Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a kind of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. A problem with the electrical signals that control your heart’s pumping action causes it to beat too fast in a pattern that ...

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 ...

Another benefit of GLP-1 receptor agonist (RA) use may be protection from persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) after ablation, according to a large Veterans Affairs database. New initiators of ...

Cardioversion is a procedure used to restore a normal heart rhythm. It’s most often used to treat AFib, the most common type of heart arrhythmia. While some people have success with medications, most ...

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...

The first step to manage your atrial fibrillation (AFib) is to talk to your doctor about treatments that will control your heart rate or heart rhythm. One way to control your AFib is to take rhythm ...

PHILADELPHIA -- For atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients with obesity, a second set of defibrillation pads for dual direct current cardioversion safely improved the success of the procedure, a ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a heart condition characterized by an irregular and often rapid heartbeat. However, some individuals may experience a standard heart rate without medication, depending on ...

A study from the Journal of the American Medical Association published Nov. 9 looked at how coffee might affect the reoccurrence of Afib after a cardioversion. Cardioversion is a medical procedure ...

All the selected patients for the study were under antiarrhythmic drug treatment (amiodarone 200 mg/day) before the procedure and during the whole follow-up after ECV. Moreover, all of them were also ...