Study: Heart failure, not stroke, most common complication of atrial fibrillation
Doctors tell patients with atrial fibrillation, which causes an irregular and often abnormally rapid heart rate, to beware of an increased risk of stroke. But the threat of heart failure should be even more worrisome. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical Device Manufacture Integer To Gain From Expanding Pulsed Field Ablation Market, Earns Upgrade From BofA Why Is Medical Device Manufacture Integer …
BofA Securities upgraded Integer Holdings Corporation ITGR, citing the anticipated growth in pulsed field ablation (PFA) for treating atrial fibrillation. Integer is one of the largest medical device outsourcing manufacturers, serving the cardiac rhythm management, neuromodulation, vascular,…#bofasecurities #pfa #integer #medtronicplcmdt #johnsonjohnsonjnj #neutral #oscor #itgr (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Periodontitis May Modify Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 -- Periodontitis is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study published online April 10 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Shunsuke Miyauchi, M.D., Ph.D., from Hiroshima University in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 11, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How to Talk to Your Family About Their Heart Health History
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is the most common genetic heart disease, affecting about 1 in every 500 people, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). In people with HOCM, genetic variants cause the heart’s walls to thicken and stiffen, blocking blood from flowing freely from the left ventricle to the aorta. This, in turn, results in shortness of breath and chest pain (especially during physical activity), abnormal heart rhythms, lightheadedness, dizziness, and fainting, and can worsen over time.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Klein Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Guidelines Developed for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 -- In a consensus statement published in the April issue of EP Europace to coincide with the annual meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association, held from April 7 to 9 in Berlin, recommendations are presented for the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Study: Gum disease treatment after heart rhythm ablation reduced risk of recurring AFib
Recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients who have undergone catheter heart ablation may be reduced by treating gum disease with three months of the procedure, new Japanese research out Wednesday shows. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Tied to Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- Even a small amount of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is linked to a greater risk for atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association, held from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 9, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What Experts Really Think About Diet Soda
Growing up, Olivia Dreizen Howell, 39, “lived on” diet soda. So did her family. At a family reunion in 1996, everyone sported T-shirts with their shared surname in Diet Coke-can font. “We drank Diet Coke, Diet ginger ale, and Diet Sprite like water—there was no difference in our household,” she says.
Like many, Howell believed that sugar-free soda was a benign choice. But the latest research casts doubt on that assumption, linking diet drinks to mood disorders, fatty liver development, autoimmune diseases, and cancer, to name a few.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perri Ormont Blumberg Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Even a Little Secondhand Smoke Ups Odds for A-Fib
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 -- Just a little exposure to secondhand smoke may increase your risk for the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), a new, large study suggests.People who have A-Fib, the world ' s most common heart rhythm disorder,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Genetic Testing of Some Patients With Early-Onset AF Advised Genetic Testing of Some Patients With Early-Onset AF Advised
Certain genetic variants may underlie atrial fibrillation alone, a ventricular cardiomyopathy or channelopathy syndrome, or both.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
How Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Progresses in Adults
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common form of genetic heart disease worldwide. Researchers have estimated that up to 1 in 200 people have the condition, which is characterized by an abnormal thickening of the walls of the heart. This thickening can make it difficult for the heart to pump blood.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be a deadly disease, and there was a time when it was largely untreatable. But the last 20 years have witnessed a sea change in the condition’s management—a change that has led to an estimated 10-fold decrease in deaths.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Concomitant SSRI and Oral Anticoagulant Use Tied to Major Bleeding Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Concomitant use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and oral anticoagulants (OACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation was tied to an increased risk of major bleeding compared with OAC use alone, a case-control... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 22, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Most Popular DOAC Holds Its Own Against Edoxaban in Those Age 80 and Up
(MedPage Today) -- Very elderly people with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (Afib) got the same stroke prevention benefits from edoxaban (Savaysa) and apixaban (Eliquis), though one drug was associated with more major bleeding in a comparative... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 22, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Balancing the Scales of AF Balancing the Scales of AF
How do sex and social determinants impact the management of atrial fibrillation and how can we balance the scales to achieve greater health equity? Watch this on-demand webinar to find out more!Medscape Medical Affairs (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None Virtual Symposium Source Type: news
