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May 18, 2018 This Week in Cardiology May 18, 2018 This Week in Cardiology
Device-related thrombosis with Watchman left atrial appendage closure, debulking atrial fibrillation after ablation, rivaroxaban for stroke prevention, alteplase, and Lp(a) are discussed this week.theheart.org on Medscape
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
Impact of NOACs on Ischemic Stroke Severity in AF Impact of NOACs on Ischemic Stroke Severity in AF
Can the use of non-vitamin K-dependent oral anticoagulants prior to stroke onset in patients with atrial fibrillation reduce the severity of stroke, if ischemic stroke should occur?Europace
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 11, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
No Sign Pot Smoking Triggers Irregular Heartbeat
Half as many pot users had atrial fibrillation, about 4.5 percent compared with 8.7 percent of nonusers. Atrial fibrillation increases a person's risk of stroke and heart attack.
Source: WebMD Health - May 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to Assess and Manage Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation? How to Assess and Manage Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation?
Drs Acharya, Friedman, and Klaas discuss when to anticoagulate patients with atrial fibrillation; additional factors that contribute to stroke risk; and treatment options for stroke prevention.Mayo Clinic
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
More Evidence Migraine Ups Cardiovascular Disease Risk More Evidence Migraine Ups Cardiovascular Disease Risk
This study expands the findings to include venous thromboembolism, atrial fibrillation, and other cardiovascular diseases.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Apixaban Ranks Highest for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Apixaban Ranks Highest for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
Apixaban ranks higher than other direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a network meta-analysis.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Anticoagulation in Patients With AF and Prior Hemorrhage Anticoagulation in Patients With AF and Prior Hemorrhage
Determining the optimal treatment approach for patients with atrial fibrillation who have had a brain hemorrhage remains extremely challenging. How can we balance risk vs. benefit?Stroke
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Stratifying Stroke Risk in AF: Beyond Clinical Risk Scores Stratifying Stroke Risk in AF: Beyond Clinical Risk Scores
This review summarizes the various methods and markers which go beyond clinical risk scores for predicting stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation.Stroke
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Blood Thinners May Protect A-Fib Patients' Brains
Blood thinners may pull double duty for people with the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation: New research suggests they help prevent dementia as well as stroke.
Source: WebMD Health - October 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blood-thinning drugs may reduce dementia risk in people with irregular heartbeats
Conclusion
If you’ve been diagnosed with AF and you have been prescribed anticoagulant treatments such as warfarin or clopidogrel, we already know they protect you against having a stroke. This study suggests they may also help to protect you against dementia.
Cutting the risk of dementia for people who have a raised risk because of AF would be an exciting step forward. Unfortunately, we can’t tell from this study whether the protection against dementia was down to the anticoagulants, because of the possible effect of unmeasured confounding factors.
Usually, we would want to see a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to f...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Source Type: news
How the Apple Watch Could Change How We Treat Heart Disease
The new Apple Watch Series 3 gives users more real-time information about their heart than ever, and Apple hopes that it will also be able to alert users to potentially concerning heart beat patterns.
The current version of the Apple Watch already tracks heart rate. But the newest version comes with cellular built in, which means it can record heart rate continuously anywhere you have service. That could provide valuable, instantly accessible data for detecting when things might be awry with your heart—if it’s racing too fast when you’re at rest, for example. You can also set the monitor to alert you if y...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - September 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized a fib Apple apple iphone x Apple watch apple watch 3 apple watch heart rate applewatch applewatch heart rate monitor applewatch3 atrial fibrillation continuous heart rate monitor Fitbit Heart Disease heart rate mo Source Type: news
One in 10 men aged 50 'have the heart of a 60-year-old'
"One-tenth of 50-year-old men have a heart age 10 years older than they are," BBC News reports. This is the finding of an analysis of 1.2 million people who used the NHS Heart Age Test.
The principle behind the test is that you can "age" your heart through unhealthy behaviour such as smoking and being obese.
Underlying conditions like high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which often have no noticeable symptoms, can also age the heart.
An obese smoker in their 50s who has high blood pressure and high cholesterol could have the heart of a 60- or 70-year-old.
The quick and simple test tells you the...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Stroke warning: Reduce your risk by eating this sweet treat
STROKE can be a complication of suffering from atrial fibrillation - a type of irregular heartbeat. However, eating chocolate can reduce your risk of the latter heart condition, according to a new study.
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Long working week 'may increase risk of irregular heartbeat'
Conclusion
This study draws together data from a large group of people to investigate whether working hours could be linked to AF.
It found people who work 55 or more hours a week had an increased risk of developing an irregular heartbeat.
But before we jump to any conclusions, there are several important things to consider:
The number of people who developed AF during this study was small: only 1.24%. That's the absolute risk of AF. Even if working more than 55 hours a week does increase your risk of AF by around 40%, it would only be increasing it to something like 1.74% – which is still very small.
Only a small ...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Lifestyle/exercise Source Type: news
Residents ' Choices of Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention Residents ' Choices of Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention
Are internal medicine residents ' anticoagulation preferences for non-valvular atrial fibrillation in line with currently recommended guidelines?Postgraduate Medical Journal
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
