Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents a major risk factor of ischemic stroke recurrence with serious management implications. However, it often remains undiagnosed due to lack of standard or prolonged ...

Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently coexist and may be associated with worse HF outcomes, but there is limited contemporary evidence describing their combined prevalence. We ...

Objective To evaluate the association between chocolate intake and incident clinically apparent atrial fibrillation or flutter (AF). Methods The Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study is a large ...

Background Iron deficiency (ID) is common in patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF), but its prognostic implications and optimal diagnostic criteria, particularly in those with and without ...

In March of 2023, Greenberg underwent a minimally invasive procedure to treat his condition of atrial fibrillation. He was first formally diagnosed with that condition, otherwise known as an ...

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) is generally diagnosed by long-term dynamic electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring. Identifying AF episodes from long-term ECG data can place a heavy burden on ...

The American Heart Association's study found that drinking coffee might also prevent cognitive decline in people with A-Fib. "The benefits are tremendous," said Cen.

“Atrial fibrillation can drain the function of the heart leading to unpleasant outcomes," says Akrivakis, "People can have strokes, people can have heart failure, and people can die. So by knowing ...

Many people who have suffered a heart attack subsequently develop life-threatening complications like ventricular fibrillation. Now an international research team from the University of Freiburg's ...

BACKGROUND: Severe functional mitral regurgitation (fMR) is a heterogenous disease that exhibits different underlying pathophysiological mechanisms and represents independent entities. The aim of this ...