CARDIOLOGIST HEART HEALTH ALERT | I’m a cardiologist and this is the sound you should be wary of in your heart.
A arrhythmia could mean, could be a sign atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common heart disease that is very difficult to diagnose due to its transient nature. According to Omron Healthcare Latin America, 1 in 3 adults suffers from atrial fibrillation (AF), but many of them do not know about it. “The upper chambers stop beating. Therefore, there is an increased risk of thrombus formation in the left upper chamber. If you pump it into the brain, “may cause a heart attack”explains Prof. Dr. Faizel Osmanwho, together with the OMRON Foundation, are researching ways to prevent possible strokes.
According to the foundation, this disease affects 26% men And 23% women throughout your entire life. In total, atrial fibrillation affects approximately 33.5 million people worldwide and is estimated to early detection and its treatment reduce He risk accident in 66%.
Prevention from home
OMRON launched the first clinically proven blood pressure monitor using electrocardiogram (ECG) technology. We are talking about heart rate monitoring from your own house. The device, as the company explains, simultaneously measures blood pressure and provides electrocardiogram readings. That is, Listen to your heart.
To introduce the blood pressure monitor and raise public awareness about the importance of preventing cardiovascular diseases, OMRON gathered patient F. (Maria), a. doctor specialist (Dr. Faizel Osman) and composer (Steven Eswin) to recognize and identify the sound of atrial fibrillation.
Heart sound
“In my life I have had troubling symptoms that my body gave me, but “I decided not to listen”explains to Marie, a patient, about her experience with AF treatment. “On many occasions I felt dizzy and my heart was pounding. I felt my heart trembling. I felt an overwhelming anxiety. I thought it was mental health and stress when I “It was actually a cardiac arrhythmia.”, remember, excited.
From ECG reading Marie, pianist Seteven Asvin, was working on composing a piece of music exposing sound of atrial fibrillation from a patient: “Hello Marie, my name is Steven Eswin and I wrote a piano composition based on your story.” She, after listening to this, described it as “beautiful” and claimed it reminded him of the “most difficult moments” of his life.
On the other hand, Dr. Faizel Osman opined from a “medical point of view” that “the way it started (the melody) is almost conveyed the random nature of these thingswhich can appear suddenly: one minute you are fine, and the next you have this disease.
As OMRON warns at the end of the video, the leading causes of death are heart disease and stroke. However, 80% of cases are preventable. They then take the opportunity to talk about their atrial fibrillation detection devices, which promise to detect early signs of a heart attack.