Note: CTSI funding supported part of a medical student grant awarded to this study's first author, Mala Mandyam. The support allowed her to spend a dedicated year performing research and coursework through the Advanced Training in Clinical Research program administered by the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
By Leland Kim via UCSF.edu
A common test that records the heart’s electrical activity could predict potentially serious cardiovascular illness, according to a UC San Francisco-led study.
A cardiac condition called left anterior fascicular block (LAFB), in which scarring occurs in a section of the left ventricle, may not be as benign as currently thought and could increase the likelihood of heart failure, sudden cardiac death or atrial fibrillation.
In a study published on April 17 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), UCSF researchers and their colleagues at Wake Forest School of Medicine and the University of Washington, Seattle, analyzed data on 1,664 people over the age of 65 who were medically followed for 16 years.
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