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Cardiac Safety Research Consortium Announces Think Tank Program with FDA Regulators, Industry and Academia Focused on Cardiac Remote Monitoring Trials and AI

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. — Euan Ashley (Stanford University) Safety Oversight of decentralized trials — Leanne Madre (Medable) Remote Arrhythmia Monitoring from an Academic Perspective — Greg Marcus (UCSF) Do Remote Heart-Monitoring Devices Work?

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Cryptogenic Stroke

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Ultrasound – this is easily available, very portable and usually a very low risk investigation. Previously it was thought that this was only beneficial in 1 6 hour window, some studies are suggesting that it could be beneficial even if performed beyond 6 hours (up to 16 hours) The next step is to study the heart in detail.

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The three things that can go wrong with the heart

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

As the heart becomes more muscular, it becomes stiffer and therefore does not fill with as much blood and therefore pumps less blood out. So what tests tell us about the heart as a pump? Echocardiography – We can use ultrasound to visualize the heart and look at how well it pumps.

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What do heart tests tell us?

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

So today i wanted to talk to you about what each heart test tells us about these different aspects of heart disease Tests that tell you about the heart as a pump The most commonly used test to assess the heart as a pump is an echocardiogram. Usually even a single lead ECG is enough because the rhythm is the rhythm.