CardiacWire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

age, 54% women, 50% White), finding that a whopping 2M (6.8%) of them had been diagnosed with AFib. AFib rates increased dramatically during the study period, from 4.49% in 2005-2009 to 6.82% in 2015-2019. That increase was greatest among younger patients, males, minorities, and patients with hypertension and diabetes.

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CardiacWire

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Heart Disease in 2050 – The AHA warned of massive heart disease increases by 2050, spanning CVD (+60%), diabetes (+100%), obesity (+70%), hypertension (+44%), heart failure (+66%), and stroke (+100%). AFib Wakeup Call – A JACC study suggested that atrial fibrillation is far more prevalent than many thought. of US GDP.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

Medical history: History of Ischemic Heart Disease History of Congestive Heart Failure Diabetes Mellitus requiring treatment with insulin Pre-operative serum creatinine >2 mg/dL He had this ECG recorded: What do you think? This patient presented with complications of his dialysis fistula.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

JANUARY 17, 2022

There was a study in 2009 called the Intermountain Heart collaborative study which evaluated 37000 patients and followed them for development of AF and dementia and found that patients with AF were 44% more likely to develop dementia compared to patients without AF. Could it just be a coincidence?

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