - 11, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. The company-sponsored symposium will highlight the growing clinical experience associated with the Company's ECVUE(TM) system*, and discuss the present and...

In laboratory study, University of Michigan develops cell-specific technique using photodynamic therapy and nanotechnology for more precise cardiac ablation ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- University of Michigan heart researchers are shedding light on a safer method for steadying an abnormal heart rhythm that prevents collateral damage to healthy cells. Irregular heart rhythms, or arrhythmias, set the stage for a common, debilitating disorder called...

University of Michigan heart researchers are shedding light on a safer method for steadying an abnormal heart rhythm that prevents collateral damage to healthy cells. Irregular heart rhythms, or arrhythmias, set the stage for a common, debilitating disorder called atrial fibrillation that puts adults as young as age 40 at risk for fatigue, fainting, cardiac arrest, and even death. Medications can help, but doctors also use catheter ablation in which electrical impulses are delivered to a...

HOUSTON, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- eCardio Diagnostics (www.ecardio.com), a leading provider of remote cardiac arrhythmia monitoring, was among eight corporate sponsors teaming up with the Heart Rhythm Society to raise the level of awareness for heart rhythm disorders, particularly Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120427/MM96586LOGO) The campaign launched in conjunction with the Heart Rhythm 2012 Scientific...

MORRISVILLE, N.C., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Electrophysiology thought leaders gathered to discuss the significance of posterior ablation in the treatment of arrhythmias, with presentations highlighting the importance of isolating the posterior left atrium with an adjunctive epicardial treatment. The symposium was supported by nContact, Inc. and held in conjunction with Heart Rhythm 2012, the Heart Rhythm Society's 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions, in Boston, MA, on the evening of...

BOSTON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Heart Rhythm 2012, the Heart Rhythm Society's 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions and the year's premier conference on cardiac arrhythmias, kicks off at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center with the Opening Plenary session led by Harvard professor, author and head of the Human Nature Lab at Harvard Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH. More than 9,000 cardiac arrhythmia professionals from around the world will attend the four-day meeting...

A software monitoring program that tracks implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) function could detect problems with the devices earlier than current monitoring processes, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal. ICDs monitor heart rhythms and deliver electric shocks to restore normal rhythm when life-threatening, irregular heartbeats occur. But the surgically implanted devices can malfunction, particularly...

Study shows noninvasive, fast way to map heart's electrical activity in one heartbeat Just one second, one heartbeat. That's what is needed for a new, noninvasive functional imaging technology to record data for locating the source in the heart of a dangerous cardiac arrhythmia called ventricular tachycardia (VT). VT is an abnormal, fast beating of the heart, which, if ignored, can lead to ventricular fibrillation, which causes some 400,000 cases of sudden death yearly in the United...