For patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who had no contraindications to taking oral anticoagulants, the use ...

For patients with atrial fibrillation, the use of oral anticoagulant therapy to prevent stroke is limited by the risk of bleeding. Left atrial appendage closure is considered for patients who are ...

For patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who had no contraindications to taking oral anticoagulants, the use of a device to close off the left atrial appendage in the heart—a small ...

An older man presents with acute coronary syndrome and a large atrial myxoma, complicating diagnosis and guiding decisions on revascularization and surgery.

In patients with atrial fibrillation, those assigned left atrial appendage closure had similar ischemic outcomes and better bleeding outcomes compared with those assigned oral anticoagulation, ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm, also called an arrhythmia and can create blood ...

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New research from a multi-institutional team, published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, reveals that heart failure and ...

Atrial fibrillation incidence remains stable across cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stages 0 through 2, but ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly used for revascularization of unprotected left main coronary artery disease. Whether intravascular ultrasonographic (IVUS) guidance during ...

A study was conducted to determine the effect of integrating clinical, genetic, and artificial intelligence-enabled ECG risk signals in prediction of AF risk.