Data from the Lifetime Cardiac Study showed all hounds except two had atrial
fibrillation diagnosed prior to or at the onset of symptomatic heart failure.
How is atrial
fibrillation diagnosed and confirmed?
Not exact matches
Atrial
fibrillation,
diagnosed in 3.4 million Americans and the most common heart rhythm condition in the United States, is marked by irregular and sometimes extremely rapid heart rates that cause fatigue and shortness of breath, and significantly increase the risk of heart failure and stroke.
Some 17,478 of those
diagnosed with atrial
fibrillation had lost their partner as had 168,940 of the comparison group.
The researchers therefore collected information on 88,612 people newly
diagnosed with atrial
fibrillation and 886,120 healthy people, matched for age and sex, between 1995 and 2014.
Ray Rivera, 63, was already an avid walker when he was
diagnosed with atrial
fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat.
Many lawyers will be
diagnosed this year with heart disease, heart attacks, high blood pressure, atrial
fibrillation, pulmonary embolisms and strokes and some will die.