Web of the Heart

Several studies have shown that a sedentary lifestyle is associated with higher overall and cardiovascular mortality. People who do not do enough physical activity have a higher mortality rate due to cardiovascular disease, but people who do physical exercise and have a very sedentary overall behavior also have a higher mortality rate. This has led […]

Atrioventricular block (AV block) is a delay or interruption of the electrical conduction of the heart between the atria and the ventricles. The normal electrical stimulus of the heart originates in the so-called “sinus node”, which is located in the upper part of the right atrium. From there, it is distributed along the wall of […]

A 31-year-old Japanese man died a few years ago and a labor inspector concluded that he died from overwork, as he had been working many hours of overtime for days. The official cause of death was attributed to heart failure due to “karoshi”, a Japanese term used to describe “death from overwork”.   Karoshi Karoshi […]