Atrial tachycardia and other ectopic atrial rhythms occur when a site outside of the sinus node, but within the atria, creates action potentials faster than the sinus node. This ectopic focus ...

Dr. Paban Saha, an Electrophysiologist with Prairie Cardiovascular, discusses atrial fibrillation. What is Atrial ...

Greg Wolfe purchased a $200,000 Medtronic PulseSelect machine for Vancouver General Hospital, which the hospital has used for ...

Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) is a common, yet serious heart condition that requires proper diagnosis and management strategies.

Risks of atrial fibrillation ablation For some people, ablation restores a normal heart rhythm better than medications. It’s generally safe, but it does have some risks, including: Bleeding ...

Heart rate control is a key way to manage atrial fibrillation. Doctors consider it one of the four pillars of AFib care. One way to control AFib is to take rhythm control medication, which helps ...

Fitbit has recently launched a new feature that continuously monitors heart rate rhythms, and can look for atrial fibrillation using the PPG sensor. While this has an advantage over ECG watches ...

Aim: To examine the effects of sinus rhythm (SR) restoration on N-Terminal pro-BNP (NTP-BNP) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: Subjects with paroxysmal and persistent AF and ...

UK digital health company RHYTHM AI has claimed FDA approval for a new version of its algorithm for mapping areas of the heart that are affected by atrial fibrillation (AFib) that will be rolled ...