Our easy-to-read patient fact sheet compares and contrasts sinus arrhythmia vs AFib (atrial fibrillation) symptoms.

Each year, more than 454,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized with atrial fibrillation, the most common type of treated ...

Binge drinking and possibly, moderate alcohol intake, may trigger atrial fibrillation. Caffeine intake does not appear to be a trigger; although, some doctors still recommend that patients with atrial ...

Background The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), calculated from serum albumin levels and lymphocyte counts, is a simple ...

Three conditions that affect the heart are also linked to impaired brain function and increased dementia risk, according to a ...

Women are more likely to have pulmonary arterial hypertension, but men tend to have worse outcomes and worse treatment responses.

Objectives Cardiac surgery or catheter interventions are nowadays commonly performed to reduce volume loading of the right ventricle in adults with ... potential reduction in the severity of TR after ...

Atrial fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia in which the upper chambers of the heart the atria beat irregularly and, often, rapidly. The condition occurs as a consequence of uncoordinated ...

Catheter ablation is one of the most effective rhythm-control strategies for atrial fibrillation (AF). Conventional catheter ablation is performed using thermo-energy sources via either radiofrequency ...

Prof Souvik Sen, of the department of neurology at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, said: “Oral health behaviours are linked to inflammation and artery hardening.

Renowned Indian heart surgeon Dr K M Cherian, who was instrumental in several pioneering cardiac surgeries in India including the first successful coronary artery bypass and heart transplant ...