Fibrillation, atrial

Fibrillation, atrial Atrial fibrillation is a heart rhythm disturbance. It causes a fast and irregular heartbeat. It occurs when the smaller, upper chambers of the heart contract in a very rapid, uncoordinated manner. These upper chambers of the heart are called the right and left atria.

Atrial Fibrillation Can Be Treated in Several Ways An estimated 2 million Americans suffer from one form or another of atrial fibrillation, the heart condition that has several times briefly interrupted campaigning by Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Bradley...

Irregular heart rhythm complicates heart attacks in elderly Atrial fibrillation, an erratic heart rhythm, commonly accompanies heart attacks among people aged 65 years and older and is associated with more complications and a higher death rate...

Amiodarone may prevent irregular heart rhythm recurrence Low doses of amiodarone, a drug used to treat irregular heartbeats, significantly reduce the number of recurrences of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common irregular heart rhythm...

Elderly not getting stroke-preventing blood thinners Blood-thinning drugs can help prevent strokes in middle-aged people with an irregular heart rhythm, and now a new report suggests that the drugs can also benefit frail, older patients who may not be routinely considered for drug treatment...

Aspirin prevents stroke just as well as other drug When it comes to preventing a second stroke, aspirin is just as good as dalteparin, a blood-thinning agent that prevents clotting, researchers report...

UC Davis Study Shows Cognitive Decline Is Not Normal In Aging Finding Opens Door To Prevention By Showing Older People With Atherosclerosis Or Diabetes In Combination With The ApoE4 Gene Are At Much Higher Risk For Memory Loss, Cognitive Decline In a study that tracked changes in cardiovascular health and cognitive function in 5,888 community-dwelling senior citizens annually over a ten-year period, researchers at UCDavis School of Medicine and...

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Dofetilide Benefits Some Heart Failure Patients Dofetilide, a new drug used to control certain irregular heart rhythms, reduces hospitalizations for some patients with heart failure, though it has no effect on survival rates...