The complications portend a rise in the arrhythmia, and also in mortality, with an average time to event of 7 years.

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 ...

I have fine hair, and it’s hard not to burn with envy when a friend tells me they only have to wash their hair “once a week or so.” As I have smaller, less porous strands of hair (which ...

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.

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 ...

Late-breaking results from the PROMPT-AF, CRRF-PeAF, TRIM-AF and ARREST-AF trials presented at AHA 2024 shed new light on cutting-edge approaches to revolutionizing the management of patients with ...

Those people are now facing a £100 fine for submitting their self-assessment tax return late. But it’s hoped that any self-employed workers who were unable to submit their return due to the ...

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 ...