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Atrial fibrillation has no P waves. You may see some waves that look like P waves, but they will not march out in front of the QRS complexes in a regular rhythm. And, of course, atrial ...
James Robson suffers from atrial fibrillation but will compete for Cambridge University at this year's Boat Races Three years ago, James Robson was rowing with a Great Britain team-mate when he ...
In patients with AF, abelacimab, compared with rivaroxaban, is associated with decreased bleeding across multiple bleeding risk categories. Abelacimab is associated with reduced bleeding compared ...
P. Kirchhof and L. Fabritz are listed as inventors on 2 patents held by University of Birmingham (Atrial Fibrillation Therapy WO 2015140571, Markers for Atrial Fibrillation WO 2016012783). L. Fabritz ...
It seems like we have one of those... I have a time limit. Well, I’ve exceeded that time limit." “And I have a condition, atrial FIB, which is the cardiovascular gift that keeps on giving,” Burgess ...
My watch has an electrocardiogram (EKG) function, and it immediately said I was in atrial fibrillation at a rate of 100-130 bpm. I went to the emergency room where they confirmed AFib, did a bunch ...
"It's used for a couple of things," said Andersen. "We do a lot of electrophysiology work in the cath lab, which helps people with atrial fib. We also do a lot of work in the cath lab with stents ...
A ground-breaking step to improve cardiac care in Australia has been taken, as funding is announced for a clinical quality registry to improve outcomes following Atrial Fibrillation (AF) ablation. Led ...
Pulmonary-vein isolation is an effective treatment for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is a nonthermal ablation method with few adverse effects beyond the myocardium.
A new report from the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration suggests that screening for both high blood pressure (hypertension) and irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation, AF) during routine medical ...
Atrial cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of N-terminal gasdermin D enhances atrial fibrillation susceptibility. Credit: European Heart Journal (2025). DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf024 ...
A group of 29 international experts says that simultaneous screening for hypertension and heart arrhythmia could prevent thousands of strokes. A recent expert review highlights the strong link ...