Treatment Of Irregular Heartbeat Saves Money And Prevents Stroke In Older People
...ting, were older individuals who sufferfrom atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat which increases a person...tment is most cost-effective in this group."Atrial fibrillation occurs when the two small upper chambers of the heart quiverinstead of beating effectively. Blood i..."Happy Hour" Is Unhappy For Many Cardiac Arrest Victims
...rnoon cardiac arrest were often due to ventricular fibrillation -- therapid, disordered contraction of the ventric...rdiac arrest, says Hallstrom. "Ventricular fibrillation can frequently be shocked, or defibrillated,back into a normal rhythm and the other types of cardiac...Preventing Stroke: The Choice Between Aspirin And Warfarin
... two-thirds thestroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation who are at high risk forstroke. However, because ...o well onaspirin alone. People with atrial fibrillation are six times more likely to have astroke than people without, and account for as many as 80,000 str...Warfarin Continues To Be Underused As Stroke Preventive
... warfarin can preventstrokes in people with atrial fibrillation -- a type of irregular heartbeat -- thedrug contin...pears in the April 7 issue ofCirculation. Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal rhythm in the contraction of the upperchambers of the heart and is the strongest comm...Drug Regimen Reduces Atrial Fibrillation After Heart Surgery
...surgery, however, reduces the likelihood of atrial fibrillation by approximately 50 percent, according to a study ...tients who received the medication suffered atrial fibrillation after surgery, compared with 53 percent of the patients who were administered a placebo. For pa...