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 ...

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 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 ...

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

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 ...

Background: Several clinical factors have been studied to predict atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after electrical cardioversion (ECV) with limited predictive value. Methods: A method able to ...

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