Minor EKG abnormalities may mean Trouble New Risk Factors for Heart Diseases in Men Gene Influences Heart Disease, Stroke Risk Back to Cardiac Care EKG abnormalities can mean trouble - Seemingly minor abnormalities in electrocardiogram readings may be an important predictor of death from heart disease, a study found.
Electrocardiograms measure the electrical impulses of the heart.
Doctors have long been unsure what to make of such abnormalities in patients with no other signs of heart disease. New Risk Factors for Heart Disease in Men Male babies born underweight or who are thin and then rapidly gain weight during childhood are at an increased risk for heart disease, according to a new study. Researchers from the National Public Health Institute in Finland and the MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southhampton in England studied 3,641 men born in Helsinki, Finland, between 1924 and 1933. Study results indicated that men who had a low birth weight or were thin at birth had the highest rates of heart disease and death from heart disease. The study also showedthat men who were thin at birth, but whose weight had quickly caught up by age of 7 and whose body mass index wasabove average afterward, had a high incidence of heart disease.