Attempt to get rid of the atrial fibrillation altogether and restore and maintain normal heart rhythm. Allow the atrial fibrillation to persist while controlling the heart rate There are different ...

On Mondays, they saw a spike in patients presenting to emergency departments after a weekend of binge drinking with a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, which is characterised by an ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic heart failure (CHF) are two major and even growing cardiovascular conditions that often coexist. However, few data are available to guide treatment of AF in ...

controlling heart rhythm, or preventing blood clots. Share on Pinterest Marc Tran/Stocksy United Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common type of arrhythmia– an abnormal heart rhythm.

Objective To investigate a population of elderly people for atrial fibrillation and to determine how many of the cases identified might benefit from treatment with anticoagulants. Methods From a ...

A new study by researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that 40 percent of newly diagnosed heart failure patients also have atrial fibrillation – a combination of cardiac ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD The first heart sound, or S1, is the "lub" of a normal heartbeat. It's a ...

Available evidence supports the importance of inflammation in atrial fibrillation (AF) pathogenesis, yet general anti‐inflammatory therapies have failed to show benefit for prevention of the ...

When the temperature outside rises, particularly above 100°F, it appears the risk of atrial arrhythmias among patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices also goes up, new data show. The ...

Clinicians will increasingly encounter heart rhythm data generated from consumer-grade devices. Consumer-grade smartphone-paired devices and smartwatches have very high sensitivity and specificity for ...

SVT causes abnormally fast heart rhythms in the upper chambers (atria), with or without heart disease. Atrial fibrillation (an irregular, rapid heartbeat) and atrial flutter (a fast, regular ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation in the best of circumstances has modest success rates ... PT is an 82-year-old man who presents with persistent, mildly symptomatic, AF of approximately 4-5 months ...