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Volta Medical Enters into Joint Development Agreement with GE HealthCare to Support Electrophysiologists Treating Atrial Fibrillation

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Volta Medical has announced it has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with GE Healthcare to enhance arrhythmia procedures with artificial intelligence (AI)-driven electrophysiology technologies. 1 Approximately 33 million patients worldwide are living with AFib.

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Supercharging the ECG: AI set to Revolutionize the Diagnostic Cardiology Market

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By 1909 ECGs were being used to diagnose cases of arrhythmia; by 1910 to diagnose indicators of a heart attack. Another vendor to watch in this space is Israeli start-up CardiaCare, currently developing a ‘world-first’ closed-loop, neuromodulation wearable for the non-invasive treatment for AFib. How Has Funding Progressed?

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A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG

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2016, April 13). Other Arrhythmias ( PACs, PVCs, AFib, Bradycardia and AV conduction disorders — potentially lethal VT/VFib ). NOTE: Prediction of cardiac contusion "severity" on the basis of cardiac arrhythmias and ECG findings — is an imperfect science. References Alborzi, Z., Zangouri, V., Ghahramani, Z., Ziaeian, B.,

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Syncope while on a treadmill

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Is longterm endurance-training a risk factor for AFib and AFlutter? == Why is Today's Initial Rhythm AFlutter? At the extreme — CPVT ( C atecholamine P olymorphic V entricular T achycardia ) is a rare but important entity to recognize because of its known association with exercise-induced arrhythmias despite a structurally normal heart!

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Patient in Single Vehicle Crash: What is this ST Elevation, with Peak Troponin of 6500 ng/L?

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He has a family history concerning for arrhythmia. Given the circumstances of his car crash, we presume it was due to an underlying arrhythmia. He has a family history concerning for arrhythmia with his father requiring some sort of device (PPM, ICD, unclear) at a young age.

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New Onset Heart Failure and Frequent Prolonged SVT. What is it? Management?

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N OTE : I begin with Figure-1 — in which I show 3 examples of R egular S VT r hythms , in which sinus P waves ( ie, upright P waves in lead II ) are not seen: E CG # 1 in Figure-1 is from the October 31, 2016 post on Dr. Smith’s Blog. E CG # 2 in Figure-1 is from the October 16, 2019 post on Dr. Smith’s Blog. This is a “ generic ” term.