Left atrial appendage occlusion might be a treatment option for patients on dialysis with atrial fibrillation.

Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are the first in Illinois to offer a new treatment for atrial fibrillation, a heart ...

Key points A 68-year-old woman from rural Ontario arrived at her local emergency department with worsening palpitations. Her medical history included breast cancer treated with surgical resection and ...

Investigators led by LMU University Hospital report a higher-than-expected one-year incidence of new-onset atrial ...

Background/aim Frequent premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) have historically been regarded as benign in structurally ...

September is Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month, and doctors in Southwest Louisiana say it’s important to recognize the warning signs before the condition leads to more serious health problems.

Learn how AFib impacts stroke and heart failure risk at a free seminar Oct. 29 in Marshfield. Registration is requested.

In the last few weeks, the Skeptical Cardiologist has had a run on with patients with premature atrial contractions (PACs). I've discussed in detail premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) here and ...

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is linked to significant morbidity and mortality, with ischaemic stroke being a leading ...

If you have a racing or irregular heartbeat, also known as an arrhythmia, one likely suspect is atrial fibrillation (AFib). “Of all the possible heart rhythm disorders, atrial fibrillation is by far ...

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the University of Vermont have developed a more precise way to assess stroke ...

The incidence of atrial fibrillation approximately doubles with each decade of adult life and ranges from 2 or 3 new cases per 1000 population per year between the ages of 55 and 64 years to 35 new ...