AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals GmbH (AOP Health), based in Vienna, Austria, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Medication for AFib focuses on controlling heart rate, controlling heart rhythm, or preventing blood clots. Share on Pinterest Marc Tran/Stocksy United Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most commo ...

When evaluating patients with both heart failure and atrial fibrillation, the risk of mortality by heart failure type (HFrEF and HFpEF) was the same, but patients with HFrEF were more likely to be ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic heart failure (CHF) are two major and even growing cardiovascular conditions that often coexist. However, few data are available to guide treatment of AF in ...

Oral anticoagulation is recommended after ablation for atrial fibrillation among patients at high risk for stroke. Left atrial appendage closure is a mechanical alternative to anticoagulation ...

Catheter ablation is one of the most effective rhythm-control strategies for atrial fibrillation (AF). Conventional catheter ablation is performed using thermo-energy sources via either radiofrequency ...

SVT causes abnormally fast heart rhythms in the upper chambers (atria), with or without heart disease. Atrial fibrillation (an ... conditions such as heart block, high blood pressure in the ...

Clinicians will increasingly encounter heart rhythm data generated from consumer-grade devices. Consumer-grade smartphone-paired devices and smartwatches have very high sensitivity and specificity for ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest atrial arrhythmia and represents a large burden ... Other agents like flecainide and sotalol are also useful but should not be used for patients with ...

Atrial fibrillation, or an irregular heartbeat ... ‘This is all clear, Joyce, but your heart is racing, are you aware of that?’” Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to ...

Cardioversion is a common treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib). AFib is a condition when the upper chambers of the heart, called atria, beat in an abnormal way. This puts the upper chamber out ...

Objective The aim of this study is to characterise hospitalisations due to atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with two other common cardiovascular conditions, myocardial infarction (MI) and heart ...