Does air pollution affect your heart? Acute exposure to air pollution was found to be associated with an increased risk of arrythmia—irregular heartbeat—in a large study of 322 Chinese cities published in CMAJ (Canadian ...
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Modern drugs can be very effective at treating cancer and have led to greatly improved survival rates. However, some cancer treatments can cause damage to the heart, or cardiotoxicity. This damage can present in a range of ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Poorly managed sleep apnea can lead to uncontrolled blood pressure—a little known underlying risk for millions of people's cardiovascular health, a new study in npj Digital Medicine reveals.
Apr 26, 2023
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When the heart gets out of rhythm, characteristic processes occur in the heart muscle cells. Among other things, the currents of electrically charged particles (ions) change. In chronic atrial fibrillation, one of these currents ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have investigated how preterm birth and fetal growth are related to the risk of atrial fibrillation up to middle-age. The study, which is published in JAMA Pediatrics, shows ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Cancer survivors may be at long term heightened risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease, irrespective of traditional underlying risk factors, suggest the findings of a large UK Biobank study, published online in the journal ...
Apr 18, 2023
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People who have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation that is treated with a procedure called catheter ablation may have a reduced risk of dementia compared to those who are treated with medication alone. The ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Patients with severe COVID-19 requiring mechanical ventilation are 16 times more likely to develop ventricular tachycardia within six months compared to their peers without severe infection, according to research presented ...
Apr 18, 2023
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A score based on four readily available clinical and imaging parameters identifies the heart failure patients who benefit most from atrial fibrillation ablation, according to late breaking science presented at EHRA 2023, ...
Apr 18, 2023
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A novel software tool set to improve the management of elderly atrial fibrillation patients with multiple conditions is being designed by the EHRA-PATHS consortium. The latest updates on this clinical innovation will be presented ...
Apr 18, 2023
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