Breaking the circuit: a cure for supraventricular tachycardia
Article Abstract:
UK health professions are leading the way in developing a cheaper yet more effective treatment for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) which prevents the need for patients to be on long term medication. SVT is suffered by up to 5% of the UK population at some point. An SVT attack occurs when the heart's electrical circuit causes the heart rate to speed up dramatically which in turn may cause beats to be missed. Catheter ablation uses radio frequencies to destroy abnormal electrical pathways in the heart, avoiding the need for long term medication.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Diary of a festival
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Medical personnel who attended the Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts in June 1997 were kept busy with over 500 injuries caused mainly by the severe weather conditions. Deep mud caused people to slip and sprain or break ankles, and water-logged boots caused infected blisters and trench foot. Drug abuse also caused some revellers to become paranoid, so they has to be treated alongside the other patients. Medical staff were supposed to work 12 hour shifts, but often had to work 18 hours to attend to all those in need.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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