Patients with atrial fibrillation are typically prescribed an anticoagulant, or blood thinner, to reduce the risk of stroke, but many may discontinue them or never receive a prescription due to ...

Clinically significant reductions in bleeding underscore abelacimab’s strong potential to address an unmet need for patients ...

Various specialists will make up your AFib team. Treatments such as medications, nonsurgical procedures, and surgery can slow your heartbeat and bring it back into a normal rhythm. Your HAS-BLED ...

One of the most commonly used types of medication to prevent strokes is blood thinners. These medications reduce the risk of ...

Ali, MD, MSCIAtrial fibrillation can affect life expectancy due to factors that include age, underlying health conditions, ...

Atrial fibrillation has no definite cure, although its symptoms can be reduced and blood clots may be prevented. This article will review the various treatments for atrial fibrillation ...

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center is embracing cutting-edge technology to transform how heart conditions are ...

Baseline characteristics and antiarrhythmic drugs used were similar in ... AF burden by 25% (2.50% control vs. 1.87% treatment). Atrial fibrillation burden decreased progressively in both groups ...

It can be treated with drugs or ECV to try to restore ... so there is a need to predict which patients with AFib are most suitable for this type of treatment. If effective the benefits could ...