Atrial fibrillation occurs when action potentials fire very rapidly within the pulmonary veins or atrium in a chaotic manner. The result is a very fast atrial rate — about 400 to 600 beats per ...

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February is National Heart Month. Atrial fibrillation is a common condition in older demographics, but what is A-Fib? In this segment, Dr. Rudy Evanich from Bellin Health discusses what to ...

At HonorHealth Research Institute, Cardiac Electrophysiologist Rahul Doshi, M.D., this week performed one of the nation’s first procedures to control Afib using a new type of catheter that can deliver ...

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 ...

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 ...

A brand new procedure to treat atrial fibrillation is now being offered ... It was like coming out of a really nice nap," ...

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

Just as in atrial fibrillation, not all of the P waves are able to conduct through the atrioventricular node, and thus the ventricular rate will not be as fast as the atrial rate. Typically ...

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 ...

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