A rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath could be signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular heartbeat. Dr. Jim Stone, a cardiac electrophysiologist at North Medical Center in Tupelo, helps ...

A recent Brazilian study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research has highlighted promising pathways for preventing and ...

Background Differences in the clinical outcomes and level of risk among Asian versus non-Asian patients with atrial ...

BACKGROUND: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality and are associated with acute cardiac events in the peripartum period, as well as ...

In February 2024, Corewell Health introduced pulsed field ablation, a treatment procedure significantly safer than previous AFib treatments, at several of its Michigan hospitals. PFA applies a ...

Background Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF), but its prognostic implications and optimal diagnostic criteria, particularly in those with and without ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, causes the heart to beat irregularly and erratically, explained Dr. Jason Rodriguez. Common symptoms include fatigue, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, palpitations ...

In Friday’s Health headlines, February is heart month, and we’re talking about AFib, portable EKG devices, and how stress ...

Apixaban significantly reduces stroke risk in people with subclinical atrial fibrillation and prior stroke history.

5{at}bham.ac.uk Objectives Timely diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF) is essential to reduce complications from this increasingly common condition. We sought to assess the diagnostic accuracy of ...