Hey all, I’m working hard here in Munich. There was news made today in the AF world. The European Society of Cardiology has updated its 2010 AF treatment guidelines with a focused update. Here’s my attempt at a summary of six major focus points over at Trials and Fibrillations on theHeart.org. JMM
Greetings from Munich Germany. I made it here without too much trouble. Significant tailwinds blew us across the Atlantic in short order. That made for a short flight, and sadly only a few hours sleep. I got a decent night’s sleep last night though (wait… how long have I been here?). Anyways, I feel sufficiently […]
(Sorry folks, I published this post last night but with the wrong date. As we say in the EP lab: “rookie mistake.”) For many bike racers, the end of summer marks the beginning of cyclocross season. So it was tonight, an unusually perfect August evening, that the Louisville (KY) cycling community enjoyed its first cyclocross […]
The thing about opportunity is you don’t always know what comes around the next corner. It’s like riding in strange places. Where’s the top of the hill? How bad is the descent? Will I like this ride? Will I be any good at it? Questions. Another thing about opportunity is how it prods you out […]
If you have not already heard, there was more news (see theHeart.org) on the troubled St Jude Medical Riata family of ICD leads. The high voltage leads were recalled in December of 2011 and estimates are that 79,000 remain implanted. Perhaps more problematic for the company is the structural similarity of its current ICD lead […]
This was a huge week for basic health news. My colleagues over at theHeart.org covered a number of interesting studies. If you haven’t already, I’d take a look at their “prevention” tab. There is a provocative story challenging the use of drugs for mild high blood pressure; another that relates (ABO) blood type and the […]
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Finding normal–after summer vacation.
I had better write something. It’s butt to chair time. A warning: this is a blog–and I’m practicing…blogging. Time away is supposed to rejuvenate the mind and body. Rest is good; rest breathes new life; rest soothes the inflammation of over-achievement. Sometimes however, rest, like lots of things, runs amok. That’s human nature. Dang vacation. […]
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Cycling Wednesday…
…and I, am on vacation. Again. Come on, it is summer. And yes, there are bikes here. Conches too. See ya next week. JMM
I cheated–a little. I promised to post on some of the ways I use rhythm-control medicines for AF. I did indeed post about this topic–just not here. As I wrote and edited and stewed about rhythm medicine for AF, it occurred to me that this would be a great topic to write about on Trials […]
As a cyclist, I’m often asked why authorities will not stop investigating Lance. It’s over and done with. It’s all in the past. What’s more, if they took his Tour titles away whom would they give them to? Most of his rivals have either admitted doping or been busted. Let’s be in the moment and […]
Let’s talk about some of the factors that go into choosing medicines to suppress AF episodes. We call this “rhythm control.” In Part 1, I introduced some of the complexities of heart rhythm medicine. In this post, I hope to clarify a few of the many issues that come into play when considering a rhythm […]