Beating heart disease one woman at a time - FederalNewsRadio.com
WASHINGTON - Wanda Jackson of Forestville, Md. is a heart disease survivor on a mission. She has become an advocate for heart patients, saying she is part of an army that is taking on America’s number one killer. “I didn’t understand what was happening …
2012-01-22T10:45:47Z
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Thromboembolic Events During the Perioperative Period in Patients Undergoing Permanent Pacemaker Implantation.
Clin Cardiol. 2012 Jan 19;
Chen S, Liu J, Pan W, Liu S, Su Y, Bai J, Wang W, Ge J
BACKGROUND: Thromboembolism (TE) is one of the most serious complications after pacemaker implantation. It has been demonstrated that several patient characteristics and different pacing modes are related to an increased risk of TE events during long-term follow-up. HYPOTHESIS: We propose that TE events occurring during the perioperative period of pacemaker implantation may be associated with certain clinical characteristics. METHODS: The potential risk factors of TE events were analyzed in 406 consecutive patients who underwent pacemaker implantation. RESULTS: We identified TE events in 11 patients (2.7%) within 7 days after pacemaker implantation. Four of the 11 (36.4%) patients died of complications of TE. Univariate analysis revealed that an age of >75 years (4.56 odds ratio [OR], P = 0.031), hypertension (3.59 OR, P = 0.028), diabetes (8.89 OR, P < 0.001), coronary heart disease (4.8 OR, P = 0.005), atrial fibrillation (AF) (5.68 OR, P = 0.006), persistent AF (10.36 OR, P < 0.001), and a history of stroke or transient ischemic attack (5.62 OR, P = 0.002) were associated with an increased risk of TE events. Multivariate logistic analysis showed that persistent AF (9.8 OR, P < 0.001) was independently associated with TE. The incidence of perioperative TE was not significantly different between patients with single- and dual-chamber pacemakers. CONCLUSIONS: We found TE events during the perioperative period in patients undergoing pacemaker implantation were not uncommon. Because persistent AF during the perioperative period was the only independent risk factor for perioperative TE, appropriate anticoagulation therapy may be necessary in those patients. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Liu, MD, is co-first author. The authors have no funding, financial relationships, or conflicts of interest to disclose.
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California Heart Disease - World Life Expectancy
Discover Heart Disease rankings for all California counties and all magor causes of death.
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:42:00 GMT
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Genetic mechanism linked to congenital heart disease identified
Scientists have identified a finely tuned mechanism by which fetal heart muscle develops into a healthy and fully formed beating heart — offering new insight into the genetic causes of congenital heart disease and opening the door to one day developing therapies to fight this chronic and potentially fatal disorder.
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:33:48 -0800
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January 21, 2009.
So, I guess you guys want to know more about my life? I think this would be a good place to start. On January 21, 2009, 3 years ago yesterday, my life completely changed. Everything I thought I knew about people and friendship and trust and life and happiness and sadness were complete skewed forever …
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:59:00 CST
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