Czech researchers conducted a prospective randomized controlled trial involving 127 patients (mean age, 62.9 years; 35.1% women) with an indication for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect life expectancy due to factors that include age, underlying health conditions, race, and how this common cardiac arrhythmia—or abnormal heart rhythm— is treated.

The biggest names in cardiac care gathered in San Diego for the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2025 Annual Meeting. Topics ranged from pulsed field ablation (PFA) to insertable cardiac monitors ...

Alcoholic beverages like white wine and champagne may be a surprising way to drive down the risk of sudden cardiac arrest, new research has found. Thousands of cardiac arrests – where the heart ...

When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse (faint) and her ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists may be useful for secondary prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes, new results from the ...

Attempt to get rid of the atrial fibrillation altogether and restore and maintain normal heart rhythm. Allow the atrial fibrillation to persist while controlling the heart rate There are different ...

[19–22] The absolute risk for sudden cardiac death is ... surgical characteristics (i.e., previous palliative shunts or repair via a ventriculotomy) and the presence of residual hemodynamic ...

A man who suffered a cardiac arrest during a 3k race in Glasgow is returning to take part in the same event a year later. Stephen Lappin will take part in the 3k on the Green event at Glasgow Green on ...

Amvuttra was already approved in ATTR with polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN). ATTR-CM causes stiffening of cardiac muscle and heart failure, leading to death in around 2.5 years if left untreated. Cardiac ...

A defensive midfielder with French club Lille, Bentaleb collapsed after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing football with friends during the summer off-season and had to be rushed to hospital ...