Similar outcomes for atrrial fibrillationi patients with congestive heart failure
...ach of the two strategies for patients with atrial fibrillation and CHF. Duke cardiologist Sana Al-Khatib, M.D., p...sions of the American Heart Association. In atrial fibrillation the upper chambers of the heart, known as the atria, contract extremely rapidly. This causes the pum...News tips for Monday, Nov. 10, 2003
...have fewer arrhythmias ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (VT/VF). Comparing data on 59 women and 340 men, they found that sustained VT/VF occurred in 52 percent of men and 34 percent of women. Men also had more shocks from ICDs. "Gender independently predicted VT/VF endpoints after adjustment for clinic...Sudden cardiac death: New risk factor first identified in Illinois family by SLU cardiologist
...egular heartbeat and whose father developed atrial fibrillation in his later years. "It's odd that we're the first... gallstones in 1999. She was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (in the upper chambers of her heart) and physicians had to subsequently "shock" her heart back into ...Adequate anticoagulation reduces impact of stroke for patients with atrial fibrillation
...ern California has shown that patients with atrial fibrillation who receive an appropriate level of anticoagulatio...l stroke risk fivefold. Many patients with atrial fibrillation are treated with blood-thinning medications most frequently aspirin or the prescription drug warfar...St. Jude Medical announces publication of results of its ADOPT-A trial
...on of symptomatic paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (PAF) in patients with sinus node dysfunction. Results from the study demonstrated that overdrive pacing with the AF Suppression(tm) algorithm decreases symptomatic AF burden significantly in the group of patients with sick sinus syndrome, paroxysmal...Atrial fibrillation hospitalizations triple since 1985, will continue climb
...er, the number of hospitalizations in which atrial fibrillation was listed as the first diagnosis increased 144 pe...e total number of hospitalizations in which atrial fibrillation was listed as a diagnosis jumped 190 percent from 787,750 to almost 2.3 million in the same 15-year ...Exanta - pivitol data from largest ever phase III stroke prevention trial announced at ACC
...temic embolic events (SEE) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), without the warfarin limitations of drug int... five million fatal events per year 1,2 . Atrial fibrillation has been found to increase the risk of stroke fivefold3. "Only one in two patients with permanent...Genetics of familial atrial fibrillation revealed, Science researchers report
... the irregular heartbeats that characterize atrial fibrillation (AF). Nearly one out of every 20 individuals over ...new understanding of the molecular basis of atrial fibrillation may lead to better pre-symptomatic diagnosis of the disorder and to the development of new therapies...Study: ER could be front line for stroke prevention
...ace to identify untreated and under-treated atrial fibrillation patients, to inform them of their stroke risk, and...nd, the findings show that many people with atrial fibrillation are still getting no treatment or sub-optimal treatment to prevent clots and stave off a stroke. A ...Keen ER identification could avert future strokes
...nts with the abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (AF) are treated in the ER. Studies suggest that ...ents with a previously diagnosed history of atrial fibrillation before their trip to the emergency department. Two hundred and forty-nine (45 percent) were receivi...Mayo Clinic researchers document safer treatment for atrial fibrillation
...metimes results from a common treatment for atrial fibrillation can be minimized when the patient takes anticoagul...c restoration of the heart's normal rhythm. Atrial fibrillation affects more than 2.5 million people in the United States. It is characterized by an irregular and r...Researcher hopes to bridge gap in stroke prevention
...o reduce the risk of stroke for people with atrial fibrillation (an irregular heart beat). This therapy is significantly under-utilized in people aged 75 or older, patients who would benefit the most because of their high risk of stroke. Straus believes physicians are having a difficult time keeping up with scien...New procedure kills liver tumors without surgery
... suffered from two collapsed lungs and ventricular fibrillation after his second major surgery. "The difference between recoveries is like night and day." Called radiofrequency ablation because it uses radio wave energy to heat the tumor and "ablate," or destroy it, the procedure has been used for nearly a decad...Will a banana a day keep a stroke away?
... risk factors for stroke, such as diabetes, atrial fibrillation and cigarette smoking, according to neurologist St... risk of stroke. They found that those with atrial fibrillation and low blood potassium were 10 times more likely to develop a stroke than diuretic users with regul...Armed with AEDs, police save lives by cutting response time
... was 17.2 percent for 163 victims with ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (irregular heart rhythms that require an electric shock to correct). The survival rate had been only 9 percent during the one-and-a-half years just prior to establishing the police responder program. Unfortunatel...Dementia before or after stroke increases risk of death
...agulants than one without dementia, even if atrial fibrillation was diagnosed. Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal heart rhythm associated with increased risk for blood clots. It's often treated with...American Heart Association updates heart attack, stroke prevention guidelines
...gs to reduce stroke risk in people who have atrial fibrillation an abnormal heart rhythm that can propel blood clots from the heart toward the brain and increase the risk of stroke. "The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has always recommended aspirin for secondary prevention in people who already have heart ...High cholesterol elevates women's risk of stroke death
...ary heart disease, a subsequent increase in atrial fibrillation and left ventricular dysfunction. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a disorder in which the two small, upper chambers of the heart quiver instead of beating eff...Two drugs are better than one to prevent return of atrial fibrillation
...irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias) known as atrial fibrillation (AF). AF is a disorder in which the two small, upper chambers of the heart quiver instead of beating effectively. Blood that isn't pumped out may pool and clot. If a piece of clot leaves the heart and lodges in an artery to the brain, a stroke res......ons of one of the heart's pumping chambers. Atrial fibrillation has been implicated as a major risk factor for stroke and sudden heart attack. "Atrial fibrillation reduces both acute and chronic cardiac output, which makes patients more prone to creating tiny clot...