A one-month course of dual clot-preventing therapy followed by a single clot-prevention medication for the remainder of the standard 12-month regimen in adults with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a fast and irregular heart rhythm that, left untreated, can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure. It's the most common type of arrhythmia, a potentially ...

Lately, I feel like my pulse is skipping.”“Sometimes my heart suddenly starts pounding.”“I was told I have an arrhythmia during my health checkup ECG.”An arrhythmia called “atrial fibrillation” is ...

An irregular heartbeat can lead to stroke, and atrial fibrillation is one of its most common causes. Read on to understand how AF is linked to blood clots and why it matters.

A stroke can change your health overnight, and preventing another one becomes a big part of recovery. One place to focus?

Looking at specific substances in the blood of people with atrial fibrillation, a type of irregular heartbeat, could help identify who's at risk for a stroke despite taking blood-thinning medication ...

"I'm taking medication, so is it okay to still have atrial fibrillation?"There are some aspects of treating atrial ...

Welcome back to another AJMC Insights series. In "Cardioembolic Stroke in AFib: Defining the Subtype and Its Mechanism," Dr. Barnes joins us to open the series on cardioembolic stroke in atrial ...

A STAT investigation found that older women paid up to $30,000 for overseas mitochondrial replacement therapy, despite limited evidence that three-parent IVF improves fertility or addresses ...

Newswise — The heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect people of any age, but is most common in older adults. It may start with a rapid heartbeat, a fluttering feeling in a ...