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London Ont. hospital achieves national first in new cardiovascular procedure approved by Health Canada
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 14, 2024 Source:London Ont. hospital achieves national first in new cardiovascular procedure approved by Health Canada
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Study Concludes That You’re More Likely to Get Heart Issues From COVID-19 Than the Vaccine
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 27, 2024 Source:You’re More Likely to Get Heart Issues From COVID-19 Than the Vaccine Reference:Long-Term Prognosis of Patients With Myocarditis Attributed to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 Infection, or Conventional Etiologies
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AI stethoscope demonstrates ‘the power as well as the risk’ of emerging technology
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 13, 2024 Source:AI stethoscope demonstrates ‘the power as well as the risk’ of emerging technology
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Diet drinks may boost risk of dangerous heart condition by 20%, study says. Can we please stop the reporting of food-questionnaire-extrapolate-the-data-towards-meaningless-non-causal-relationships stories that have zero impact on clinical practice?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 8, 2024 Source:Diet drinks may boost risk of dangerous heart condition by 20 per cent, study says Reference:Sweetened Beverages, Genetic Susceptibility, and Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Cohort Study
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New centre of excellence established at the Ottawa Heart Institute for rare cardiac diseases.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 24, 2024 Source:Heart Institute establishes world’s first centre of excellence for rare cardiac conditions
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Carrying emergency Aspirin for use for suspected heart attack can help reduce the risk of further heart damage. If used, you must call 911 for further assessment and treatment.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 23, 2024 Source: Bill found this company that sells the FOBS. Not an endorsement. For example purposes only.
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1 in 3 Canadians don’t know the difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest, poll finds.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 19, 2023 Source:1 in 3 Canadians don’t know the difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest, poll finds
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Study concludes that cryoablation treatment of Atrial Fibrillation was “associated with a lower incidence of persistent atrial fibrillation or recurrent atrial tachyarrhythmia over 3 years of follow-up than initial use of antiarrhythmic drugs.”
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 6, 2023 Source:Atrial fibrillation (A-fib): Ablation surgery may be more effective than drugs Reference:Progression of Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoablation or Drug Therapy