Atrial Fibrillation

Researchers compared radiofrequency ablation, cryoballoon ablation and the thoracoscopic maze procedure. After adjustments for age and left atrium diameter, they found no prognostic differences among the treatment strategies for atrial fibrillation.

Past studies have linked epicardial fat to a variety of other heart problems, including diastolic dysfunction, atrial inflammation and atrial systolic function disorders.

Lack of an adherence may have been a factor. The Democratic Senate candidate stopped taking the medications he was prescribed after being diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in 2017.

In mouse and other studies, University of South Florida researchers traced the effects of cigarette smoke on cardiac acetylcholine-activated inward rectifier potassium current, known as the heart’s 'pacemaker.'

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force hasn't endorsed screening for atrial fibrillation. Findings from these two studies might factor into a reconsideration.

1 in 10 patients with early-onset atrial fibrillation have gene variants associated with a cardiac disease, most commonly some form of cardiomyopathy, according to research conducted by Vanderbilt researchers. Results would justify routinizing genetic testing of young afib patients, the researchers said.

Program could be easily implemented at tribal clinics, says lead author.