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New control instrument for heart patient

Hamburg physicians according to own data for world-wide first the time a new control instrument for heart patient implanter. The equipment with name Reveal XT is about half as large as a chewing rubber package and is three years long continuously the heart stream of patients to measure, who suffer from forecourt flares.
"For instance to two Mill. a Federal citizen suffer from this special heartbeat disturbance, the 20 per cent of all impact accumulations caused “, said Karl-Heinz Kuck, leading Cardiology of the Asklepios hospital pc. George, from Friday in Hamburg.
This equipment can recognize forecourt flares in time. "It has completely different sensitivity than well-known implantierbare electrocardiogram recording devices “, said Kuck. By the pressing of the question mark button on an accessory equipment patients can ask their implantierten chip whether they have straight acute forecourt flares. If the green lamp shines, everything is correct, red recommends however the fast course to the physician. That can prevent with a fast blood dilution that it comes in the worst case to an impact accumulation. However the equipment announces not automatically an emergency situation, but only on inquiry by the patient. "If the chip is further developed, is it by means of telemetric transmission the data directly to the physician to send “, said Kuck. The chip costs 2,000 euro and is in that Hamburg hospital in the next twelve months up to 800 heart patients to be implanted. Kuck estimates that in the next 20 years will treble themselves the number of the illnesses at forecourt flares. Particularly old humans are affected by this symptom.
By the missing pumping performance of the atria thereby Gerinnsel can form which later clog and to the impact accumulation lead containers in the brain or other body regions

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Forecourt flares:

Forecourt flares often older humans concern and are difficult to diagnose and treat, since the symptoms often change in the course of the treatment. Also many humans do not feel the typical symptoms of the illness. Forecourt flares accompanies with a increased number of deaths and two to sevenfold increased risk for impact accumulations. There are different possibilities of treatment. In order to judge their success, so far only snapshots were available. That changes with the implantierbaren Electrocardiogram Rekorder now. Now the heart rhythm can be observed with the patient with forecourt flares up to three years. Prof Kuck: “Gives us completely new possibilities of supervising and of adapting the necessary in each case treatment. “

However is not life-threatening regarded forecourt flares, can lead however to serious subsequent illnesses. So annually approximately 15 per cent of the impact accumulations, that means zirka 40,000 is to attribute to this form of heartbeat disturbance in Germany. By the missing pumping performance of the atria Gerinnsel can form. These can clog late containers in the brain or other parts of the body and release with it an impact accumulation. The moreover one a increased heart insufficiency risk and it exists an increase of the general number of deaths rate was proven.

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If the physician selects a working method, like for example the catheter ablation, a punctual depopulation of the impulse-leading heart fabric, he can examine now with the new monitoring method whether its therapy fastened. That was so far only reduced possible. The new Reveal XT notes independently heartbeat disturbances, can however with noticeable symptoms also from the patient to the recording and data storage be activated. The equipment is pushed in a minimalinvasiven interference in chest proximity under the skin.

The Hanseati cardiology center belonging to the Asklepios hospital pc. George leads approximately 1,500 investigations in its electricalphysiological laboratories (EPU), of it about 1,200 ablations (ödungen) of heartbeat disturbances per year through. Thus one of the world-wide largest mechanisms is for the treatment of heartbeat disturbances in the Asklepios hospital pc. George. In particular forecourt flares (irregular, fast heart impact) and chamber rhythm disturbances are treated here - a therapy, which can take place only in selected centers in Germany.

Asklepios:
Asklepios is one of the prominent international hospital chains. The group carries responsibility for more than 90 mechanisms, over 30 daily hospitals, 20,000 beds and 34,000 coworkers in Germany, Europe, the USA and in the future China. Approximately one million patients annually entrust its health Asklepios. With these characteristic numbers and a turnover responsibility of approximately 2.3 billion euro in the total's group Asklepios is the largest private hospital chain in the Federal Republic and in Europe. The Asklepios hospitals in the LBK Hamburg is with approximately 11,000 coworkers the largest private employer in the Hanseatic city, the most important hospital market of Germany. (Asklepios hospitals into and around Hamburg: Altona, Barmbek, Harburg, clinical center north (ox tariff/Heidberg), pc. George, Wandsbek, Westklinikum tears, bath old RST, bath Schwartau).

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