Atrial fibrillation is a common heart condition characterized by a rapid, irregular heartbeat stemming from the heart's upper chamber. It is a leading cause of stroke from clots that form in a small ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — St. Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute helped a groundbreaking clinical trial for patients with irregular heart rhythms take off this year. Atrial fibrillation, or Afib, is the most ...

Pulsed field ablation allows us to treat AFib in a way that is minimally invasive, efficient and designed to enhance ...

Bronson Methodist is the first facility in southwest Michigan to offer the VARIPULSE™ Pulsed Field Ablation Platform for ...

Dr. Michael J. Hushion, an electrophysiology specialist at Prairie Cardiovascular in O’Fallon, Ill., is helping bring new ...

Despite being the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a condition that often goes undiagnosed and/or untreated. The condition, which often accompanies other health ...

A newly published study in prestigious electrophysiology journal, HeartRhythm, reveals same-day discharge after catheter pulsed-field ablation (PFA) for atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients may improve ...

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine plan to give Apple Watches to thousands of people as part of a health study. The study is geared toward patients with atrial fibrillation, or AFib, the most common ...

A briefly racing heart from strong emotion, exercise or even too much caffeine usually isn’t cause for concern, but a pattern of abnormal heart rhythms called atrial fibrillation, or AFib, can lead to ...

People with atrial fibrillation (afib) are often advised to limit or avoid coffee, based on the assumption that caffeine may ...

A racing heart that results from an emotional outburst, a multi-mile run or even a large cup of coffee usually isn’t cause for concern, but a pattern of abnormal heart rhythms called atrial ...

Heart rhythm disorders like AFib can raise stroke and heart failure risk. Early diagnosis and catheter ablation can restore ...