It is expected that within the next 20 years that 20 million-60 million people will get atrial fibrillation, usually just called AFib. People with AFib have a five-times increased risk of stroke ...

When retired interventional cardiologist John Hawkins, MD, started experiencing atrial fibrillation (AFib) symptoms last year, he knew firsthand what that could mean. As someone who had seen the ...

Pulsed field ablation offers high success rate for irregular heart rhythms ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Most of us have heard of atrial fibrillation, commonly called AFib. The airwaves are filled with commercials for treatments. A Roxborough woman shared her struggle with it, and ...

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - September is Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month. Atrial fibrillation, also referred to as AFib, is when a heart has an irregular heartbeat. Research shows AFib ...

In the U.S., the incidence of atrial fibrillation, the most common arrhythmia in the world, has more than doubled since 2010, increasing from 5 million to 10.5 million. Each year, 250,000 new cases ...

Erlanger Health announces the recent completion of surgeries using new Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) technology to better treat patients battling atrial fibrillation (AFib). Officials said, "As the ...

We conducted an international, open-label, randomized, blinded-outcome-assessment trial involving 1284 patients who had undergone successful catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation at least 1 year ...

Treating gum disease in the three months after a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation (AFib) may lower oral inflammation and may reduce AFib recurrence, according ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Don Brooks has a passion for teaching in a unique way. He and his wife founded Northern Discovery Academy in Newaygo, an alternative K-12 school. About five years ago, he had ...

April 10 (UPI) --Recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients who have undergone catheter heart ablation may be reduced by treating gum disease within three months of the procedure, new Japanese ...