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 ...

A preliminary study of 52,330 Israeli women found similar rates of heart attack, stroke, blood clots and early death among hormone therapy users and nonusers, though it cannot prove safety. Older ...

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.

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

Standard care, which included medication for those eligible, was better than a promising minimally invasive procedure for people with irregular heart rhythms who had high stroke and bleeding risk. The ...

For people hospitalized with ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation (AFib), restoring the heart's normal rhythm within eight weeks after stroke is associated with a lower risk of having another ...

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 ...

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 ...