What’s more, clots may not be theonlyculprit behind silent strokes. People with atrial fibrillation (Afib) may also have blood vessels that don’t work properly, which can causeinflammationin the brain, upping risk for silent stroke. This type of stroke is often only detected when your doct...
Paroxysmal AFib is often traced to thepulmonary veins in the left upper chamber of the heartand tends to bring more noticeable symptoms than other types of AFib (this might be due to the fact that consistent symptoms become normal and unremarkable). Sometimes the symptoms last for minutes, some...
The heart is a pretty magical organ because of the way it works. It has an electrical conduction system, as you see in the image, that conducts each and every heartbeat. Pretty cool, huh? Let's look at the diagram and review the different parts of the conduction system. Lesson...
A coronary calcium scan is a test that uses a special X-ray machine to take images of the heart. These images will show any calcium that has accumulated in the coronary arteries, and the Agatston score is used to quantify the amount of calcium in these blood vessels. The higher than ...
What Do My Results Mean? Your HAS-BLED score tells the doctor how to manage your care. This way, everyone who has AFib is not treated the same way. If you have a score of three or higher, you don’t necessarily need to change your medication, but the doctor may want to see you ...
Cardioversion:Cardioversion is used to correct abnormal heart rhythms, includingarrhythmiasandatrial fibrillation(also known as AFib). This may be done using a set of paddles to deliver an electrical shock to the heart or via medication. IV medications: Medications that are sometimes used in the ca...
Abstract 12614: Procedural Volume and Outcomes With Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Report From the NCDR AFib Registry 36% were women; mean CHA2DS2-VASc score was 2.7卤1.6, and 57.4% were of paroxysmal AF. The median annual procedural volumes for hospitals and ... S Kattel,Z Tan,Z Lin,....
But what does it mean for a food to be "ultraprocessed"? (Image credit: RealPeopleGroup via Getty Images) Heart disease, cancer, diabetes — these and other concerning health effects have been tied to "ultraprocessed foods," which make up more than half of the calories consumed in the ...
the deaths of my brother in-law and brother. My emotions got the best of me and once again I went into Afib. With drug changes, I have been stabilized but I remain in Afib. My resting heart rate is kept well under 100bpm. I don’t really feel it and I can do all kinds of act...
The biggest lesson is to jump right on symptoms, instead of hiding my head in the sand. I figured it was nothing: stress. But I was wrong. Had this been something serious, I would have regretted not handling it earlier. Because my heart could have stopped. ...