Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model designed by Scripps Research scientists could help clinicians better screen patients for atrial fibrillation (or AFib)—an irregular, fast heartbeat that is associated with stroke and heart failure.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 10, 2024

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 to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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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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ADN Center of Excellence

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

September is National Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about one of the most common yet often misunderstood heart conditions. Physicians have a crucial role in recognizing, diagnosing, and managing AFib to prevent its potentially life-threatening complications.

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American Heart News - Heart News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Research Highlights: A clinical trial with adults who have atrial fibrillation (AFib) and an implanted heart device found similar improvements to the amount of time they experienced arrhythmia regardless of whether they received standard care.

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CardiacWire

APRIL 21, 2024

A BMJ study out of Denmark provided alarming new insights into atrial fibrillation’s impact on patients’ future cardiovascular health, while highlighting the need to improve post-AFib heart failure and stroke prevention. The researchers analyzed 2000-2022 data from 3.5M The researchers analyzed 2000-2022 data from 3.5M

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CardiacWire

APRIL 17, 2024

A Cedars-Sinai-led team developed an echocardiography AI model that accurately detects patients with atrial fibrillation – including asymptomatic patients – potentially revealing a new “opportunistic screening” method to drive earlier AFib detection and treatment. AUC identifying patients with a history of AFib.

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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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DAIC

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Titled "Real-world Data Affirms Safety and Effectiveness of Low/Zero Fluoroscopy Atrial Fibrillation Ablation," the study was presented as a late-breaker at the 29th Annual International AF Symposium. 2,3 Approximately 1 in 4 adults over the age of 40 are at risk for developing AFib.4 In: AF Symposium.; February 2-4; Boston.

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American Heart News - Heart News

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Research Highlights: In the first large trial of its kind, the anti-clotting medication rivaroxaban did not lower the risk of cognitive decline, stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in people younger than age 65 who had atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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ADN Center of Excellence

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

September is National Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about one of the most common yet often misunderstood heart conditions. Physicians have a crucial role in recognizing, diagnosing, and managing AFib to prevent its potentially life-threatening complications.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 22, 2024

Looking at specific substances in the blood of people with atrial fibrillation, a type of irregular heartbeat, could help identify who's at risk for a stroke despite taking blood-thinning medication to prevent one, new research suggests.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Bernard's Heart & Vascular Center , Jonesboro, Arkansas) mark a significant milestone in the pursuit of innovative solutions for non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) treatment.  Patients with NVAF deemed appropriate for LAAX to reduce the risk of stroke and systemic embolism, will participate in this research effort.

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American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

However, researchers noted that the trial was stopped prematurely and more research is necessary.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Herein, we report results of a follow-up screening protocol for incident atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF) within a large observational digital health study. Research is needed to determine the implications of these alarms and appropriate follow-up.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Abstract Introduction Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is a prevalent chronic arrhythmia associated with severe complications, including stroke, heart failure, and increased mortality. Results/Observation Current Afib detection methods, such as electrocardiography, have limitations in sensitivity and specificity.

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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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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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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Treatment with the Type 2 diabetes medication metformin, lifestyle changes, or a combination of both did not improve atrial fibrillation (AFib) burden or progression when compared with standard care, according to preliminary late-breaking science presented Nov. 18 at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2024.

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American College of Cardiology

MAY 20, 2024

Several abstracts at Heart Rhythm 2024, held May 16-19 in Boston, MA, featured data from the NCDR suite of registries.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction:Anticoagulation (AC) is the mainstay of thromboprophylaxis for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) and is recommended. We compared the risk of stroke, GIB, and mortality in 5 years.Results:A total of 19,427 patients with UGIB who have AFIB received oral apixaban were identified.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Prognostic impact of severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in patients with atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR). Patients with severe TR were older, mostly with atrial fibrillation, and had more severe heart failure symptoms and more advanced left atrial and right heart remodelling than those with non-severe TR.

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Mobi Health News - ECG

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

About a million possible cases of atrial fibrillation, a known risk for stroke, go undetected in Japan. The AI lineup currently covers both continuous ECG tracking and AFib detection. You are currently developing a new AI to detect AFib. This research was published prior to our product launch.

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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. American Academy of Sleep Medicine – Association for Sleep Clinicians and Researchers. Kingshott, R. 2017, November 8).

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

11, 2025, at HonorHealth Research Institute, Rahul Doshi, M.D., Using the same catheter, he also was able to easily switch to radiofrequency ablation, which has traditionally been used to treat Afib by scarring the damaged part of the heart using heat. Learn more at HonorHealth.com/research. 12, 2025 On Feb. of the adult U.S.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 19, 2024

19, 2024 Drinking multiple cups of coffee a day may help prevent cognitive decline in people withatrial fibrillation (AFib or AF), according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. tim.hodson Thu, 12/19/2024 - 14:35 Dec. Instead, say, Enjoy, it may even be good for you! said Jrg H.

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DAIC

MARCH 28, 2024

"Based on the results from the admIRE clinical trial, we are confident that this innovation has the promise to deliver significant value and differentiated capabilities, and become an important tool for the treatment of AFib." 2,3 Approximately 1 in 4 adults over the age of 40 are at risk for developing AFib. In the U.S.,

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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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DAIC

DECEMBER 13, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:24 December 13, 2023 — A new artificial intelligence (AI) model designed by Scripps Research scientists could help clinicians better screen patients for atrial fibrillation (or AFib)—an irregular, fast heartbeat that is associated with stroke and heart failure.

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DAIC

JUNE 19, 2024

Signify Research has just released a deep-dive qualitative analysis of developments around the use of AI to analyze and interpret electrocardiograms (ECGs), one of the world’s most ubiquitous diagnostic tests for cardiac disease. Fertile Partnerships Ongoing research partnerships have driven much of recent developments seen in the market.

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DAIC

JULY 10, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) cases have also surged, doubling from 28.3 Research points to low patient engagement as a predictive indicator of poor outcomes. Their adoption is crucial to counteracting the rising prevalence of strokes, AFib and other diseases that place immense pressure on already constrained providers.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

JANUARY 17, 2022

The whole process can easily take 10-15 years and therefore patients may continue to be managed in sub-optimal manner for this duration of time even when there is available research to say that things could be done better. Today I wanted to talk about some troubling research in the field of AF. AF stands for atrial fibrillation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Rate correction should not be used when RR interval has large variability, as in atrial fibrillation. Atrial Fibrillation: These authors compared Bazett, Fridericia, and Framingham QT measurements on 54 patients with atrial fibrillation. Other Research: According to this study b y Batchvarov et al. ,

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CardiacWire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Boston Scientific made what could become a major addition to its electrophysiology portfolio, acquiring AFib mapping startup Cortex, Inc. Cortex gives Boston Scientific a new mapping technology that detects AFib signs and triggers outside of the pulmonary veins, and can help EP teams develop ablation strategies for more complex AFib cases.

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