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Burdick EK-2 ECG to be Featured on A&E’s Storage Wars
The Burdick EK-2 ECG, which once exhibited at The Smithsonian, will be featured in an upcoming episode on A&E’s Storage Wars. For those new to the reality show, bidders comb through storage lockers to unearth products, items and collectibles in hopes of finding and purchasing lost treasure. Of surprise, one bidder discovered the Burdick EK-2 [...]
Continue reading...Another high school football death; Texas mom calls for cardiac screenings
Monday, September 20, 2010
Another Texas high school football death has a mom calling for cardiac screenings.
Continue reading...Cardiac stress test saved coach’s life
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Cardiac stress testing can be a life-saver for people like Stoutland who have chest pain but are not suffering a heart attack.
Continue reading...For some sedentary patients, a treadmill stress test before exercise
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The latest issue of Circulation advises doctors on when and how to prescribe exercise, including when to start the process with a cardiac stress test.
Continue reading...Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Parents advocate for cardiac screening
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
After their son Sean died of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Jim and Sheila Fisher became leaders in advocating for heart screening for teens using EKG tests and echocardiograms.
Continue reading...Costs and benefits of cardiac screening for young athletes: Cardiac Science for the week of June 28
Monday, June 28, 2010
Costs and the benefits of cardiac screening with electrocardiograms to protect young athletes from sudden cardiac arrest; San Diego area school district announces plans to equip all schools with defibrillators.
Continue reading...Dizziness in the elderly a sign of cardiovascular disease: Cardiac Science for the week of May 17
Monday, May 17, 2010
A new study suggests that dizziness in the elderly may well be a sign of cardiovascular disease; Philadelphia parents are lobbying for AEDs in city recreation centers; a Missouri school's AED saves the life of a 13-year-old cardiac arrest victim; and a California hospital donates Powerheart AEDs to the community.
Continue reading...Foundation provides free EKG testing for teens: Cardiac Science for the week of May 10
Monday, May 10, 2010
More than 10,000 students in Chicago-area schools have received free EKG screenings underwritten by the Max Schewitz Foundation; a UK family donates AEDs to schools in memory of a son who died of sudden arrhythmic death syndrome.
Continue reading...ECG screening needed to protect young athletes: Cardiac Science for the week of April 19
Monday, April 19, 2010
ECG screening is clinically effective at protecting young athletes from sudden cardiac death; use of 12-lead electrocardiographs; AED stories from New Zealand and California.
Continue reading...ECGs for athletes: Benefits may outweigh the costs
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Two recent articles in leading journals suggest that the benefits of ECG screenings may well outweigh the upfront costs.
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