Guidelines recommend a trial of antiarrhythmic drugs before catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation. Whether pulsed field ablation (PFA) may be a preferred initial treatment 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 ...

When retired interventional cardiologist John Hawkins, MD, started experiencing atrial fibrillation (AFib) symptoms last year, he knew firsthand what that could mean. As someone who had seen the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Most of us have heard of atrial fibrillation, commonly called AFib. The airwaves are filled with commercials for treatments. A Roxborough woman shared her struggle with it, and ...

Delray Beach Medical Center has performed a milestone procedure to treat the heart condition known as AFib.

In the U.S., the incidence of atrial fibrillation, the most common arrhythmia in the world, has more than doubled since 2010, increasing from 5 million to 10.5 million. Each year, 250,000 new cases ...

Sarasota Memorial Hospital participates in study targeting irregular heartbeat signals.

We conducted an international, open-label, randomized, blinded-outcome-assessment trial involving 1284 patients who had undergone successful catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation at least 1 year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Owensboro Health Regional Hospital took a significant step forward last week in the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Doctors at Trident Medical Center in conjunction with a group at Mount Sinai in New York have begun a new trial already showing promising results in treating atrial ...

April 10 (UPI) --Recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients who have undergone catheter heart ablation may be reduced by treating gum disease within three months of the procedure, new Japanese ...