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THE most common sustained heart irregularity is atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), where the atria (upper chambers of the heart} ...

Women tend to have more frequent and longer-lasting episodes of atrial fibrillation, or AFib, than men.And, women may also be at higher risk of stroke.Mercy Medical Center cardiologist Dr. Mark Vesely ...

Background and objective Prior studies have suggested that patients with premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) may have an ...

Non-valvular atrial fibrillation accounts for 13–26% of acute ischaemic strokes.1 Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are highly effective in reducing the risk of ischaemic stroke with significantly ...

Medicare beneficiaries with preexisting AF undergoing CABG who undergo concomitant surgical ablation have a survival advantage.

Background Emerging evidence suggests associations between air pollution, multimorbidity, and atrial fibrillation (AF), but their interplay remains unclear. We evaluated these relationships in a ...

Outcomes in the observational study were better among patients treated by surgeons who regularly do ablations.

Edoxaban and rivaroxaban show best balance of efficacy and safety in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation.

Atrial fibrillation, called AFib, is the most common type of heart arrhythmia and experts say 12.1 million people in the U.S.

Machine learning (ML) for personalised care, large language models for empathy training of cardiologists, wearable sensor ...