Greg Wolfe purchased a $200,000 Medtronic PulseSelect machine for Vancouver General Hospital, which the hospital has used for ...

One in three people worldwide will develop a potentially life-threatening heart rhythm disorder in their lifetime, yet awareness remains critically low. With cases rising rapidly, cardiologists from ...

Antiarrhythmic medications used to maintain sinus rhythm have long been the treatment of choice in atrial fibrillation. The results of five prospective randomized trials comparing the efficacy and ...

[Joglar JA, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023;17a] Paroxysmal AF is self-limiting; restoration of sinus rhythm occurs spontaneously. By definition, paroxysmal AF lasts for less than 7 days (usually ...

Risks of atrial fibrillation ablation For some people, ablation restores a normal heart rhythm better than medications. It’s generally safe, but it does have some risks, including: Bleeding ...

Atrial flutter is similar to atrial fibrillation in that the rhythm originates in the atrium and causes a narrow complex tachycardia, which carries thromboembolic risk. Typical atrial flutter ...

UK digital health company RHYTHM AI has claimed FDA approval for a new version of its algorithm for mapping areas of the heart that are affected by atrial fibrillation (AFib) that will be rolled ...

ARVC is more common and severe in men, and the researchers discovered that anabolic steroids can make the condition worse, ...

2005;14(2):73-78. Propelled by the data that anticoagulant therapy alone was not sufficient, the focus of clinical research in AF shifted to the evaluation of sinus rhythm-maintaining medications ...