Cardiac Risk Assessment: When and Who? [Retrospectroscope]

Abstract

Think about the above lines taken from the Old Testament: At 130 years of age, Adam begat a son and at 800 he kept going, quitting this earthly life at 930. These numbers surpass by far the limits our current experience teaches us, however, perhaps a life span into the hundreds of years is ? What if, in the future, science were to do away with disease? What then would cause people to die: accidents, killings, wars? How old would old age be? Aging has always been a hot topic for research (with considerable quackery, too). For example, animals with a slow metabolism tend to live longer than those with a fast metabolism. Compare the average life span of a mouse with that of a turtle. Apparently, meditators are able to slow their metabolism down [1].

Old Age, Divine Age, Why Not?

“…Longevity looks like a long avenue measured beyond our best expectations, that is, its final is the so-called life expectancy, a technical statistical modern term originated in the old actuarial tables [3]. That avenue becomes shorter when people stop too often at those shops offering salty and fatty foods, and when they fall prey to stress and various toxins.…”

Why Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) is Usually Prescribed along with Automatic Implantable Defibrillation (AID)? Is it a Sensible Decision? Historical Perspective

“…In the case of the heart, for which several more or less recent indices are available [21,22] most of the events end up in ventricular fibrillation [23]. The human heart is inhomogeneous in its anatomical and histological structure and such fact facilitates its falling into the arrhythmia, easily lethal if not attended as a right-now-emergency.…”