Saint-Etienne, France - Radiofrequency ablation is more effective than treatment with amiodarone for the prevention of atrial flutter recurrence in patients who experienced a first symptomatic episode ...

Dr. Hugh Calkins answers the question: 'Atrial Fibrillation vs. Atrial Flutter?' — -- Question: My doctor told me I sometimes have atrial fibrillation and at other times have atrial flutter. What ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Cryoconvergent” hybrid ablation for atrial fibrillation may significantly reduce risk for recurrent AF and AF ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a kind of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. A problem with the electrical signals that control your heart’s pumping action causes it to beat too fast in a pattern that ...

A tailored approach to atrial fibrillation ablation, applying a variety of complementary ablation strategies in a stepwise fashion with defined endpoints, could alter the way in which ablation is ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – An innovative procedure completely cures the overwhelming majority of patients with the most common form of irregular heartbeat, by stopping haywire electrical signals in areas of ...

Our annual supplement on local health and wellness services and issues can be found inside today’s paper. It was pretty alarming, watching the heart monitor trace a crazy series of bumps and dips ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The prevalence of left atrial thrombus is high in certain anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation, ...

Bochy had a brief hospital stay before the 2015 season because of heart problems, and he went in for observation last August with an irregular heartbeat. The 62-year-old is in his 11th year with the ...

When it comes to fixing dodgy tickers, memorable breakthroughs include the world’s first heart transplant (South Africa’s Dr Christiaan Barnard in 1967), the first artificial heart bridging job (Texas ...