Tests of Heart Devices to Get Review
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Because of problems with Medtronicâs heart defibrillators, the F.D.A. said it plans to examine whether its current tests are sufficient to catch electrical problems in the devices.
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As former President Bill Clinton checked out of the hospital where he had bypass surgery, people across the nation were rushing to hospitals, seeking to have their own hearts checked out.    Many places around the country are seeing cases of "Clinton syndrome" - worried, middle-aged men wanting tests for chest pain and other possible heart disease symptoms...
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When patients with heart disease are brought to a hospital, why not suggest a screening for their family as well?
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Thousands of people with heart failure are going undiagnosed, the Healthcare Commission has warned.
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The device designed for use in bile ducts is often placed in arteries and veins, even though it has undergone scant testing for such uses.
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The most exhaustive studies yet published on drug-coated stents show that the widely used heart devices are no better at preventing heart attacks and death than the older, cheaper devices they replaced, and in some cases may be slightly worse.
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More than 200,000 heart tests from   patients in prescription drug trials will be collected in a   database so scientists can search for clues about potentially   dangerous cardiac side effects, U.S. health officials said on   Wednesday.
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Cardiac pacemakers could help prevent unexpected epilepsy deaths in some sufferers, a new study suggests. The research, published in medical journal The Lancet, claims that devices to monitor and correct abnormal heart beats could save lives.
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People worried about sudden cardiac arrest no longer need a doctor's prescription to buy devices that jump-start the heart.     The Food and Drug Administration for the first time agreed Thursday to let consumers go online and purchase the $2,000 devices for home use...
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[Health India] Washington, Oct 7 : A new device has been designed by biomedical engineers at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, that could help in detecting a person&#39;s vein for an injection or a drip.
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A medical scan can spot which young people risk sudden death because of a weak heart.
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Los Angeles, CA, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A US study shows stress tests do not adequately diagnose patients with latent atherosclerosis --hardening of the arteries that leads to heart disease.
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My office telephone has been ringing with patients who have heard about former President Bill Clinton's surgery this month and wonder if they might need cardiac bypass themselves. What I tell them is that careful screening for heart disease is essential, but the bypass operation, which involves sawing open the chest, is a 40-year-old procedure that is usually unnecessary.
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A lifesaving device developed right here in Tucson could be a step closer to Federal Approval. The CardioWest Total Artificial Heart was approved by a FDA panel several months ago but still has not received full approval.
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The best tool for predicting the risk of heart disease may be a tape measure, researchers said on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to release new testing requirements for drug-coated heart stents in the next few weeks, the regulatory agency's device chief, Daniel Schultz, told the Wall Street Journal.
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Learning through tests that oneâs defibrillator has a faulty lead can create agonizing decisions for patients and doctors.