How Women Should Exercise to Lower A-Fib Risk
Are you past menopause and interested in using exercise as a way to lower your risk of developing atrial fibrillation? […]
Why Don’t All People with Long QT Syndrome Have an ICD?
An ICD is implanted into patients with long QT syndrome to recharge the heart should it go into sudden cardiac arrest. So why aren’t ALL people with long QT syndrome given this implantable cardioverter device? [...]
Heart Racing in Middle of Sleep: 200 Beats/Minute
If you’ve accurately taken your pulse in the middle of the night to be 200 beats per minute or even 150, after being awakened by this furious heart rate, you should not just stew over [...]
Why Are EKGs so Short, only Seconds?
Ever wonder how a short, eight-second EKG could tell a doctor about someone’s heart? Lance S. Burns, MD, emergency medicine specialist, of Legacy ER & Urgent Care, Frisco East location, performs many EKGs in the [...]
Why You Should Worry About a Rapid Heart Rate Overnight
A rapid heart rate in the middle of the night is something you SHOULD be worried about, rather than trying to ignore it and brush it off as just anxiety or your imagination. Your heart [...]
Can a 24 Hour Holter Monitor Miss Atrial Fibrillation?
Since atrial fibrillation isn’t guaranteed to occur in any given 24-hour period, isn’t it logical to conclude that a Holder monitor could miss it? What exactly is atrial fibrillation? Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a heart [...]
Do Pacemakers Prevent Atrial Fibrillation?
Do you have a pacemaker and are wondering if it can also prevent atrial fibrillation? A-fib is a common heart rhythm disorder that puts a person at considerably increased risk of a blood clot -- [...]
Atrial Fibrillation, Elevated Troponin: How Much Heart Damage?
Can enough atrial fibrillation episodes, over time in someone with heart disease, cause cardiac damage that’s equal to a heart attack? “Generally, A-fib does not result in significant heart damage,” says Dr. Simon Dixon, chairman [...]
Why Can A-Fib with Heart Disease Cause Troponin Elevation?
There’s a specific reason why an episode of atrial fibrillation can elevate troponin levels if you already have heart disease. Troponin is a protein enzyme that leaks from heart muscle when that muscle sustains damage, such [...]
Does Every Episode of Atrial Fibrillation Damage the Heart ?
In someone with coronary artery disease, does every episode of atrial fibrillation mean damage to the heart? Damage to cardiac tissue can result from an episode of atrial fibrillation in a person with coronary artery disease. [...]
What’s the Elevated Troponin Range from A-Fib Episodes?
An episode of atrial fibrillation can elevate troponin, but what would be the typical range of this elevation? Atrial fibrillation (A-fib) is a serious heart rhythm disorder that can have significant consequences if left untreated. [...]
Atrial Fibrillation & Elevated Troponin: Prognosis
An episode of atrial fibrillation may cause a mild elevation (“indeterminate range”) in troponin, but does this relate to a mortality or heart attack risk? “In of itself, A-Fib does not cause a rise in [...]
