Old concerns about the safety of rhythm control drugs for atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) resurfaced in a contemporary large Korean population-based study. Afib patients prescribed antiarrhythmic ...

Atrial fibrillation – a form of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia – leads to more than 454,000 hospitalizations and nearly 160,000 deaths in the United States each year. Globally, it is estimated ...

Atrial fibrillation – a form of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia – leads to more than 454,000 hospitalizations and nearly 160,000 deaths in the United States each year. Globally, it is estimated ...

Share on Pinterest Could a battery-free pacemaker improve heart disease management? Image credit: Willie B. Thomas/Getty Images. An estimated 5% of people worldwide have an abnormal heartbeat, and ...

Hamilton, ON - Atrial tachyarrhythmias in the absence of clinical atrial fibrillation occur frequently among patients with pacemakers and are associated with a significant increase in the risk for ...

If you sometimes experience a racing or irregular heartbeat, it may be caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of heart arrhythmia. AFib can make you five times more likely to have ...