HealthDay (1/13, Preidt) reported, "The heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation is increasingly common in kidney dialysis patients and puts them at increased risk for death." In fact, the "prevalence of atrial fibrillation increased more than threefold between 1992 and 2006, from 3.5 percent to 10.7 percent of dialysis patients," Stanford researchers pointed out. "Among dialysis patients most likely to experience atrial fibrillation were older patients," individuals who identify as white, "and those with other medical conditions," according to the paper in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
POSTED BY STEVEN ALMANY, MD
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