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The Naked Heart is a weekly series of blogs and social media publications from English cardiologist Dr Edward Leatham. His brief is to apply 50 years of ”breathing and practicing” cardiology to make his day to day job more about educating patients than simply just diagnosing and treating them. ”The only way modern medicine can cope with the ever increasing demand is by educating our patients on basic principles and then encourage every patient to become their own physician, guided by their doctors” These podcast publications are AI constructs created to broaden the audience in an attempt to explain quite complicated, yet important facts thus sharing advances in medical knowledge with more people, ideally even before they become our patients. Each podcast is designed to broadcast alongside a weekly blog article with multiple reels and posts on social media, all accessible for free and without any product advertising via https://www.scvc.co.uk/category/naked-heart/
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Friday Nov 01, 2024
Friday Nov 01, 2024
Beta blockers work on the beta receptor situated on the surface of cells that are affected by circulating adrenaline which the body releases in times of stress. Small amounts of adrenaline circulate, even at rest and help determine the resting heart rate and cardiac output. They also have a direct action on the Sinoatrial node which sets the heart rate and the AV node, which becomes very important in patients prone to atrial fibrillation and flutter. Beta blockers have been developed over 50 years and are used to treat a wide range of conditions, including palpitations due to arrhythmia, high blood pressure, anxiety, migraine to name just a few. For a cardiologist, beta blockers are a commonly used medication, possibly because we live in a high stress world and patients come to us with symptoms that are often improved by taking blockers. Cardioselective beta blockers are more popular as they are far less likely to trigger bronchoconstriction or asthma. Here are a few points that are often raised by our patients.
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