Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal heartbeat condition. Now that people are living longer it’s becoming more common, experts ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a fast and irregular heart rhythm that, left untreated, can lead to blood clots, stroke and ...

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Patients with both rheumatoid arthritis and atrial fibrillation (AF) vs AF only have a higher risk for ischemic stroke.

Share on Pinterest New research suggests that there may be more than 10.5 million people in the United States living with atrial fibrillation, that is, three times more cases than experts had ...

Dr. Kevin Thomas, a cardiac electrophysiologist with the Norton Heart & Vascular Institute, said symptoms include extreme ...

Compared with current smokers, adjusted risk for AF was lower in former smokers and those who quit during the study.

• Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation likely improves symptoms and quality of life and may improve exercise capacity (the maximum amount of physical effort a person can tolerate) in adults with ...

A machine-learning method predicts whether a genetic variant is pathogenic and affects certain human tissues. The ...

After contextualizing the burden of comorbidities and geriatric syndromes in people with atrial fibrillation, it applies an aging focused approach to the pillars of atrial fibrillation management, ...

Eleven studies describing sinoatrial (SA) nodal, atrioventricular (AV) nodal or infra-Hisian conduction parameters in the setting of cocaine use were found. Fourteen studies and two case series ...

Few specific supraventricular rhythm disturbances other than sinus tachycardia were documented in both experimental and observational studies (most commonly nonsustained SVT, atrial fibrillation ...