While many people do feel symptoms—a rapid heartbeat, skipping a beat, dizziness, extreme shortness of breath— up to a third ...

Lab-grown hearts with immune cells develop atrial fibrillation after chronic inflammation, offering a new way to test ...

Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is a type of cardiac arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm, that is very common — and more prevalent than previously thought. A large study published in October 2024 in a ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) -A new study shows the most common procedure to treat a heart rhythm problem works better at saving lives than previously thought. The study looked at how well ablations inside the ...

I felt fine, but my Whoop data told a different story. Paying attention led to early detection and a successful treatment.

Afib happens when cells in the upper chamber of the heart are triggered by something, causing an irregular heart rhythm in the upper chamber. The danger of Afib starts with a genetic predisposition ...

Though an estimated 60 million people around the world have atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, a type of irregular and often fast heartbeat, it's been at least 30 years since any new treatments have been ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Abbott’s Volt PFA System, expanding treatment options for patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib). The approval follows earlier CE ...

It’s a typical feeling for people when they watch a scary movie, walk alone in the dark in an unfamiliar place or face a time crunch on an important exam: Their hearts race, jump, pound and skip. But ...

If you have a racing or irregular heartbeat, also known as an arrhythmia, one likely suspect is atrial fibrillation (AFib). “Of all the possible heart rhythm disorders, atrial fibrillation is by far ...

Coffee and the caffeine in it were long-considered a risk for patients with certain heart conditions. But a recent study ...

Share on Pinterest Untreated AFib is associated with a 45% increased risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, a new research letter says. spxChrome/Getty Images For people with untreated atrial ...