By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. A randomized trial suggests that avoiding coffee after cardioversion may not help, and that modest caffeine intake may actually be associated with fewer atrial ...

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sinus rhythm was restored in an effective, safe and rapid manner using drug-shock or shock-only strategies among ...

The drug-shock strategy was more effective for patients experiencing atrial fibrillation for the first time and for patients younger than 70 years, the researchers said. Both the anti-arrhythmia drug ...

Background Mechanical compression from the ascending aorta on the left atrial anterior wall (LAAW) can cause low voltage areas (LVAs), which are associated with a higher risk of atrial fibrillation ...

"Providing adequate anticoagulation therapy for patients with AF undergoing cardio-version is important. With warfarin, patients will often move in and out of the therapeutic range for optimal ...

The system enters a field that sees PFA catheters largely displacing thermal modalities for catheter ablation of AF.

A Systematic Review of RCTs Comparing RFA With Antiarrhythmics in AF Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent arrhythmia seen in clinical practice. This review compares medical management and ...

Prevention of Recurrent Lone AF by Ramipril in Normotensive Patients ACE inhibitors reduced the recurrence of AF in normotensives without structural heart disease; results support the idea that lone ...