Atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation techniques used on individuals without cardiac abnormalities can be safely applied to adults with congenital heart disease (CHD), according to a new…

Catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias is a relatively common procedure for humans—nearly 520,000 were performed in the U.S. from 2000 to 2013, with more being performed annually later in the…

Patients who developed new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery showed a 33 percent reduced risk of thromboembolism long-term when compared to those with nonvalvular AFib (NVAF),…

New research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2018 suggests individuals with depression may have an increased risk of developing atrial…

Current clinical guidelines recommend implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in survivors of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), except when the cause of the SCA is deemed reversible. But a new…

Continuous anticoagulation with apixaban during atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation was found to be as safe as warfarin and other vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) in a randomized trial of 633 patients.

The trial, presented…

Higher alcohol consumption was linked to faster and faster heart rates in a study of more than 3,000 people attending the Munich Oktoberfest in Germany, according to research presented March 18 at the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)…