Your smartwatch atrial fibrillation alert deserves a doctor's visit. New research shows people with AF detected during screening face three times the heart failure risk, with most cases appearing ...

Boston Scientific shared the results during a late-breaking presentation at this year’s EHRA congress in Paris, France.

Heart failure is common in people who have atrial fibrillation detected during screening, according to a presentation today at EHRA 2026,1 the annual congress of the European Heart Rhythm Association ...

Atrial fibrillation occurs when cardiac electrical impulses become disordered, leading to a rapid and irregular heartbeat. Lip and colleagues discuss the mechanisms that underlie this common ...

For patients with atrial fibrillation, the use of oral anticoagulant therapy to prevent stroke is limited by the risk of bleeding. Left atrial appendage closure is considered for patients who are ...

The Christus Health Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital in Tyler on Monday became one of the first sites in the nation to ...

Miller School of Medicine could one day change the way people with atrial fibrillation are treated. Researchers at UM ...

A nurse with an irregular heart rhythm has said her life has been transformed after undergoing a new form of heart surgery.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia that requires medical attention. Patients with significant symptoms related to AF may benefit from efforts to restore and maintain normal sinus ...

Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery is associated with increased rates of death, complications, and hospitalizations. In patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation who are in stable ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is related to inflammation in your body, like other heart disease. Some research suggests that inflammation can cause AFib or make it worse if you already have it. Other ...

Atrial fibrillation, or afib, is a type of irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) caused by faulty electrical impulses in the upper chambers of the heart, called the atria. Symptoms include heart ...