Community Hospital in Munster marked a major milestone in atrial fibrillation treatment. A team in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab recently completed Community Hospital's 500th WATCHMAN implant ...

Atrial fibrillation is a common abnormal type of heart rhythm that is considered one of the leading potential risk factors for stroke. If you have atrial fibrillation, preventative treatment can ...

Fitbit recently added atrial fibrillation (AFib) notifications and irregular heart rhythm monitoring to a select number of its devices. But what is AFib, why is it important, and how can you use ...

Atrial flutter is closely related to atrial fibrillation but is not the same thing. The atria serve primarily as reservoirs for blood between heart contractions, whereas the ventricles are responsible ...

A TEAM of heart care professionals based at an Essex hospital are up for a national award for using an innovative mobile app ...

Are you or a loved one at risk of AFib? The American Heart Association wants to help you protect your heart and health. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is an irregular heartbeat in which the atria, the ...

Left atrial appendage occlusion is a generally safe and effective procedure to lower the risk of stroke in people with atrial fibrillation. It closes or blocks off the left atrial appendage of the ...

Opens in a new tab or window LONDON -- Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) produced real short-term improvements for people with atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF), according to the first sham-controlled ...

Cryoballoon (CB) ablation is as effective at reducing recurrences of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial tachycardia (AT) at 1-year, when compared to the current most widely used technique ...

They contribute to the development of atrial fibrillation, can cause blood clots and strokes and are therefore of fundamental clinical importance. The consensus document developed by the ...