Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 5, 2025

AFib (short for atrial fibrillation), a common heart rhythm disorder in adults, can have disastrous consequences, including life-threatening blood clots and stroke if left undetected or untreated.

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DAIC

JANUARY 19, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 01/19/2024 - 10:38 January 19, 2024 — Heart rhythm expert Sumeet Chugh, MD , associate director of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai , is the recipient of this year’s American College of Cardiology ( ACC ) Distinguished Scientist Award-Clinical Domain. Photo by Cedars-Sinai.

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DAIC

JULY 24, 2024

Our mission to combat complex heart rhythm diseases relies on optimizing interoperability. About AFib, AI and Clinical Trials from HRS 2024 The American Heart Association defines AFib as a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Early treatment of persistent AF can reduce the risk of blood clots, stroke, and heart failure, and may prevent the disease from becoming permanent. Patients are often treated with AADs as frontline therapy for heart rhythm maintenance, though some can experience adverse effects and limited efficacy.

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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. AFib occurs when the electrical signals in the upper chambers of your heart (the atria) become chaotic, causing the chambers to quiver instead of beating effectively.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Whilst it is reassuring to find that the heart arteries are not obstructed, MINOCA should not be considered a benign diagnosis because the heart has still suffered damage and the areas of damage can cause the heart to become irritable and cause dangerous heart rhythm disturbances.

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Conquering CHD

JULY 11, 2023

Your healthcare provider may recommend you wear a heart rate monitor or perform regular pulse checks to monitor your heart rate. Blood Thinning Medications such as anticoagulants and antiplatelets help prevent blood clots. However, they can also increase the risk of bleeding.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

DECEMBER 19, 2022

When this happens, the body treats it as a fresh wound and a blood clot forms around it which inadvertently also has the effect of blocking the whole blood vessel, leading to a sudden heart attack. Unfortunately it is very difficult to predict a heart rhythm disturbance.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common type of heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia), affecting over 6 million Americans, and the number is expected to double by 2030. Catheter ablation is a minimally invasive procedure that disables portions of heart tissue that cause irregular heart rhythms. “In

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Conquering CHD

JUNE 20, 2023

Antiarrhythmic Drugs WHAT THEY DO : Antiarrhythmic drugs are used to help prevent or treat abnormal heart rhythms, such as atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. The most common antiarrhythmic drugs for children with congenital heart disease (CHD) include beta-blockers (see above) and sodium channel blockers.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder in adults, affecting more than 5 million people in the U.S., according to the American Heart Association. Swiss-AF is ongoing at 14 centers across all language regions in Switzerland.

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Wellnest

JULY 19, 2023

Have you wondered what causes a heart attack? Three coronary arteries supply blood to the heart. When one of these arteries becomes completely blocked by a blood clot, it results in a heart attack, also known as MI (Myocardial infarction).

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