The Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Cohort Study Reveals that 4 out 10 patients with atrial fibrillation have unknown brain damage
“Our results suggest that clinically unrecognised brain damage may explain the association between dementia and atrial fibrillation in patients without prior stroke,” said Co-Principal Investigator Professor David Conen of McMaster University, Hamilton,...
Getting the right amount of sleep is an important part of a healthy lifestyle
Study author Dr Epameinondas Fountas, of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece, said: “We spend one-third of our lives sleeping yet we know little about the impact of this biological need on the cardiovascular system.” The study investigated...
Body scanners used for security checks are safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators
Dr Carsten Lennerz, study author, of the German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University of Munich, and German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), said: “A multicentre survey of 800 patients with cardiac devices revealed that eight out of ten worry about...
The Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT)’s study shows the importance of blood pressure and cholesterol lowering drugs
Dr Ajay K. Gupta, of the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, UK, said: “Patients in their mid-60s with high blood pressure were less likely to die from heart disease or stroke by age 75-80 if they had taken both calcium channel...