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Family Tree May Aid Treatment of Inherited Heart Disorders
Posted 28 Feb 2012 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Feb. 28 – Researchers who used family trees dating back to 1811 to estimate the death risk for people with inherited heart rhythm disorders say their findings can help doctors determine when to screen and treat today's patients with these disorders. Sudden cardiac death can occur in apparently healthy people due to heart rhythm disorders. Genetic testing can identify people with an inherited heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia), but that raises questions about how and when to treat children who may not yet be experiencing symptoms, which can take years to develop. In the study, researchers used Dutch archives to reconstruct the family trees for patients with inherited heart conditions, including long QT syndrome, SCN5a-overlap syndrome, CPVT and Brugada syndrome. The arrhythmia-associated gene mutations examined in the study are rare. However, the children of people who carry ... Read more
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Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis May Raise Risk of Abnormal Heart Rhythm
Posted 6 May 2011 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, May 6 – People with two common inflammatory diseases stand a higher chance of developing a heart condition that is strongly associated with stroke, a new study suggests. The study, done at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, found that patients with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis have a 60 percent increased risk for atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) linked to stroke. Pointing to a recent jump in atrial fibrillation cases, one of the study's authors said it was important to understand all the possible sources of the disease. "We are in the middle of an epidemic of AF (atrial fibrillation)," said Dr. Abhishek Deshmukh, a cardiology fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center in Little Rock and one of the study's authors. "The numbers have gone sky high as people are living longer. AF tends to affect older people ... Read more
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