722900login-checkCarpal tunnel syndrome may be early predictor of heart failure risk |
By Regina Shaffer
Adults with a diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome are 39% more likely to develop HF during 10 years of follow-up, especially amyloidosis, compared with those without a carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis, researchers reported.
“The increased rate of HF among patients with carpal tunnel syndrome requires attention because HF is a common disease associated with high mortality,” Mark Luedde, MD, from Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel and Cardiology Joint Practice in Bremerhaven, Germany, and colleagues wrote in JAMA Network Open. Read the full story in Healio.
722900login-checkCarpal tunnel syndrome may be early predictor of heart failure risk |