A blood test reveals one of the silent symptoms of heart disease

A British team was able to identify two vital markers that can be used to detect a symptom of heart disease, atrial fibrillation.

Atrial fibrillation is a fast and irregular heartbeat, which can increase the risk of stroke and heart failure, but the patient usually does not feel these symptoms, and the disease is diagnosed after an accident cerebrovascular.

This is the problem addressed by the British research team at the University of Birmingham in a study published January 7 in the European Heart Journal.

According to the study that examined a copy, "Al Ain News", the team was able to identify two vital signs, which can be detected by a blood test, and its presence is an indication of the presence of atrial fibrillation , a hormone produced by the heart called nucleotide BNP, responsible for the organization of phosphate called "FGF-23".

Previous studies have shown that people at higher risk of atrial fibrillation are older men and have a higher body mbad index. They may therefore be subjected to a periodic blood test to make sure that they do not contract the disease, which causes blood clotting and stroke.

"Blood tests can cause some patients to take anticoagulants to prevent blood clotting and thus prevent strokes," says Dr. Wini Chua, lead author of the study, in a report published in the press release. University of Birmingham.

An electrocardiogram is currently diagnosed on the heart. It is a test that measures the electrical activity of the heart to show whether it is functioning normally or not, but the doctor usually does not use it unless the patient gets himself complains of certain symptoms.

"The use of biomarkers that we have identified in the blood test helps to easily detect the disease to prevent strokes," Chua said.

According to the study, stroke is a serious illness that kills more than 36,000 people in the UK each year. They are often discovered too late.