A new Watchman device at McLaren Port Huron offers eligible AFib patients an alternative to long‑term blood thinners to help ...

For patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who had no contraindications to taking oral anticoagulants, the use ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications. New consumer patient research from the Dallas-based American Heart Association found ...

AFib, an irregular and often very fast heart rhythm, can lead to blood clots in the heart and significantly increase the ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm, also called an arrhythmia and can create blood ...

A one-month course of dual clot-preventing therapy followed by a single clot-prevention medication for the remainder of the standard 12-month regimen in adults with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who ...

In one large survey, researchers at the American Heart Association found that a third of US adults have experienced symptoms ...

The heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect people of any age, but is most common in older adults. It may start with a rapid heartbeat, a fluttering feeling in a person’s ...

The risk is fivefold.

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 ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a type of irregular heart rhythm that causes your heart to pump less effectively than it should. You’ll get treatment to try to bring back a normal rhythm. Another ...