Mass General Brigham researchers found that women had a lower risk of developing postoperative atrial fibrillation after surgery compared to men, but a higher risk of long-term mortality New research ...

Atrial fibrillation often comes back even after a technically successful ablation, which can be frustrating for patients and clinicians alike. Our findings suggest that moderate exercise for 30 ...

As many as 12 percent of patients undergoing major, non-cardiac surgery experience an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation. Post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) often is dismissed as a ...

About The Study: For atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery prophylaxis, supplementation only when serum potassium concentration fell below 3.6 mEq/L was noninferior to the current widespread ...

DON FITZGERALD LOVES TO GOLF WITH HIS FAMILY. RECENTLY, WHILE PLAYING WITH HIS WIFE. WE’RE WALKING AND I WENT AND SHE GOES, WHAT’S THE MATTER? AND I SAID, NO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE WALKED THIS ...

A new study found that older patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation who underwent mitral valve surgery had significantly better outcomes than those who received medical management alone, ...

Left atrial appendage occlusion is a generally safe and effective procedure to lower the risk of stroke in people with atrial fibrillation. It closes or blocks off the left atrial appendage of the ...