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

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 ...

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 ...

Cold drink heart—cold food- or drink-induced paroxysmal AF—is poorly understood, yet has significant implications for AF ...

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

Meachers Global Logistics, based in Southampton, teamed up with the charity Heartbeat to provide the on-site health checks.

An automated AI system accurately performed echocardiogram interpretation with a median normalized mean absolute error of 0.13, according to a study published June 23 in JAMA.  Researchers trained the ...

In a new survey of people with afib, most said they have ‘cold drink heart,’ meaning cold drinks sometimes lead to irregular or rapid heart rhythms.

Bayer has decided to discontinue a phase 3 trial of its oral Factor XIa inhibitor asundexian in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), after an interim analysis concluded the novel anticoagulant ...

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

When a stroke hits, it’s often a race against time. Blood clots block oxygen from reaching the brain, and every delay can ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a well-recognized cause and accounts for up to one-third of ischemic strokes. 2 AF-associated strokes are more often fatal and debilitating in comparison with strokes from ...