Friday, November 16, 2012

Friday's Hearts In the News

Hearts and their arrhythmias are everywhere, and no where more than the news this week:
  1. Jim Harbaugh, the NFL's reigning Coach of the Year and the face of the 49ers' resurgent franchise, had what the team termed a "minor procedure" performed at Stanford Hospital on Thursday - my bet: cardioversion.
  2. 5-hour energy drinks under federal investigation for possible proarrhythmia - reporters decide to test the theory on one of their own:  "In an unscientific test at Florida Hospital Tampa’s Pepin Heart Institute, we had photographer Taylor Vinson drink one 5-hour Energy drink..." 
  3. Jeff Green of the Boston Celtics - is back from repair of his aortic aneurism.
  4. Who knew?  It seems there are concerns that Pittsburg Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s rib dislocation could puncture his aorta.
I know.  Nothing profound here but, hey, it's Friday!

-Wes
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1 comment:

  1. Andrew Kaplan, M.D.Sun Nov 18, 09:25:00 AM CST

    Not only that, but Mike Ditka had some sort of neurologic event (TIA/RIND). Could it have been from silent atrial fibrillation?

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