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Health & Living 2024 Panel 1: When Your Heart Skips A Beat

Datuk Dr Razali Omar, Consultant Electrophysiologist & Cardiologist, Cardiac Vascular Sentral KL

25-Sep-24 16:00

Health & Living 2024 Panel 1: When Your Heart Skips A Beat

 Did you know that atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm condition, is more likely to develop as people get older, have uncontrolled hypertension and underlying heart disease? This puts many of us at risk, and therefore, with higher chances of developing a stroke. In this session, Datuk Dr Razali Omar, consultant electrophysiologist and cardiologist from CVSKL, shares about the latest innovations in treatments and therapies for atrial fibrillation. 


This is an edited replay of BFM's Health & Living 2024 ‘Your Heart Must Go On’. This World Heart Day event was part of Unblocked, a movement for heart health, sponsored by CVSKL, in collaboration with Novartis.

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann


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