Doylestown Health is broadening its treatment options for atrial fibrillation patients with a revolutionary system that ...

Lower levels of free factor XI and fewer bleeding events seen in patients with atrial fibrillation at moderate-to-high risk for stroke ...

Use of smokeless tobacco, cigars, and pipes increased the risk for coronary heart disease and heart attacks, according to a ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect life expectancy due to factors that include age, underlying health conditions, race, and how this common cardiac arrhythmia—or abnormal heart rhythm— is treated.

Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2024 AHA 2024 Cognitive Decline in AF Not Reduced by Anticoagulation Atrial fibrillation has been linked to cognitive decline, but a randomized anticoagulation ...

Main outcome measures Primary outcome measures were quality of shared decision making measured by OPTION12, knowledge of atrial fibrillation and its management, and decisional conflict. Results 1117 ...

Management of AF from a rate control or rhythm control perspective has been studied via a meta-analysis of 5 randomized trials. 7 Rate control in combination with anticoagulation as front-line ...