A Cleveland Clinic-led study shows a connection between elevated blood levels of TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide)—a byproduct of ...

Lone atrial fibrillation is a form of irregular heartbeat that can cause excessively fast beating. It only affects adults under 60 years old and can be asymptomatic or present symptoms, such as a ...

Older adults with hypertension who received atrial fibrillation alerts from home blood pressure monitors rarely sought ...

There is a link between atypical heart sounds and atrial fibrillation. People with this condition have an irregular, disorganized heartbeat. Atrial fibrillation is a serious type of arrhythmia, which ...

An effort to produce recommendations for hospitalists to treat atrial fibrillation led to a wide-ranging search for answers.

Good Samaritan Medical Center completes its first WATCHMAN FLX Pro heart device implant, offering AFib patients new stroke ...

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 ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Evaluation of sex-specific differences, disparity, and bias in health-care utilization requires presence of adverse outcomes and investigation into treatment eligibility, contraindications to ...

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 ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wearable technology can safely identify heart rate irregularities that subsequent clinical evaluations confirmed to be atrial fibrillation, reports a study from the ...