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This is the place to learn about the latest medical and research news and then discuss and ask questions about how it might affect your health and impact your life.

Pediatric Electrophysiologist - Who is the best?

Jennifer11
  • By Jennifer11 · New reply November 20, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • We're seeing at Pediatric Electrophysiologist at Children's Hospital in Seattle. We want a 2nd opinion. Does anyone know how we'd go about finding out who is considered to be the best in the country in ...

Innaproprate sinus Tachardia

Tuffy
  • By Tuffy · New reply October 7, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I found on the NIH website that for anyone with IST they are doing research.(only until 2010) I have called. The doctor did call me back and we have set up an appointment for this saturday to talk about ...

long qt's and antidepressants

weillfan
  • By weillfan · New reply September 30, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Lots of stuff out there about long QT's and various antidepressants. I am currently trying to figure out meds to alleviate this interaction. Others have ideas ...

ARVD Program

Ehutch2
  • By Ehutch2 · New reply August 19, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • I have been diagnosed with ARVD after a SCA since 2002. I have seen Dr. Hugh Calkins at the Johns Hopkins University on two different occasions, in which I still keep in touch with. I recommend anyone ...

Resolved WPW

Bugsym55
  • By Bugsym55 · New reply July 21, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • I have just been notified by my physician that my EKG showed I no longer have WPW. I have struggled with this since my diagnosis in 1976. I wanted to know if this has happened to others. I have had no ...

ion channelopathy and supplements

Jushag
  • By Jushag · New reply March 19, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • My husband was very, very, very lucky. He had a sudden cardiac arrest due to arrhythmia and was shocked 4x by the paramedics. Very rare to survive this. He's 53 and had absolutely NO warning. No symptoms ...

Anyone with bradycardia that got a pacemaker

jss
  • By jss · New reply March 4, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • I like to hear about your experience, since I'll be getting one in a few days. especially interested in long term experience. email me at scharfjscharf@yahoo.com ...

How Many EKGs Does It Take To Make a Syndrome?

Alynna
  • By Alynna · New reply October 25, 2008
  • 11 replies
  • Three out of five EKGs note a Prolonged QT wave. Is this enough to consider it Prolonged QT Syndrome? I'm struggling to understand my brother's death and hope someone will reply. Lynn ...

ICD in children

heir333
  • By heir333 · New reply October 14, 2008
  • 8 replies
  • My daughter is getting an ICD. She is only nine years old. I am worried about her quality of life and the risks. I don't know if I am doing the right thing ...

Moderate exercise decreases QTc in LQT1 subjects

dmwillden
  • By dmwillden · Posted April 26, 2008
  • 0 replies
  • I was intrigued by this study by Lauri Toivonen et al from Holland in which they found the QTc in LQT1 subjects decrease with moderate "endurance training" over time: "QTc during recovery after mild exercise ...

Recommend a Chicago area electrophysiologist?

empoweredlady
  • By empoweredlady · Posted July 24, 2007
  • 0 replies
  • Does anyone know of a good EP for adult patients in the Chicago area? The SADS organization gave me the phone number of a children's clinic in Chicago. I called and they tried calling me back several ...

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