
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Bond Interest Calculation
Atrial fibrillation doubled risk of death
Atrial fibrillation is a very serious disease that doubles the risk of death increases by at least five times the risk of being struck by a stroke and 3 times the risk of heart failure. In Italy each year affects about 700 thousand people, including 2.4% of males and 3.2% of females. The innovations in terms of diagnosis, clinical management and prognosis of all the variations of physiological abnormalities of the electrical activity of the heart are the subject on a comparison of 3,000 cardiologists and researchers from 60 countries gathered for a conference in Venice, "Venice Arhythmias" 2009. The main objective is to encourage the exchange of views among experts, to identify avenues for future research. 'Fundamental theme of the meeting is the' Venice Chart ', international consensus document developed by our research group on the role of the ablation (a sort of electrical treatment for atrial fibrillation targeted exactly to disable the source of the abnormal rhythm) in 'approach to ventricular arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation, the most common form of arrhythmia in Italy and worldwide, affecting mainly, but not limited to the elderly.

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