ATLANTA, Georgia — Patients with atrial fibrillation receiving anticoagulant therapy are more likely to experience gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding when treated with rivaroxaban than when treated with ...

Medically reviewed byJimmy Almond, M.D. Atrial fibrillation, often referred to as “A-fib,” is an electrical disorder in the heart’s upper chambers that causes an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) and ...

New research from Cleveland Clinic has identified a link between sleep apnea and the development of atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder. Atrial fibrillation causes an irregular and ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Chemokines are a subclass of cytokines, a large family of small secreted proteins that communicate via G ...

"Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have up to 7.4 times the risk of atrial fibrillation" ... 'Four-Stage Left Atrial ...

September is Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month. Tam Driscoll, Go Red for Women ambassador for the American Heart ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) and atrial flutter are both arrhythmias, or atypical heart rhythms. Both conditions share similar causes, risk factors, symptoms, and treatments but differ in other ways.

New research presented at the EHRA 2025, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology, shows that the presence of atrial fibrillation (AFib) increases the risk of future dementia by 21% ...

A 39-year-old's heart paused for 15 seconds during a blood draw, and he needed chest compressions. He had fainted during a blood draw once before. A Man Came In for Swollen Feet and a Foot Wound, and ...

A groundbreaking study from Catalonia identifies concerning connections between irregular heartbeats and cognitive decline, especially in adults under 65. The connection between heart health and brain ...

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