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[HEADLINE:Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition]
Author: Tim Stewart (67.39.31.---)
Date: 11-18-02 06:05
Copyright 2002 Pensacola News Journal (Pensacola, FL)
All Rights Reserved
Pensacola News Journal (Pensacola, FL)
November 17, 2002 Sunday
SECTION: HEALTH; Pg. 1F
LENGTH: 553 words
HEADLINE: Notes
BYLINE: Staff
BODY:
Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition
Cardiologists at Sacred Heart Hospital have used a dose of pure alcohol
injected into a patient's heart to treat a rare heart condition called
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
Drs. Dan Doty, Brent Videau and Ed Rogers of Cardiology Consultants performed
the procedure on a 22-year-old patient - the first time the technique has been
used in Northwest Florida.
Videau described the technique as "a controlled heart attack utilizing the
injection of pure alcohol.'' The injection has the effect of damaging an overly
enlarged area of muscle within the heart, reducing its size to relieve an
obstruction to the flow of blood out of the heart.
The treatment, called alcohol septal ablation, is a new alternative for
treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart
characterized by excessive enlargement of the heart muscle, particularly in the
septum. The septum is the structure that separates the main pumping chambers of
the heart.
In patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the enlargement of the septum
pushes against a leaflet of the mitral valve to create an obstruction to the
outflow of blood from the heart to the central artery or aorta.
This obstruction puts a strain on the pumping chamber and might cause the
mitral valve in the heart to leak.
FirstRehab offers program to aid those with arthritis
FirstRehab of Gulf Breeze Hospital offers Joint Efforts, a warm-water aquatic
program for people with arthritis, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11
a.m. to noon at The Club in Gulf Breeze.
Held in a warm-water pool, the program consists of range of motion and
flexibility exercises, avoiding extremes of range or painful motion,
muscle-strengthening and cardiovascular endurance training.
Reservations are required.
Details: 934-2180.
Health, fitness symposium to address 'achieving balance'
The sixth annual Health Excellence and Fitness Symposium, co-sponsored by
medical and educational organizations throughout Northwest Florida, is set for
Feb. 18-20 in the Mustin Beach Officers Club at Pensacola Naval Air Station.
The theme for the 2003 symposium is "Achieving Balance."
Keynote speaker will be Dr. Kenneth Cooper from the Cooper Institute for
Aerobics Research in Dallas. Cooper is known as the "father of aerobics'' and
will be speaking on Current Trends in Preventive Medicine and Wellness.
The symposium will feature Dr. Martin Collis, a consultant with the
President's Council on Physical Fitness, Fitness Canada and the author of the
weight management book "Phacts of Life.'' Collis will present "Healing, Humor,
and a High Level of Wellness."
The annual event introduces a new feature by offering workshops geared toward
either exercise/fitness or medical/wellness. These workshops are interactive.
The target audience for the symposium includes physicians, nurses, physician
assistants, dentists, dietitians, dietetic technicians, chaplains, teachers,
social workers, corpsmen, physical fitness instructors and coordinators,
athletic directors, health promotion coordinators, researchers and anyone
interested in improving their health and overall wellness.
Register on the symposium Web site at www.healthexcellencepensacola.com
Details: 452-3801.
From staff reports
GRAPHIC: Videau; Cooper
LOAD-DATE: November 16, 2002
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[Re: HEADLINE:Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition]
Author: Erica (---.biz.dsl.gtei.net)
Date: 11-18-02 06:13
Are they for real? They performed their FIRST procedure on a 22-year-old? Some daring doctoprs and some uneducated 22 year old ... I can't believe he would allow himself to be their first guinea pig. Wow.
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[Re: HEADLINE:Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition]
Author: Lisa Salberg (167.165.39.---)
Date: 11-18-02 19:20
OK here I am at the AHA meeting and here is the basic feel about Alcohol septal ablation in the USA at this time... it should be reserved for older patients and pts. should be carefully evaluated for proper selection for the procedure...many patients will do better with myectomy. However, the ease and simple appearance of the abaltion is making it attractive to many who may likely be hurt in the long run by the procedure as you are adding proarrythmic tissue to a prearrythmic heart.
more later..
Lisa
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[Re: HEADLINE:Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition]
Author: Erica (---.atlnga1.dsl-verizon.net)
Date: 11-18-02 19:25
Hi Lisa. Can you elborate on the following as I am unclear what you mean ... "proarrythmic tissue to a prearrythmic heart." Thanks : )
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[Re: HEADLINE:Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition]
Author: Board Moderator (Sarah Beckley (---.client.attbi.com)
Date: 11-18-02 19:52
Hi
"Proarrythmic" means causes or can cause arrhythmias and "prearrhtymic" means not having any yet. The ablation creates a scar --scar tissue--from the ablation site. There are not long term studies on the effects of having this scar tissue --as ablations are only about 5 or 6 years old.
Also, there are a lot of youngsters who need to have the ablation repeated b/c it just doesn't work in younger people.
S
Author: Tim Stewart (67.39.31.---)
Date: 11-18-02 06:05
Copyright 2002 Pensacola News Journal (Pensacola, FL)
All Rights Reserved
Pensacola News Journal (Pensacola, FL)
November 17, 2002 Sunday
SECTION: HEALTH; Pg. 1F
LENGTH: 553 words
HEADLINE: Notes
BYLINE: Staff
BODY:
Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition
Cardiologists at Sacred Heart Hospital have used a dose of pure alcohol
injected into a patient's heart to treat a rare heart condition called
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
Drs. Dan Doty, Brent Videau and Ed Rogers of Cardiology Consultants performed
the procedure on a 22-year-old patient - the first time the technique has been
used in Northwest Florida.
Videau described the technique as "a controlled heart attack utilizing the
injection of pure alcohol.'' The injection has the effect of damaging an overly
enlarged area of muscle within the heart, reducing its size to relieve an
obstruction to the flow of blood out of the heart.
The treatment, called alcohol septal ablation, is a new alternative for
treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart
characterized by excessive enlargement of the heart muscle, particularly in the
septum. The septum is the structure that separates the main pumping chambers of
the heart.
In patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the enlargement of the septum
pushes against a leaflet of the mitral valve to create an obstruction to the
outflow of blood from the heart to the central artery or aorta.
This obstruction puts a strain on the pumping chamber and might cause the
mitral valve in the heart to leak.
FirstRehab offers program to aid those with arthritis
FirstRehab of Gulf Breeze Hospital offers Joint Efforts, a warm-water aquatic
program for people with arthritis, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11
a.m. to noon at The Club in Gulf Breeze.
Held in a warm-water pool, the program consists of range of motion and
flexibility exercises, avoiding extremes of range or painful motion,
muscle-strengthening and cardiovascular endurance training.
Reservations are required.
Details: 934-2180.
Health, fitness symposium to address 'achieving balance'
The sixth annual Health Excellence and Fitness Symposium, co-sponsored by
medical and educational organizations throughout Northwest Florida, is set for
Feb. 18-20 in the Mustin Beach Officers Club at Pensacola Naval Air Station.
The theme for the 2003 symposium is "Achieving Balance."
Keynote speaker will be Dr. Kenneth Cooper from the Cooper Institute for
Aerobics Research in Dallas. Cooper is known as the "father of aerobics'' and
will be speaking on Current Trends in Preventive Medicine and Wellness.
The symposium will feature Dr. Martin Collis, a consultant with the
President's Council on Physical Fitness, Fitness Canada and the author of the
weight management book "Phacts of Life.'' Collis will present "Healing, Humor,
and a High Level of Wellness."
The annual event introduces a new feature by offering workshops geared toward
either exercise/fitness or medical/wellness. These workshops are interactive.
The target audience for the symposium includes physicians, nurses, physician
assistants, dentists, dietitians, dietetic technicians, chaplains, teachers,
social workers, corpsmen, physical fitness instructors and coordinators,
athletic directors, health promotion coordinators, researchers and anyone
interested in improving their health and overall wellness.
Register on the symposium Web site at www.healthexcellencepensacola.com
Details: 452-3801.
From staff reports
GRAPHIC: Videau; Cooper
LOAD-DATE: November 16, 2002
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Re: HEADLINE:Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition]
Author: Erica (---.biz.dsl.gtei.net)
Date: 11-18-02 06:13
Are they for real? They performed their FIRST procedure on a 22-year-old? Some daring doctoprs and some uneducated 22 year old ... I can't believe he would allow himself to be their first guinea pig. Wow.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Re: HEADLINE:Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition]
Author: Lisa Salberg (167.165.39.---)
Date: 11-18-02 19:20
OK here I am at the AHA meeting and here is the basic feel about Alcohol septal ablation in the USA at this time... it should be reserved for older patients and pts. should be carefully evaluated for proper selection for the procedure...many patients will do better with myectomy. However, the ease and simple appearance of the abaltion is making it attractive to many who may likely be hurt in the long run by the procedure as you are adding proarrythmic tissue to a prearrythmic heart.
more later..
Lisa
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Re: HEADLINE:Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition]
Author: Erica (---.atlnga1.dsl-verizon.net)
Date: 11-18-02 19:25
Hi Lisa. Can you elborate on the following as I am unclear what you mean ... "proarrythmic tissue to a prearrythmic heart." Thanks : )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Re: HEADLINE:Alcohol injection used to treat heart condition]
Author: Board Moderator (Sarah Beckley (---.client.attbi.com)
Date: 11-18-02 19:52
Hi
"Proarrythmic" means causes or can cause arrhythmias and "prearrhtymic" means not having any yet. The ablation creates a scar --scar tissue--from the ablation site. There are not long term studies on the effects of having this scar tissue --as ablations are only about 5 or 6 years old.
Also, there are a lot of youngsters who need to have the ablation repeated b/c it just doesn't work in younger people.
S