Table-III: The conversion of
atrial fibrillation and maintenance of sinus rhythm [n(%)].
"This finding has important clinical implications and may help us better understand the
atrial fibrillation mediation of the migraine-stroke link," wrote Souvik Sen, MD, MPH, a professor in the department of neurology at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and his coauthors.
'The next step for researchers is to conduct a randomized trial to see if targeting a lower versus a higher upper range of fT4 in patients receiving thyroid hormone replacement therapy leads to a lower risk of
atrial fibrillation and stroke along with other possible heart-related issues, like atherosclerosis,' Dr.
All the participants were free of dementia at the start of the study, but 243 people (nine per cent) had
atrial fibrillation.
KeyWords: Acute ischemic stroke,
Atrial fibrillation.
'Physical activity and exercise reduce a lot of the known risk factors for
atrial fibrillation, like high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol and chronic inflammation.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease and
atrial fibrillation: a nationwide population-based study.
Author Dr Nicola Adderley said: "We found that in 2000 only 35 per cent of people with
atrial fibrillation who should be taking anticoagulants were actually prescribed them.
"If you have both
atrial fibrillation and obesity, treating obesity will go a long way in treating and managing your
atrial fibrillation," Foy said.
Dr Ogah said that
atrial fibrillation is very common in elderly people and males, with experts seeing between two and three new cases weekly in many hospitals.
In the age- and sex-adjusted analyses, the researchers identified an inverse association for nut consumption with the risk of myocardial infarction, heart failure,
atrial fibrillation, and abdominal aortic aneurysm.