Restoring a normal heart rhythm can hugely improve a patient's quality of life. SoGlos discovers more about a new treatment ...

The case for early rhythm control, achieved by ablation or cardioversion, in most patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is mechanistically stronger with a new study suggesting the strategy can ...

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...

PHILADELPHIA -- For atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients with obesity, a second set of defibrillation pads for dual direct current cardioversion safely improved the success of the procedure, a ...

San Diego, CA - A substudy of the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) trial indicates that amiodarone is the most effective drug in terms of keeping patients ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology define atrial fibrillation (AF) as a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia characterized by ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cardialen, Inc., has been awarded a $2.8 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Phase II SBIR grant to further the clinical study of Cardialen’s innovative, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This research demonstrates the ability of the developed ‘AF indicator,’ derived from voice analysis features, ...

There is a wide range of available treatments for atrial fibrillation. Patients may be entirely treated by their GP (general practitioner, primary care physician), while others may require the ...