30th Dec '08 - Genetic Heart Disease Hope
Posted on Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 11:59am
significantlyThe symptoms of genetic heart disease may be "significantly" reduced by a new drug called candesartan, which is currently used to treat hypertension, a report reveals.
According to the American Journal of Pathology, patients trialed with the drug did not suffer any adverse side effects, which could be of interest to people worried about heart disease and considering renewing their life insurance policy.
Led by Dr Jiri Krupicka of Na Homolce Hospital in Prague, researchers conducted a placebo-controlled double-blind randomised study into the effects of long-term administration of candesartan to individuals with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic disease.
The drug reduced the symptoms and decreased the thickening of the left ventricle, the report continues.
Indeed, the British Heart Foundation notes that one of its studies into genetic heart disease "showed that there is no single culprit gene, suggesting that it is a cumulative effect of a number of genes that predispose some people to coronary heart disease".
As such, adults at a risk of developing such an illness may want to consider level term life insurance, which could financially protect children until the age of 18.
