Obesity And Arrhythmia
Author: Marko Balašević
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August 08, 2022
Significantly elevated body weight increased the incidence of atrial fibrillation by 49%. The percentage increases in direct proportion to the Body Mass Index, according to a meta-analysis study.
Significantly elevated body weight increased the incidence of atrial fibrillation by 49%. The percentage increases in direct proportion to the Body Mass Index, according to a meta-analysis study.
Atrial fibrillation - a rapid and uncoordinated contraction of the atrial muscles - is a condition often complicated by the formation of blood clots, and hence - a stroke and fatal outcome. To establish the link between it and obesity, Dr. Franz Messerley of St. Mary's Hospital. Luke's-Roosevelt in New York, examined in detail 16 studies on this topic, involving a total of 123,249 patients. They establish the above correlation, valid for both men and women.
This relationship is not present in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery. In these cases, the frequency is the same regardless of body weight. And how exactly weight affects other people's heart rhythms remains to be seen.
Atrial fibrillation - a rapid and uncoordinated contraction of the atrial muscles - is a condition often complicated by the formation of blood clots, and hence - a stroke and fatal outcome. To establish the link between it and obesity, Dr. Franz Messerley of St. Mary's Hospital. Luke's-Roosevelt in New York, examined in detail 16 studies on this topic, involving a total of 123,249 patients. They establish the above correlation, valid for both men and women.
This relationship is not present in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery. In these cases, the frequency is the same regardless of body weight. And how exactly weight affects other people's heart rhythms remains to be seen.