Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Owensboro Health Regional Hospital took a significant step forward last week in the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TUPELO — A rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath could be signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular heartbeat. That’s ...

Both doctors and patients say being extra aware of how a heart is beating could save lives.

In an effort to better care for those with atrial fibrillation, a cardiovascular team at The Valley Hospital recently treated the first patient in New Jersey – and one of the first in the nation – ...

(NewsUSA) – Do you ever notice a flutter in your chest? Feel unusually tired even after a good night’s sleep? Get winded from walking up the stairs when that never used to happen? These little signs ...

Nurse practitioner Caitlin Massey from Ascension St. John Medical Center explains the symptoms, risks and new treatment options for atrial fibrillation, a common but serious heart rhythm disorder.

Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is a type of cardiac arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm, that is very common — and more prevalent than previously thought. A large study published in October 2024 in a ...

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Atrial Fibrillation, or AFib is the leading cause of stroke. The American Heart Association says five million Americans currently have AFib, with an additional 12 million ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Doctors at Trident Medical Center in conjunction with a group at Mount Sinai in New York have begun a new trial already showing promising results in treating atrial ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's ablation device outperformed drug therapy for the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation in a study that will be used to seek U.S. regulatory approval for ...

A new study examined how treatments for atrial fibrillation (Afib) affected cognitive decline and frailty. Treating heart rate compared to rhythm was linked to a greater rate of cognitive decline, the ...