Restoring a normal heart rhythm can hugely improve a patient's quality of life. SoGlos discovers more about a new treatment ...

A JAMA trial of 200 coffee drinkers found daily caffeinated coffee was associated with lower Afib or atrial flutter ...

When Dr. Aaron Feingold felt his heart surge into a chaotic rhythm 15 years ago, he knew instantly what was happening. “I was drinking five or six Red Bulls a day, and I had a bad cold, and I was ...

The incidence of atrial fibrillation has increased globally, in part because of modifiable risk factors.1 Acute atrial fibrillation, especially at a rapid rate, is often treated with pharmacological ...

NEW ORLEANS -- For people with atrial fibrillation (Afib), there was no point cutting out coffee as it was not a disease trigger in the DECAF trial, presented here. In fact, coffee drinkers had a ...

Medically reviewed by Angela Ryan Lee, MD It's essential to seek emergency care if a rapid heartbeat is paired with confusion ...

Aside from patient factors, a number of factors may influence the immediate success of cardioversion, that is, a complete failure to cardiovert. These include electrode placement, shock polarity, ...

Bayer AG BAYRY announced that it has initiated a phase I study, which is evaluating its investigational highly selective GIRK4 inhibitor, BAY 3670549, for the treatment of patients with atrial ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice, and commonly leads to morbidity and mortality as a result of thromboembolism events or heart failure. The ...

Heart arrhythmias are usually harmless, but some can be life threatening. Treatments help correct your heart rate to prevent serious health issues. When the electrical impulses that affect your ...

Anterior–posterior electrode placement is preferred in electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation. However, the optimal anterior–posterior electrode position in relation to the heart is not ...

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...