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World Cardiology 2019 congress
Depression won't spare your
heart, it leads to the risk of arrhythmia
Depressed people could be at an increased risk
of developing irregular heartbeat, says a study.
Anti-depressants
have been previously linked with some serious, but rare heart rhythm
disturbances, prompting the question of whether they might also raise the risk
of atrial-fibrillation.
However, in the study, the risk of irregular
heartbeat was 7.65-fold higher before starting anti-depressants, suggesting
that anti-depressant medication itself is not associated. On the other hand,
taking anti-depressant drugs helped reduce the depressive symptoms, the study
showed.
“The message for patients who already have atrial
fibrillation is that you do not need to be concerned about taking
anti-depressant medication if you need it," said Morten Fenger-Gron, from the
Aarhus University in Denmark. "Look after your mental health because our
study supports existing evidence that problems with the mind can be detrimental
for the heart," he added.
The risk of atrial fibrillation was assessed
after starting treatment and in the month before when it was assumed that
patients were depressed but medically untreated. The findings, published in the
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, showed that patients taking anti-depressants used as an indicator of
depression had a 3.18-fold higher risk of atrial fibrillation during the first
month of treatment compared with the general population. However, the
association gradually reduced thereafter to 1.37-fold at 2 to 6 months and
1.11-fold at 6 to 12 months.
"Filling a prescription for anti-depressants,
which we used as an indicator of depression, was associated with a three-fold
greater risk of atrial fibrillation. The decrease with time could suggest that
treatment may alleviate this risk," said Fenger-Gron, from the Aarhus
University in Denmark. Atrial fibrillation causes 20 to 30 per cent of all
strokes and increases the risk of dying prematurely which include signs such as
palpitations, shortness of breath, tiredness, chest pain and dizziness.
We take a pleasure to invite the arrhythmia related
to give a talk on your Research at our upcoming “3rd International Congress and Expo on
Heart & Cardiology” congress which
is going to be held at Miami, USA
during September 19-20, 2019. It is
also the best opportunity for the young researchers to gain the knowledge by
interacting with the High Affiliated Speakers.
To attend the Cardiology-2019 conference Contact:
Name: Akira Williams
Occupation: Cardiology-2019 Program Manager.
Phone:
+91-779-979-0002/ 040-68176-306.
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