Atrial fibrillation can impact your health and life span in a number of ways. A 2024 study followed the outcomes of 260,492 adults hospitalized for AFib or atrial flutter, a closely related ...

AF, or AFib, and its close medical cousin, atrial flutter, are associated with complications such as stroke, heart failure, and heart attack.

The survey included 101 people who self-reported cold ingestion-triggered symptomatic Afib or atrial flutter at KP Northern California emergency departments (n=39) and an additional cohort of non ...

Northwell Staten Island University Hospital is among the first in the country to successfully treat persistent atrial fibrillation and typical atrial flutter using a next-generation, non-thermal ...

Tikosyn (dofetilide) is a brand-name oral capsule that’s prescribed for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in adults. As with other drugs, Tikosyn can cause side effects, such as headache ...

But what foods and drinks are best to eat with AFib, and which should you avoid? We break down what people diagnosed with atrial fibrillation should savor and skip to ward off irregular heartbeats.

A new staged framework for atrial fibrillation (Afib) classification was proposed in updated U.S. guidelines. Afib catheter ablation gained a broader class I recommendation from the American ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Rapiblyk (landiolol) for the short-term reduction of ventricular rate in adults with supraventricular tachycardia including atrial fibrillation ...

An analysis of a global data set shows the burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) climbed sharply between 1990 and 2019, with women accounting for much of the increase, and ...

Six months ago, atrial fibrillation (A-fib) showed up, but again, there weren’t any real symptoms for me. My heart rate is nice and low, and I never really feel any problems … perhaps some ...

Reducing the inflammatory activity of macrophages, which support scarring in the heart, could help treat atrial fibrillation (AFib), a new study finds.