Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The strongest predictors of incident AF with a HR of 1.2 or greater were hypertension, older age, CAD, HF, ...

Female sex has a strong relationship with stroke risk in patients with nonvalvular A-fib, a new analysis affirms, but the disparity between women and men varies according to the presence of other risk ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — New data presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions suggest that in a real-world ...

Biomarkers improve CHA2DS2-VASc model fit and predictive ability, with NTproBNP and GDF-15 yielding the best fit. (HealthDay News) — Biomarkers of ischemic stroke risk are positively associated with ...

A recent British study published in European Heart Journal has reignited discussions on the role of sex as a determinant in prescribing anticoagulants, particularly for patients under the age of 65.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 70-year old woman with a prior history of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AFib). I’ve been in normal sinus rhythm since having two catheter ablations in 2018. I take Eliquis ...

Although patients with A-fib and those with atrial flutter (AFL) are generally managed by clinicians in much the same way for stroke prevention, new data suggest that a common risk score used for both ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year old woman with a prior history of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AFib). I've been in normal sinus rhythm since having two catheter ablations in 2018. I take Eliquis ...