The study “Impact of Serum Uric Acid Concentration on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Cohort Study Conducted in Northern China”, carried out with a cohort of middle-aged Chinese, discusses the influence of uric acid on cardiovascular outcomes. The study showed that serum uric acid was a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and elderly people in northern China. Findings about this association are controversial. It has been proven in previous studies. – […]

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most incident arrhythmia and its frequency is increasing as a greater proportion of people over 60 years of age have been become a worldwide tendency. There is an exponential increase of AF with the advancing of age from 50-59 years, of 5 fold in 60 – 69 years, of 7 fold in 70 – 79 years, and of 9 fold over 80 years. […]