If you can do it with your thumb, your heart can be in danger, the study says
A simple test can often predict if you are at risk of this potentially fatal event.
Cardiac disease is thebest killer People in the United States year after year (yes, even in a year like the one we have just had). It probably seems that you noticed if your heart was in trouble, but you would be surprised how to know howCardiovascular events can sneak upon you. Even if you do all good things - likeeat healthy andGet away in-He could be hidden from signs of yourthe heart is at risk that you may not know. The good news is, according to a new study, there is a simple test that you can do now who can sayIf your heart is in danger. Read it to see the easy way to tell you that you are at risk.
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There is a subtle sign with your hand that can say if your heart is in danger of a mortal aneurysm.
A study published on May 18 in theAmerican Journal of Cardiology has found that a simple test using the thumb and the palm of your hand can often predict accurately if you risk a major cardiac problem calledhidden aortic aneurysm.
According to a statement from the University of Yale announcing the study, theEasy test "thumb-palm" Implied to hold a hand and keep the palm flat while you flex your thumb as far as possible on your palm. If your thumb goes through the loud edge of your palm and you go potentially at a higher risk of a hidden aneurysm.
If your thumb goes, you have a "high probability of hosting aneurysm".
The study is the first to test the accuracy of the "thumb-Palm" test, which doctors have used for decades, but have never been evaluated in a clinical context. ResearchersAdministered the fast check to 305 patients undergoing cardiac surgery for various disorders, including aortic aneurysms, to assess its effectiveness. Although 59 patients had been diagnosed with ascending aneurysms, the thumb palm test detected that 10 patients had trouble, while 295 did not do it.
Although the test lacked 49 subjects of aortic aneurysms, "patients with a positive test have a high probability of hosting an aneurysm", principal authorJohn A. Elefteriades, MD, William W.L. Glenn's surgery professor in Yale and Emeritus Director of the Aortic Institute of Yale New Haven Hospital, said in a statement.
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A positive test result does not necessarily mean that you are in an immediate danger.
The researchers pointed out that everyone does not necessarily make all positive tests.Risk of aneurysm Imminely. They point out that the condition can take decades to develop at a potentially fatal break.
According to Yale's statement accompanying the study, the test simply shows that "be able to move the thumb in this way, it is an indication that the long bones of the patient are excessive and their joints are Lax-possible signs. 'A conjunctive tissue disease throughout the body, including the aorta. "
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The test could be important during your next physique.
AORTIC ANEVRISMS Stay a serious concern, ranking as the 13th case of the most common death in the United States with more than 10,000 people of all ages killed each year, according to disease control and prevention centers (CDC). But the researchers say that the detection of the early state could helpkeep patients safely with regular monitoring, reduced exercise or corrective surgery.
"The biggest problem of aneurysm's disease recognizes people affected in the general population before the rupture of aneurysm," said Elefteriates. "The knowledge of this test can clearly identify the silent carriers of the aneurysms and save lives."
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