Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 6, 2025

Two studies led by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Mass General Brigham have greatly expanded the number of known genetic variants that boost the risk for atrial fibrillation (AF), a common heart condition marked by an irregular heartbeat that can lead to stroke and heart failure.

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AMS Cardiology

MARCH 31, 2025

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a common heart rhythm disorder characterized by an irregular and often rapid heartbeat. This condition can lead to various complications, including stroke and heart failure, making it essential to understand its causes, symptoms, and AFib treatment options. What is Atrial Fibrillation?

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an important therapeutic modality for atrial fibrillation (AF), widely utilized in clinical practice due to its safety and significant efficacy. Head CT scans showed hypoattenuating areas indicative of cerebral infarction, chest CT suggested possible air accumulation in the left atrial region.

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Heart BMJ

MARCH 26, 2025

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major and increasing burden on health services. This study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of digoxin versus beta-blockers for heart rate control in patients with permanent AF and symptoms of heart failure.

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Heart BMJ

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD patients), atrial arrhythmias (AA) and heart failure (HF) are common. 1 Factors related to congenital heart disease, such as underlying anatomy, surgical repair technique and scars, can all be considered as AA substrates.

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JAMA Cardiology

APRIL 23, 2024

This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the efficacy of catheter ablation compared with rate or rhythm control among patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JULY 25, 2024

Millions of adults have atrial fibrillation—an irregular beating of the upper chambers of the heart that yields increased risk of heart failure, stroke and death.

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JAMA Cardiology

JUNE 25, 2024

This genetic association study evaluates the association of genetic variants with atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure.

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Heart BMJ

MARCH 26, 2025

Heart failure (HF) is one of the significant complications in patients with myocardial infarction (MI), leading to increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Common predictors include older age, prior hypertension, diabetes and atrial fibrillation. HFrEF is more commonly.

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DAIC

MARCH 25, 2025

Ten presentations will feature new data from the pivotal Phase III FINEARTS-HF cardiovascular (CV) outcomes trial, which investigated KERENDIA for treatingt adult patients with heart failure (HF) with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 40%, i.e., mildly reduced LVEF (HFmrEF) or preserved LVEF (HFpEF). Additional ACC.25

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 18, 2024

In their study, published in Nature Cardiovascular Research they found that Black individuals carrying these genetic variants were at a high risk of developing atrial fibrillation and heart failure.

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Heart BMJ

JANUARY 29, 2025

Background We evaluated the potential of circulating bone morphogenetic protein 10 (BMP10) as a biomarker for atrial stress and remodelling in patients with heart failure (HF), in comparison to N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). We also assessed the predictive value of BMP10 for adverse clinical outcomes.

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Open Heart

JANUARY 21, 2025

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) share risk factors and are bidirectionally associated. Several studies found higher risks of outcomes in individuals with both conditions. Whether the risks of outcomes differ according to temporal order of AF and AMI is unclear.

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Med Page Today

APRIL 24, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The efficacy of catheter ablation for heart failure (HF) patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) hinged on the phenotype of disease, researchers reported based on a meta-analysis. Compared with conventional rate or rhythm.

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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.

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HCPLive

MARCH 29, 2025

A secondary analysis of FINEARTS-HF found consistent efficacy of finerenone on heart failure events and cardiovascular death, irrespective of AF status.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A new American Heart Association scientific statement suggests addressing cardiovascular health earlier in life may reduce the risk of stroke and help preserve thinking and memory later in life.

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DAIC

JULY 31, 2024

mtaschetta-millane Wed, 07/31/2024 - 06:00 July 31, 2024 — A novel study co-authored by a heart failure cardiologist at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, demonstrates the effectiveness of a newly developed scoring system in identifying patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF).

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a fast and irregular heart rhythm that, left untreated, can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure. It's the most common type of arrhythmia, a potentially serious condition in which the heart beats too quickly, too slowly or in an irregular pattern.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JULY 14, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) significantly increases the risk of stroke and heart failure, but is frequently asymptomatic and intermittent; therefore, its timely diagnosis poses challenges.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 14, 2023

About Atrial Fibrillation and Pulsed Field Ablation AF is one of the most common and undertreated heart rhythm disorders, affecting more than 60 million people worldwide3. 4-7 Current ablation technologies rely on thermal effects to target cardiac tissue and risk damage to additional collateral structures in the heart.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 18, 2025

Finally, we also emphasize the preclinical/clinical translational significance of neutrophil-targeted strategies.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Outcomes of ablation with the FARAPULSE PFA System – a nonthermal treatment in which electric fields selectively ablate heart tissue – will be compared to outcomes following use of anti-arrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy, which is commonly prescribed for patients living with persistent AF. Circulation.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

APRIL 22, 2024

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide with around 59 million people concerned in 2019. This irregular heartbeat is associated with increased risks of heart failure, dementia and stroke. It gives early warnings on average 30 minutes before onset, with an accuracy of around 80%.

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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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DAIC

JULY 24, 2024

The collaboration, according to a written statement issued by the company, aims to address challenges in capturing and analyzing cardiac signals to help physicians enhance patient outcomes for atrial fibrillation procedures. Our mission to combat complex heart rhythm diseases relies on optimizing interoperability.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 16, 2024

Introduction Catheter ablation is an effective and safe strategy for treating atrial fibrillation patients. Method Patient baseline characteristics and electrophysiological parameters were examined to identify the predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence following catheter ablation. years following catheter ablation.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 28, 2024

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) have emerged as major age-related epidemics within cardiology. Indeed, these two conditions are commonly found in the same individual, so much so that AF has been used in proposed diagnostic criteria for HFpEF.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 28, 2025

All statistical analyses were rigorously executed in R software.ResultsOur findings identified causal relationships between 15 metabolites and cardiovascular disease.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Breakdown of the study population by worsening heart failure (WHF) event proportions (oral diuretic intensification or heart failure [HF] hospitalization) and KaplanMeier curve of all-cause mortality after WHF event shown, relative to a patient group that did not have any WHF events. per 100 person-years; 95% CI 17.750.3)

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Early detection of atrial fibrillation can reduce the risk of stroke and heart failure, but screening people for the condition has been historically challenging.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 28, 2024

Introduction A high recurrence rate of atrial fibrillation was monitored after catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation. The results will evaluate sacubitril/valsartan as a novel treatment for improving prognosis and a complement to conventional drug therapy.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JULY 15, 2024

Monitoring of heart rate and physical activity using consumer wearable devices was found to have clinical value for comparing the response to two treatments for atrial fibrillation and heart failure.

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Open Heart

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Background Heart failure (HF) is not included in atrial fibrillation (AF) bleeding risk prediction scores, reflecting uncertainty regarding its importance as a risk factor for major haemorrhage.

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HeartRhythm

MAY 2, 2024

The optimal treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) remains unsettled.

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American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

What is the prevalence of subclinical atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and how does it impact outcomes?

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Heart BMJ

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Current guideline indications for intervention in asymptomatic patient are centred on left ventricular dimensions and ejection fraction and may include consideration in atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension and those with left atrial dilatation.

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