Michigan Medicine Cardiovascular Center researchers and clinicians are expanding atrial fibrillation treatment options.

Key points A 68-year-old woman from rural Ontario arrived at her local emergency department with worsening palpitations. Her medical history included breast cancer treated with surgical resection and ...

MADRID -- Stopping oral anticoagulation after successful ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF, Afib) improved outcomes for patients without documented recurrence, the randomized ALONE-AF trial showed.

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications. New consumer patient research from the Dallas-based American Heart Association found ...

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the University of Vermont have developed a more precise way to assess stroke risk in people with atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), a condition that affects ...

If you have a racing or irregular heartbeat, also known as an arrhythmia, one likely suspect is atrial fibrillation (AFib). “Of all the possible heart rhythm disorders, atrial fibrillation is by far ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - September is Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month, and doctors in Southwest Louisiana say it’s important to recognize the warning signs before the condition leads to more ...

Amy Stahley, Dean of Health Professions at Davenport University and nurse, shares her journey with AFib and the procedure she underwent. Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski hits 104.3 mph while throwing ...

If you think you're having a heart attack, or maybe even a stroke, it may be atrial fibrillation, or A-Fib. "Atrial fibrillation is an irregular fast heart beat," explained Rainier Ponce, a nurse ...

Background: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) promotes atrial remodeling, yet prospective data on whether a single transthoracic-echocardiographic measurement of EAT can identify elderly hypertensive ...

Another benefit of GLP-1 receptor agonist (RA) use may be protection from persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) after ablation, according to a large Veterans Affairs database. New initiators of ...

Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, is an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia that happens when the upper chambers of the heart (the atria) are out of sync with the lower chambers and beating ...