New research breaks it down.
has found that the risk of developing heart disease goes up after a woman goes through menopause. Now, a new study has determined that up to one in four women develop an irregular heartbeat after menopause—that’s a whopping 25%—likely associated with insomnia and stressful life events like divorce.
David Slotwiner, M.D., chief of cardiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, and assistant professor of clinical medicine and of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, says the drop in estrogen levels during menopause can have a direct impact on the cardiovascular system. “Estrogen plays a role in regulating the autonomic nervous system which controls the heart rate and can affect the heart rhythm,” he explains.
, a board-certified cardiac electrophysiologist and cardiologist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA. “Stress in many forms is a known trigger for atrial fibrillation,” Dr. van der Zee says. “The stress response, including hormonal activation and inflammation, impacts the cardiovascular system directly and affects other aspects of health including sleep, weight, and alcohol use, which are known to be atrial fibrillation risk factors.”
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