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Cardiac health

Blood Pressure

Arm position can cause overestimated blood pressure readings

Published Oct 9, 2024

Researchers say their findings underscore the importance of adhering to clinical guidelines, which call for firm arm support on a desk when measuring blood pressure

Cardiac health

New study uncovers major cause of deadly heart arrhythmias

Published Oct 6, 2022

Fat inside the heart, a possible after effect of heart attacks, is a large player in the development of heart rhythm disturbances

Illustration of an anatomical heart with bright red highlights against a dark background

Cardiac health

AI predicts if and when someone will experience cardiac arrest

Published April 7, 2022

An algorithm built to assess scar patterns in patient heart tissue can predict potentially life-threatening arrhythmias more accurately than doctors can

Two photos of Eve McLennan, as a baby and as a one-year-old

Public health

Johns Hopkins Children's Center saves newborn with heart condition

Published Feb 22, 2022

The child, Eve McLennan, was born with critical aortic stenosis and had a life-saving surgery when she was two weeks old

Biomedical engineering

New tool predicts sudden death in inflammatory heart disease

Published Aug 2, 2021

Johns Hopkins method outperforms previous approaches for assessing risk in cardiac sarcoidosis

The ResQ cardiac patch monitors the strength and timing of their hearts' electrical activity and contacts caregivers in the event of abnormal heart activity.

Health Tech

A cardiac patch to the ResQ

Published April 20, 2021

Student-invented device continuously monitors the strength and timing of a heart's electrical activity and sends the data to a patient's caregiver and doctor