What happens during an attack of atrial fibrillation?
Atrial fibrillation would affect more than 750,000 people in France. As part of the 2021 Week of Action concerning this ...
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Atrial fibrillation: how to take your pulse to detect it?
Characterized by irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation is a disorder that affects up to 750,000 people in France. To know how ...
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Atrial fibrillation: how to detect it?
Atrial fibrillation is an often silent disease. But how to detect it? On the occasion of the Week of Action ...
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Coffee lovers, watch your heart!
Drinking coffee can have harmful short-term effects, such as disrupted sleep and irregular heartbeats. THE ESSENTIAL Coffee consumption causes a ...
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Alcohol: consumed in moderation, it helps to fight against stress
Consuming between one and two alcoholic beverages a day would calm stress signals in the brain and calm the heart ...
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A drink of alcohol increases the immediate risk of atrial fibrillation
Alcohol would have an almost immediate effect on the heart rate, doubling the risk of occurrence of an episode of ...
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Atrial fibrillation: “We do not give treatment until the disease is confirmed by an electrocardiogram”
The diagnosis of atrial fibrillation is made by an electrocardiogram. This heart rhythm disturbance which increases the risk of stroke ...
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Flavors from vapers can damage the heart
The flavors contained in the liquids of vapers dangerously vary the heart rate by disrupting the autonomic nervous system responsible ...
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This is the easiest way to monitor the heart rate: how to take your pulse correctly?
Atrial fibrillation is manifested by an irregular heartbeat. As part of the Week of Action against this disease, in partnership ...
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How to detect atrial fibrillation?
This arrhythmia of cardiac risk, which often goes unnoticed, affects 750,000 people in France. If not treated in time, it ...
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Sudden deaths: how to explain them?
Each year, approximately 2,000 adults are victims of sudden unexplained deaths. To try to understand them, an institute in Nantes ...
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Why do we like to be scared?
For fear to become recreational, it is important that our brain does not associate it with a real danger, otherwise ...
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How are heartbeats created?
Proteins, similar to long filaments, coordinate to create heartbeats. THE ESSENTIAL The coordination of proteins from electrical signals causes the ...
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How our heartbeats affect our sensory perceptions
According to a new study, our brain's sensitivity to external sensory stimuli changes with the rhythm of our heartbeat. “The ...
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A necklace to prevent strokes
A team of researchers has developed a collar capable of detecting an abnormal heart rhythm, called atrial fibrillation, which is ...
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Atrial fibrillation: electric shock to restore normal heart rhythm
To regulate the cardiac arrhythmia of patients suffering from atrial fibrillation, they may be offered an electric shock or cardioversion. ...
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Atrial fibrillation: taking the pulse, a simple gesture to monitor your heart rate
Heart rhythm disturbances are a symptom of atrial fibrillation. Taking the pulse makes it very easy to check whether the ...
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Atrial fibrillation: “I was at around 150 beats”
On the occasion of atrial fibrillation awareness day on December 12, Why Doctor collected the testimony of a patient treated ...
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Atrial fibrillation: “I have had cardiac arrhythmia problems for thirty years”
For Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Day on December 12, we interviewed a patient and his doctor at La Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris). On ...
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Treatment of atrial fibrillation: the benefit of anticoagulants
Atrial fibrillation results in stagnation of blood in the heart which causes a risk of clot formation. Taking anticoagulants prevents ...
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Ablation of atrial fibrillation: “a relatively good success rate”
When symptoms of atrial fibrillation persist despite drug treatment, doctors may suggest ablation. Why Doctor asked a specialist about this ...
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Atrial fibrillation: information and screening at 10 sites in France
On December 12, 10 major healthcare establishments in France will take part in National Atrial Fibrillation Day. A disease that ...
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Atrial fibrillation: what are the causes?
While atrial fibrillation is often present as a complication of cardiovascular disease, it can also affect people whose hearts are ...
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Energy drinks dangerously speed up the heart rate
Energy drinks speed up the heart rate and increase blood pressure, which can be deadly. Energy drinks dangerously speed up ...
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Heart health: grapefruit juice is harmful in some cases
Grapefruit juice may promote the development of cardiac arrhythmia in patients at risk suffering from long QT syndrome, a genetic ...
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Premature death: a heart rate above 75 at rest would double the risk
A heart rate above 75 per minute at rest, around age 50, is linked to an increased risk of heart ...
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Heart rhythm disorder: how to predict it
Three molecules make it possible to determine the risk of atrial fibrillation and to predict the effectiveness of treatment. Determine ...
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Disasters: drones capable of detecting signs of life
Using cameras, drones can identify signs of life during disasters and help police track down terrorists.After an earthquake or a ...
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The AP-HP in Paris implements a miniature pacemaker without incising
For the first, the AP-HP implants a pacemaker without a lead in a patient. The procedure does not require any ...
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Connected bracelets: FitBit’s technology would not be reliable
A complaint for false advertising has been filed against the company FitBit. A study, requested by the complainants, shows the ...
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