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