Refining the results of a 2013 study, researchers have found that atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, is associated with only one type of heart attack - the more common of the two types. The ...

Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is safe for treating patients with common types of atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a new study. Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is safe for treating patients with common ...

New research from a multi-institutional team, published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, reveals that heart failure and atrial fibrillation share underlying genetic and molecular mechanisms, ...

A new platform that combines visualisation and treatment functions allows doctors to manage this heart arrhythmia more ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is being increasingly understood not as an isolated electrophysiologic disorder, but as a clinical surface expression of a systemic, comorbidity-driven atrial cardiomyopathy.

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 ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a type of irregular heart rhythm that causes your heart to pump less effectively than it should. You’ll get treatment to try to bring back a normal rhythm. Another ...