A minimally invasive heart procedure to correct irregular heart rhythms called catheter ablation may reduce the risk of stroke enough that some patients can discontinue blood thinners, according to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People with atrial fibrillation (AFib) and obesity may have fewer episodes of AFib after ablation if they take the diabetes medication metformin in addition to standard care, according to a ...

An international consensus statement on how to treat atrial fibrillation with catheter or surgical ablation has been published in EP Europace and presented at EHRA 2024. Lead author Dr. Stylianos ...

LONDON -- Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) produced real short-term improvements for people with atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF), according to the first sham-controlled trial on the subject. Continuous ...

NEW ORLEANS -- The diabetes drug metformin reduced recurrent arrhythmias after a first catheter ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation (Afib) in patients with overweight or obesity but without ...

Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation are two conditions that share a potentially deadly link. Having one increases the odds of developing the other, and together, the breathing difficulties ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A new heart ablation procedure being used across UCHealth ...