Heavy coffee drinking - more than five to six cups per day, for instance - can elevate heart rates, increase blood pressure and, in sensitive people, may increase the risk of arrhythmias.

Heart minute volumes and cardiac index rise acutely after coffee consumption, [5] an effect which may in part be due to direct stimulation of cardiac myocytes or central and humoral activation.

It was first founded in 1861, with Hull’s School of Art given a suite of chambers above the Public Assembly Rooms, before moving to a Georgian town house in Albion Street. A brand new Hull ...

As the population ages, atrial fibrillation (AF) prevalence increases, but data on optimal oral anticoagulation (OAC) in patients ≥80 years remain limited. This study tested whether direct OACs offer ...