Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a term denoting irregular heartbeat or arrhythmia that may lead to blood clots, heart failure, stroke, and other cardiac complications. With millions experiencing AF ...

Elite retired rowers face a nearly threefold increased risk of atrial fibrillation compared to the general population, driven ...

There is a common misconception among many young people (under 50), particularly those who are not overweight and who exercise regularly, that they are fit and healthy. Many people in their 40s become ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is an unusually fast heartbeat in the heart’s upper chambers, sometimes as many as 400 beats or more a minute. (Usually, the heart beats 60 to 150 times a minute.) ...

Atrial fibrillation is the most common ... The exact mechanisms of this remodeling remain unclear. Almost any cardiac condition associated with increased left atrial pressure and left ...

The implantable cardiac monitor had an atrial fibrillation–detection algorithm to continuously analyze beat-to-beat variability of cardiac cycles and allow determination of the timing of ...

At the end of the three-year trial period, investigators found that the rate of atrial fibrillation was 22.7% in the cardiac monitor group and 2.4% in the control group.

Roles of major chemokines in the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation. Compuscript Ltd. Journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications DOI 10.15212/CVIA.2024.0051 ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers are exploring light therapy as a method for treating atrial fibrillation (AFib). Victor Dyomin/Getty Images Researchers are reporting that light therapy known as ...

Notably, early cardiac dysfunction and recovery lead to aberrant ANP expression and ion channel remodeling, with potential implications for how subtle structural mutations might cause subclinical ...