CV Therapeutics and Astellas Announce FDA Approval for Lexiscan(TM) (regadenoson) Injection Apr 11, 2008
Lexiscan should not be administered to patients with second- or third-degree AV block or sinus node dysfunction who do not have a functioning artificial pacemaker ... Less frequent side effects reported in patients administered Adenoscan include second and third degree AV block, fatal cardiac arrest, ventricular tachycardia and nonfatal myocardial infarction. (PR Newswire)
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:14:40 PM (IST) Mangalore: Complex ... Feb 13, 2008
Dr Praveen J Shetty, cardiologist at A J Hospital & Research Centre who did ECG, echocardiogram and angiogram diagnosed her to have a complex heart disease Atrial (sinus venosus) and Ventricular Septal Defects, Pulmonary Valvular Stenosis, Binodal disease (Sick sinus syndrome + AV block). She had severe physical debility because of heart problems. (Daijiworld.com)
Sleep Apnea Common, But Undiagnosed, Among Pacemaker Patients Mar 14, 2007
Thirty-three patients had a high degree atrioventricular block or AV block, which is a blocked electrical signal from the heart's upper chamber (atria) to the pumping chamber (ventricle) ... Half of the patients with heart failure, 68 percent of patients with AV block, and 58 percent of patients with sinus node disease had sleep apnea. (Science Daily)