Correctly interpreted, he concluded, the study actually supports critics' contentions that Avandia may cause heart attacks and strokes.
The group wants KFC either to stop cooking with trans-fat, or at least to inform customers that the food is cooked in oil that may cause heart disease.
Furthermore, this disorder may cause heart valve disease, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery stenosis, and disturbance of the conduction system [2, 3].
Recently, however, an article in The Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that the two new drugs may cause heart problems in rare instances.
Others include toxocariasis, a parasitic worm infection transmitted from dogs and cats and thought to affect tens of millions of people, especially poor African-Americans; Chagas, a parasitic infection that may cause heart failure, infecting 300,000 across the country; as well as flu-like, mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya, which are growing threats in warmer climates.
RV systolic dysfunction following AMI may represent an additional mechanism by which AMI may cause heart failure and increased mortality.
Verapamil and diltiazem may cause heart block in elderly patients.
More than 60% reported that untreated hypertension may cause heart disease or stroke.
Valve frame compression of the conduction system may cause heart block, requiring a permanent pacemaker.
For instance, the antiobesity drug fenfluramine/phentermine, also known as fen-phen, may cause heart disease and hypertension.
