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AFIB Arrhythmia Atrial Fibrillation 
CardiacWire
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
A JACC study suggests that atrial fibrillation is far more prevalent than many previously thought, estimating that nearly one in 20 American adults have been diagnosed with the disease. age, 54% women, 50% White), finding that a whopping 2M (6.8%) of them had been diagnosed with AFib. adults would have AFib by 2020.
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Med Page Today
DECEMBER 21, 2023
(MedPage Today) -- For patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (Afib), there was no signal that a brief course of colchicine reduced atrial arrhythmia recurrence or improved clinical outcomes when taken for 10 days starting.
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Med Page Today
MAY 18, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- For persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib), adding artificial intelligence guidance for ablation site selection improved success, the TAILORED trial showed. Freedom from Afib after one procedure regardless of antiarrhythmic.
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Patients who present with persistent atrial fibrillation at diagnosis are more likely to have certain risk factors as compared with patients with occasional atrial fibrillation (AFib).
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Medical Xpress - Cardiology
JULY 23, 2024
Recent research has also found the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of irregular heart rhythm or arrhythmia, continues to rise, according to the study. Binge drinking (five drinks within two hours for men and four drinks within two hours for women) is common around the world.
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DAIC
APRIL 9, 2024
An international consensus statement on how to treat atrial fibrillation with catheter or surgical ablation has been published in EP Europace, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and was recently presented at EHRA 2024, a scientific congress held April 7-9 in Berlin, Germany.
Science Daily - Heart Disease
APRIL 22, 2024
Atrial fibrillation (Afib), a common type of arrhythmia that is on the rise in people under the age of 65, is more dangerous in this increasingly younger population than previously thought, according to new research.
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CTVS
AUGUST 22, 2023
It is estimated that more than 12 million people in the United States will have Atrial Fibrillation, or AFib in 2030. It is one of the most commonly diagnosed heart conditions and is characterized by an irregular heartbeat or rhythm, known as arrhythmia.
AMS Cardiology
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Atrial fibrillation often shortened to AFib is an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm that can lead to serious health complications. If you or someone you know is living with AFib, understanding the condition and how to prevent attacks is crucial. What Is AFib? How Do You Know If You Have AFib?
DAIC
JULY 16, 2024
At the forefront of PowerPlugs is AFib Detection , a PowerPlug that discreetly monitors your heart rhythm every night to detect signs of Atrial Fibrillation (AFib). Ultrahuman Ring AIR is the first smart ring in the world to offer AFib detection. AFib is the most common type of irregular heart rhythm or arrhythmia.
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American College of Cardiology
JUNE 5, 2024
In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at anticoagulation for post-operative atrial fibrillation after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting. He then examines a meta-analysis of invasive vs. conservative management of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes with previous coronary artery bypass grafting.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 15, 2023
Her Apple Watch suddenly told her that she is in atrial fibrillation. Patients with healthy AV nodes who are not on AV nodal blockers and who are not hyperkalemic should have a rapid ventricular response if they have paroxysmal Atrial fibrillation. I focus my comment on a few additional aspects regarding new AFib.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Background The rising adoption of wearable technology increases the potential to identify arrhythmias. Herein, we report results of a follow-up screening protocol for incident atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF) within a large observational digital health study. Mean age was 50.5 (SD years, and 46 (53.3%) were female.
DAIC
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Getty Images milla1cf Fri, 12/08/2023 - 08:17 December 8, 2023 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA), along with several other leading medical associations, have issued a new guideline for preventing and optimally managing atrial fibrillation (AFib).
DAIC
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
a global leader in cardiac arrhythmia treatment and part of Johnson & Johnson MedTechi , revealed findings from a company-funded study of real-world data. AFib is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia and affects more than 6 million people in the United States and nearly 38 million people worldwide.2,3 In: AF Symposium.;
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Cardiomatics
APRIL 5, 2024
AFIB/AFL – atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter episodes. Other times, an irregular recording can signal a medical emergency, such as a myocardial infarction or a dangerous arrhythmia. 1] Arrhythmia Recognition: The Art of Interpretation, T.Garcia, D.Garcia.
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DAIC
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
milla1cf Fri, 02/02/2024 - 17:18 February 2, 2024 — GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) announces the latest innovation in electrophysiology (EP), the Prucka 3 with CardioLab EP Recording system, to help clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. The Increasing Role of Rhythm Control in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
DAIC
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
a global leader in cardiac arrhythmia treatment and part of Johnson & Johnson MedTechi , announced the commencement of patient cases with the investigational Laminar Left Atrial Appendage Elimination (LAAX) System as part of its pivotal investigational device exemption (IDE) study.
DAIC
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
CTA and the ACC recognize there is strong potential for cardiac monitoring (through Consumer Cardiovascular Technology Solutions) to help identify and screen patients with Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) and related arrhythmias to alert the right clinical groups for early support and reduction in mortality rates.
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AMS Cardiology
JANUARY 16, 2024
Continue reading to learn more about this procedure, its significance in treating atrial fibrillation, and what to expect during treatment. What is Atrial Fibrillation? Before diving into electrical cardioversion, we should understand atrial fibrillation (AF). What Is Cardioversion?
DAIC
JANUARY 18, 2024
milla1cf Thu, 01/18/2024 - 14:21 January 18, 2024 — Abbott announced the first global procedures have been conducted using the company's new Volt Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System to treat patients battling common abnormal heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation (AFib).
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DAIC
JUNE 11, 2024
PFA is designed to address AFib, the most common arrhythmia in the US, with a growing patient population. Antiarrhythmic drugs are typically a poor solution for AFib, as their side effects can be debilitating. The operational and safety benefits are “nice,” but AFib ablation has never really been a dangerous procedure.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Written by Pendell Meyers First try to interpret this ECG with no clinical context: The ECG shows an irregularly irregular rhythm, therefore almost certainly atrial fibrillation. After an initially narrow QRS, there is a very large abnormal extra wave at the end of the QRS complex. There is also large T wave inversion and long QT.
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DAIC
JULY 24, 2024
Volta Medical has announced it has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with GE Healthcare to enhance arrhythmia procedures with artificial intelligence (AI)-driven electrophysiology technologies. 1 Approximately 33 million patients worldwide are living with AFib.
DAIC
MARCH 28, 2024
a global leader in cardiac arrhythmia treatment and part of Johnson & Johnson MedTec h i , announced the submission of the VARIPULSE Platform for Premarket Approval Application (PMA) to the U.S. 2,3 Approximately 1 in 4 adults over the age of 40 are at risk for developing AFib. Food & Drug Administration ( FDA ).
DAIC
MAY 18, 2024
During its Annual Conference, HRS 2024, the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) announced findings from three new studies demonstrating the safety and efficacy of pulsed field ablation (PFA), a nonthermal ablation treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). See full findings from the FARADISE, admIRE Study, and Advent Trial here.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Chart review confirmed that he had been started on flecainide for atrial fibrillation. This new information makes the diagnosis of atrial flutter far more likely: first, atrial fibrillation and flutter are closely associated and, second, this makes a flutter rate of 200 bpm (with 1:1 conduction) quite likely.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 11, 2020
Therefore — the rhythm in ECG #1 is almost certain to be AFib ( A trial F ibrillation ) , seen here with a “rapid” ventricular response. Under normal conditions with AFib — the refractory period of the AV node does not allow more than 150-to-200 impulses/minute to be conducted to the ventricles.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Note: Due to the limited number of normally conducted beats — it is hard to be sure whether the underlying rhythm is sinus with baseline artefact or atrial fibrillation. Note: The patient while on telemetry had alternating atrial fibrillation, sinus rhythm with 1st degree AV block and also periods of Wenckebach conduction.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Atrial fibrillation is also a predictor of worse outcomes in this case (Alborzi). Other Arrhythmias ( PACs, PVCs, AFib, Bradycardia and AV conduction disorders — potentially lethal VT/VFib ). NOTE: Prediction of cardiac contusion "severity" on the basis of cardiac arrhythmias and ECG findings — is an imperfect science.
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DAIC
JULY 10, 2024
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) cases have also surged, doubling from 28.3 In one study, AI enabled multi-class arrhythmia detection with accuracies above 99% in controlled test datasets. CVD is among the most prevalent diseases in the U.S., and strokes and other CVDs are on the rise globally. million in 1990 to 56.7
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Cardiometabolic Health Congress
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) recently published new guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). link] ACC/AHA Release Updated Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines for 2023. Sources: Joglar, J, Chung, M. J Am Coll Cardiol.
DAIC
DECEMBER 19, 2023
OSA is commonly seen in patients with arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation (AFib) and due to the variable unpredictable nature of sleep apnea symptoms, it is often untreated, leading to adverse outcomes. FACC, FHRS, FHSC , Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 24, 2022
Patient was referred to electrophysiologic testing due to suspicion of afib and WPW. During electrophysiologic testing AVRT was induced, which degenerated to afib with ortho and antidromic conduction. Despite the near regularity in places — the reasons I immediately thought of WPW with very rapid AFib were i ) As per per Drs.
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American College of Cardiology
JUNE 10, 2024
Pulsed field ablation (PFA) was shown to be effective in treating patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AFib), with more patients free from atrial arrhythmias (AA) when compared with patients treated with thermal ablation, according to results from a secondary analysis of the ADVENT trial.
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DAIC
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The first procedures were performed by Dr. David Newton , Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Memorial Health University Physicians Heart Care and Dr. Andrea Natale , Executive Medical Director at T exas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David’s Medical Center.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
The disorder is rare — but it takes on importance as a potential cause of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, including cardiac arrest. Such patients may have SQTS if, in addition to the "short" QTc — there is a history of cardiac arrest, unexplained syncope or atrial fibrillation at an early age.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 5, 2020
Here is the computer interpretation: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH RAPID VENTRICULAR RESPONSE WITH ABERRANT CONDUCTION OR VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES LEFT AXIS DEVIATION [QRS AXIS beyone -30] NONSPECIFIC ST and T-WAVE ABNORMALITY The over-reading physician confirmed this diagnosis, which is incorrect. It is not atrial fibrillation.
DAIC
JUNE 19, 2024
By 1909 ECGs were being used to diagnose cases of arrhythmia; by 1910 to diagnose indicators of a heart attack. Another vendor to watch in this space is Israeli start-up CardiaCare, currently developing a ‘world-first’ closed-loop, neuromodulation wearable for the non-invasive treatment for AFib.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 16, 2018
The patient had a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and several cardioversions. Additionally, her beta-blocker dose had been decreased because of bradycardia, further predisposing her to atrial flutter. The underlying rhythm is AFib ( irregularly irregular QRS without P waves ).
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Case submitted and written by Mazen El-Baba MD, with edits from Jesse McLaren and edits/comments by Smith and Grauer A 90-year old with a past medical history of atrial fibrillation, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, presented with acute onset chest/epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting. The patient was placed on telemetry.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Detail of Flutter waves The rate of the flutter waves matches the rate of the WCT (about 200/m), proving that the presenting WCT had been 1:1 atrial flutter. The subsequent EP study could not induce VT, only atrial fibrillation. Spontaneous 1:1 atrial flutter Atrial flutter usually has a rate of 300 F/m.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 5, 2024
Adenosine is only unsafe in atrial fibrillation with WPW , which presents with a very rapid rate, polymorphic QRS, and some very short RR intervals] Bedside echo showed poor LV fct. But we just decided that we DON'T want a conversion to sinus until we can ascertain absence of thrombus in the atrial appendage!
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 6, 2023
Here is the previous ECG from 2 months prior for pre-op for cataract surgery This appears to be atrial fibrillation with RBBB and LAFB. This was interpreted as "Atrial Fibrillation". This was interpreted as "Atrial Fibrillation". They compared to a previous ECG and thought they were identical.
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