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Public defibrillators rarely used during cardiac arrest incidents, research shows

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are a common resource in public buildings, yet a new analysis reveals that they are rarely used to help resuscitate people suffering cardiac arrest.

28 Mar 2024

Move to protect California’s indoor workers from heat upended by cost questions

Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration unexpectedly yanked its support from a sweeping proposal that would have protected millions of California's indoor workers from dangerous heat, saying it can't endorse it without knowing the projected costs to the state.

21 Mar 2024

COVID-19 vaccine associated with reduced risk of cardiac and clot-related complications after SARS-CoV-2 infection

The risk of cardiac and clot-related complications following COVID-19 is substantially reduced in people who receive the COVID-19 vaccination compared with unvaccinated individuals, reports an observational study published online in the journal Heart.

18 Mar 2024

EHRA 2024 explores prevention and treatment of heart rhythm disorders

Discover the hottest science in the prevention and treatment of heart rhythm disorders at EHRA 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

15 Mar 2024

Innovative multimodal, non-invasive brain monitoring to enhance ECMO patient care

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can be a life-saving therapy for patients with acute heart or lung failure.

14 Mar 2024

AvoMD partners with Mass General Brigham to develop inpatient emergency clinical care algorithms

Mass General Brigham, a leading integrated academic health care system, and the Healthcare Transformation Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital are proud to announce their collaboration with AvoMD, a digital clinical decision support platform that brings current medical evidence into the clinical workflow, to develop a series of inpatient emergency clinical care algorithms.

6 Mar 2024

Deep learning-based model development to predict critical pediatric events in general wards

A model that predicts critical events in pediatric individuals admitted to the general ward.

29 Feb 2024

Gender differences explored: Cardiovascular health variances in women's lifespan

Women's cardiovascular disease risks and outcomes differ throughout the lifespan from those of men, according to a collection of studies devoted to cardiovascular medicine research focused on women of all ages, published today in a special "spotlight" issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

27 Feb 2024

Mayo Clinic study finds minimal impact of daylight saving time on heart health

A recent Mayo Clinic study examining the effects of daylight saving time (DST) on heart health suggests that the impact is likely minimal.

27 Feb 2024

Study reveals gaps in emergency medical services performance, suggests room for improvement

Study evaluates EMS performance across the U.S., revealing significant variability in care quality and identifying areas for improvement based on national data.

18 Feb 2024

CPR survival plummets as minutes pass during cardiac arrest

A person's chance of surviving while receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for cardiac arrest in hospital declines rapidly from 22% after one minute to less than 1% after 39 minutes, finds a US study published by The BMJ today.

8 Feb 2024

New methods for heart monitoring could transform cardiovascular care

Chocolate valentines and candies with sweet sayings shouldn't be the only hearts you think about this February.

1 Feb 2024

American Heart Association launches initiative to close CPR knowledge gap, save lives

A new survey conducted by the American Heart Association, which is marking one hundred years of service saving lives, suggests that increased visibility of the need for CPR has had a positive impact on someone's willingness to respond if they are bystanders in a cardiac emergency.

31 Jan 2024

American Heart Association sets ambitious targets for cardiac arrest survival

Only 10% of people who experience a cardiac arrest survive. In new challenge goals outlined in the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care 2030 Impact Goals and Call to Action to Improve Cardiac Arrest Outcomes, the American Heart Association's volunteer advisory Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee makes the case for doubling survivorship to 20%.

29 Jan 2024

More than half of Americans uninformed as heart disease claims top spot again

More than half of people in the U.S. (51%) do not know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the country, according to a recent Harris Poll survey conducted on behalf of the American Heart Association in November 2023.

24 Jan 2024

Injectable hydrogel paves the way for painless defibrillation and arrhythmia prevention

A breakthrough study led by Dr. Mehdi Razavi at The Texas Heart Institute (THI), in collaboration with a biomedical engineering team of The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) Cockrell School of Engineering led by Dr. Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, sets the foundation of a ground-breaking treatment regimen for treating ventricular arrhythmia.

9 Jan 2024

Cardiac Arrest News and Research

Latest Cardiac Arrest News and Research

Public defibrillators rarely used during cardiac arrest incidents, research shows

Move to protect California’s indoor workers from heat upended by cost questions

COVID-19 vaccine associated with reduced risk of cardiac and clot-related complications after SARS-CoV-2 infection

EHRA 2024 explores prevention and treatment of heart rhythm disorders

Innovative multimodal, non-invasive brain monitoring to enhance ECMO patient care

AvoMD partners with Mass General Brigham to develop inpatient emergency clinical care algorithms

Deep learning-based model development to predict critical pediatric events in general wards

Gender differences explored: Cardiovascular health variances in women's lifespan

Mayo Clinic study finds minimal impact of daylight saving time on heart health

Study reveals gaps in emergency medical services performance, suggests room for improvement

CPR survival plummets as minutes pass during cardiac arrest

New methods for heart monitoring could transform cardiovascular care

American Heart Association launches initiative to close CPR knowledge gap, save lives

American Heart Association sets ambitious targets for cardiac arrest survival

More than half of Americans uninformed as heart disease claims top spot again

Injectable hydrogel paves the way for painless defibrillation and arrhythmia prevention

California is poised to protect workers from extreme heat — indoors

Patients facing death are opting for a lifesaving heart device — but at what risk?

Genetic analysis highlights potential concerns for heart health in elite athletes

Research shows more people die from heart attacks during the winter holidays

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