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 ...

Back when the CABANA trial first came out, failing to demonstrate that catheter ablation improves hard clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) over what can be achieved with ...

Three or more weeks of oral anticoagulation (OAC) sometimes isn't up to the job of clearing any potentially embolic left atrial (LA) thrombi before procedures like cardioversion or catheter ablation ...

Left atrial (LA) thrombus is not infrequently found in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) or flutter who have been taking oral anticoagulation continuously for at least 3 weeks, a meta-analysis ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In the next two decades, up to 60 million people will get atrial fibrillation or A-fib. It doesn’t always show symptoms but people with it have a five-times increased risk of a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After atrial fibrillation ablation, dronedarone was associated with lower risk for recurrent hospitalizations ...

Cardioversion is a medical procedure to correct a heartbeat that is irregular or too fast. It can involve risks and side effects but is generally safe and effective. Doctors primarily use ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An integrated pulsed field ablation and mapping system to treat atrial fibrillation was linked to low rates of ...

Following ablation for AF, GLP-1 agonist therapy is associated with decreased risk for AF recurrence in patients with type 2 diabetes. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1) agonist use is ...

It is expected that within the next 20 years that 20 million-60 million people will get atrial fibrillation, usually just called AFib. People with AFib have a five-times increased risk of stroke ...