Tag: atrial fibrillation

Broken hearts at higher risk of failing: study

PARIS, France (AFP) — The death of a life partner may trigger an irregular heartbeat, itself potentially life-threatening, said new research Wednesday into the risk of dying from a broken heart. A trawl of data on nearly a million Danes showed an elevated risk, lasting about a year, of developing a heart flutter. Under-60’s whose partners died unexpectedly were most in peril. The risk was highest “8-14 days after the loss, after which it gradually […]