American College of Cardiology

MAY 6, 2024

Although atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AFib/AFL) are common manifestations of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a post hoc analysis of the ATTR-ACT study, published April 30 in JACC: CardioOncology, found they do not predict all-cause mortality.

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AFIB Atrial Flutter Atrial Fibrillation Cardiomyopathy 60

American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Rivaroxaban did not reduce the incidence of cognitive decline, stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in patients younger than 65 with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) and low risk for stroke, according to results from the BRAIN-AF trial.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Strokes Stroke 66

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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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Heart Rhythm Ablation 58

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Women who develop hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDOP) in their first delivery have a significantly increased cause-specific hazard ratio (csHR) of incident atrial fibrillation (AFib) compared with women who do not, according to a study published Feb.

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AFIB Hypertension Atrial Fibrillation Article 53

American College of Cardiology

JANUARY 5, 2024

The newest clinical guideline released by the ACC and the American Heart Association (AHA) provides new and updated recommendations for preventing and optimally managing atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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AFIB Document Atrial Fibrillation Article 63

American College of Cardiology

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Higher hospital and physician atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation procedure volumes were associated with increased acute procedural success and lower rates of major adverse events (MAEs), according to a study published in Heart Rhythm.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Heart Rhythm Ablation 56

American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Edoxaban was comparable to warfarin in preventing stroke or systemic embolism and intracardiac thrombus in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) within three months after bioprosthetic valve surgery, based on preliminary findings from the ENBALV trial presented at AHA 2024.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Embolism Strokes 58

American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) in patients at moderate to high risk for stroke who were undergoing catheter atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation resulted in significantly less bleeding compared with oral anticoagulation, based on findings from the OPTION trial presented at AHA 2024 and simultaneously published in NEJM.

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AFIB Ablation Atrial Fibrillation Strokes 56

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

This does NOT seem irregularly irregular enough for AFib … Instead — there is almost “group beating” with “Wenckebach periodicity”. Here the full text of the article: Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm: History and Chronology of the Main Discoveries

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Hemorrhage Chest Pain AFIB Article 125

American College of Cardiology

JULY 25, 2024

Device-recognized atrial fibrillation (AFib) may be associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), according to a study published in Circulation.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Circulation Article 49

American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

In patients with high-risk atrial fibrillation (AFib) and stable coronary artery disease, endoxaban monotherapy when given as a long-term antithrombotic therapy was associated with better net clinical benefit than edoxaban plus a single antiplatelet agent, based on findings from the EPIC-CAD trial presented at ESC Congress 2024 in London and simultaneously (..)

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AFIB Coronary Artery Disease Atrial Fibrillation Article 56

American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Village doctors in rural China trained to manage the care of older adults with atrial fibrillation (AFib) and supported by AFib experts in tertiary hospitals through telemedicine lowered the risk of AFib-related adverse cardiovascular events by 36% over three years, based on findings from the MIRACLE-AF trial presented at ESC Congress 2024 in London. (..)

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Hospital Article 45

American College of Cardiology

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In this installment of Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) and Antiarrhythmic Drugs (AADs) series, Dr. Suneet Mittal interviews Dr. Jeff Healey about evidence supporting the guidelines and how they compare to previous guidelines.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Strokes Stroke 45

American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Asundexian was associated with a higher incidence of stroke or systemic embolism, but less major bleeding, compared with apixaban among patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who were at high risk for stroke, based on findings from the OCEANIC-AF trial presented at ESC Congress 2024 in London and simultaneously published in The New England Journal (..)

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Embolism Research 45

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2024

KEY Point: Nothing other than AFib with WPW results in a ventricular response this fast ( which is why Figure-2 is pathognomonic for AFib in a patient with WPW ). Regarding AFib with WPW: The very rapid heart rate and at times extremely short R-R intervals put the patient with AFib and WPW at risk of cardiac arrest from VFib.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Tachycardia Blog 103

American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

A short educational program for targeted at health care professionals in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK increased patient-level adherence to guideline recommendations on atrial fibrillation (AFib) management, based on findings from the STEEER-AF trial presented at ESC Congress 2024 in London.

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AFIB Education Atrial Fibrillation Article 45

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Marine MD, MBA, FACC, discuss the top takeaways from the latest atrial fibrillation (AFib) guideline, which provides new and updated recommendations for preventing and optimally managing AFib. In this interview, José A. Joglar, MD, FACC, and Joseph E.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Article 40

American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Performing additional catheter ablations targeting diseased myocardium along with the standard approach of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) to treat persistent atrial fibrillation (AFib) did not reduce the recurrence of AFib at one year, based on findings from the SUPPRESS-AF trial presented at ESC Congress 2024 in London.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Heart Failure 40

American College of Cardiology

JUNE 28, 2024

The ACC and the American Heart Association (AHA) guideline for the management of atrial fibrillation (AFib) provides a comprehensive multi-society update, the first in a decade, and offers a new staging system for AFib, upgrades recommendations for catheter ablation, rhythm control and left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO), and emphasizes the importance (..)

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Risk Factors Ablation 40

American College of Cardiology

MARCH 29, 2024

One of my New Year's resolutions was to read the entire 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation (AFib).

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Research Article 40

American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

One-time screening for atrial fibrillation (AFib) using a 14-day, electrocardiographic (ECG) patch monitor in individuals aged ≥70 years did not reduce rates of bleeding or stroke, based on results from the GUARD-AF trial.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Strokes Stroke 40

American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Compared with a sham procedure, pulmonary vein isolation resulted in a statistically significant and clinically important decrease in atrial fibrillation (AFib) burden at six months, according to results from the SHAM-PVI trial presented at ESC Congress 2024 in London and simultaneously published in JAMA.

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AFIB Pulmonary Quality of Life Atrial Fibrillation 40

American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 31, 2024

Relaxed control of potassium levels and only giving supplements in the rare event that levels became pathologically low was just as effective in preventing atrial fibrillation (AFib) after cardiac surgery as tightly controlling levels, according to findings from the TIGHT-K study.

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AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Article 40

Ken Grauer, MD

MAY 31, 2024

The April 6, 2023 post — excessive baseline artifact misdiagnosed as AFib ( instead of sinus rhythm with AV Wenckebach — as in Figure-4 in this post ). The September 27, 2019 post — for the Rowlands & Moore article with the above-noted formulas for recognizing the “culprit” extremity. The September 15, 2023 post — for PTA.

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Blog AFIB Defibrillator Article 164

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

A novel causal machine learning algorithm can determine which patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) are more likely to benefit from left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) compared with direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) therapy, according to a study published Feb.

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Atrial Fibrillation AFIB Article 66

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In this weeks View, Dr. Eagle looks at the potential exposure-dependent protective effect of SGLT2 inhibitors on aortic valve stenosis progression.

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Aortic valve Stenosis Aortic AFIB 63

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In this weeks View, Dr. Eagle looks at arrhythmia recurrence and rhythm control after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. He then discusses long-term outcomes in transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy in patients treated with tafamidis.

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Arrhythmia Cardiomyopathy Ablation AFIB 58

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Additional rhythm-control strategies are frequently continued after index ablation for atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to a study published Feb. 12 in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.

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Atrial Fibrillation Ablation AFIB Electrophysiology 60

American College of Cardiology

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Special Edition: PharmD Appreciation: “PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for Cardiovascular (CV) Team members who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the everyday challenges.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Ibutilide can convert atrial fib, or if the atrial fib is resistant to electrical cardioversion, ibutilide can facilitate electrical cardioversion (see my description of the New England Journal article below). I focus my comment on a few additional aspects regarding new AFib. Here is the ECG after ibutilide: What do you notice?

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American College of Cardiology

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In this interview, Drs. Steven Nissen and Benjamin O’Brien discuss the TIGHT K trial results which proved that practitioners can safely cease the widespread practice of maintaining high-normal potassium levels after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft AFIB Article 49

American College of Cardiology

JANUARY 24, 2025

In this weeks View, Dr. Eagle looks at left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in patients with AFib. He then discusses a new treatment for severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children. Finally, Dr. Eagle explores anticoagulation for patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Cardiomyopathy AFIB Strokes 58

American College of Cardiology

JANUARY 31, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation System for isolation of pulmonary veins in the treatment of drug-refractory, recurrent, symptomatic, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to a Boston Scientific press release.

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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.

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft AFIB Atrial Fibrillation Arrhythmia 49

American College of Cardiology

MAY 22, 2024

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at transcatheter-based intervention for tetraology of Fallot. He then examines how a small left ventricle in patients with atrial fibrillation is associated with increased cardiovascular risk.

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Atrial Fibrillation AFIB Article 56

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Marine and Pathak break down the key clinical takeaways and valuable insights on optimizing AFib management and improving outcomes through evidence-based strategies.

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AFIB Outcomes Ablation Article 53

American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at temporary mechanical circulatory support in infarct-related cardiogenic shock.

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Cardiogenic Shock AFIB Article 53