Asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias in healthy persons: smoke or smoke screen?
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Men with asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmia may have a higher risk of a heart attack or death from coronary heart disease than other individuals. Asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat that originates in one of the ventricles, or lower chambers, of the heart. The significance of ventricular arrhythmia in individuals without coronary heart disease has been controversial. A research study found that the risk of a heart attack or death from coronary heart disease or other causes may be higher among men with asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmia than among those without. This type of association was not found among women with asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmia. Men with asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmia may be suffering from underlying coronary heart disease. This type of coronary heart disease may be caused by abnormalities in the muscle of the heart.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1992
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Prognostic implications of asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias: the Framingham Heart Study
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Men who have asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias may have a higher risk of a heart attack or death from coronary heart disease and other causes than those without. Ventricular arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat that originates in one of the ventricles, or the lower chambers, of the heart. A study examined the association between asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmia and a heart attack, death from coronary heart disease or death from other causes among 2,727 men and 3,306 women. The risk of a heart attack, death from coronary heart disease or all other causes of death was twice as high among men with asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias than among those without. Women with asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias did not have a higher risk of a heart attack, death from coronary heart disease or death from other causes than those without.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1992
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Serum Uric Acid and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease and Death: The Framingham Heart Study
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An elevated uric acid level does not seem to increase risk or have a causal role in the development of coronary heart disease, death from cardiovascular disease, or death from all causes. The elevated levels associated with the diseases is probably due to the uric acid level being symptomatic of or associated with other risk factors. In studying 6,763 patients involved in the Framingham Heart Study, average age 47 years, follow up recorded 617 coronary heart disease problems, 429 cardiovascular disease deaths, and 1,460 deaths from all causes. Examination of uric acid level was found to have no value for prediction at all.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1999
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