PFA catheter therapy uses short bursts of high energy to affect heart tissue that causes A-fib opposed to using heat or cold energy as with traditional ablations. Atrial fibrillation or A-fib is a ...

Binge drinking and possibly, moderate alcohol intake, may trigger atrial fibrillation. Caffeine intake does not appear to be a trigger; although, some doctors still recommend that patients with atrial ...

Favorable bleeding outcomes related to abelacimab have positioned the medication as a potential game changer in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. One of the core results from AZALEA-TIMI 71 ...

Nicole Watson from Phoenix Home Care and Hospice talks about the importance of keeping track of blood pressure numbers to share data with your doctor when concerned about atrial fibrillation.

New late-breaking science from AHA 2023 sheds light on new treatments for patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib). In ARTESIA, the results of which were also published in the New England Journal of ...

That includes treating more than 200,000 patients with the irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation—and the sum more than makes up for the $295 million that Boston Scientific put down to ...

Aberrant activation of the sympathetic nervous system can induce heterogeneous changes with arrhythmogenic potential which can result in atrial tachycardia, atrial tachyarrhythmias and atrial ...

vip.sina.com Objective To determine AF prevalence and gaps in atrial fibrillation (AF) awareness and management in China. Methods We conducted a community-based survey of 47 841 adults (age ≥45 years) ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac dysrhythmia encountered in practice. It is currently estimated that AF affects approximately 2% of the general population; however, the ...

Atrial fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia in which the upper chambers of the heart the atria beat irregularly and, often, rapidly. The condition occurs as a consequence of uncoordinated ...

The newest clinical guideline released by the ACC and the American Heart Association (AHA) provides new and updated recommendations for preventing and optimally managing atrial fibrillation (AFib).