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Ventricular tachycardia is a pulse rate of more than 100 beats per minute, with at least three irregular heartbeats in a row. It is a major cause of sudden cardiac death. The condition can develop...
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HIV Infection Severity Linked to Afib (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- More advanced HIV may independently boost the chances of atrial fibrillation (Afib), a VA registry study showed.
New "15 Every Hour" Campaign Spreads the Word on the Devastating Impact of AFib-Related Stroke
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Oct. 29, 2012 /- On average, every hour, 15 people in the United States (U.S.) will suffer a stroke caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), a type of irregular heartbeat. In sup...
Cardio Notes: Shocks No Help for Afib in HF
(MedPage Today) -- Heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation gain little extra benefit when a defibrillator is added to a resynchronization device. Also this week, determining the risk of differ...
Catheter ablation for Afib is safe and suppresses arrhythmia recurrences
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (Afib) is safe and suppresses arrhythmia recurrences in 74% of patients after a single procedure, according to results from the one-year follow-up of the Atri...
Cardio Notes: Dental Health Tied to Stroke
(MedPage Today) -- Periodontal disease and its treatment are predictors of stroke. Also, comorbidities that increase Afib risk, antiplatelet agents in STEMI, and peptide in Afib.
Omega-3 Pills No Help in Taming Afib (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Another strike has occurred against omega-3 fatty acids with the finding that supplementation does not help prevent recurrence of atrial fibrillation (Afib), according to results fr...
(MedPage Today) -- An Afib risk algorithm used in Europe may be better than the commonly employed U.S. risk score. Also this week, statins in heart failure and normotensive women with fetal growth res...
Novel Ablation Effective Against Afib (CME/CE)
DENVER (MedPage Today) -- Ablation of sources of aberrant electrical signals in the heart outside the pulmonary vein appears to improve success in eliminating atrial fibrillation (Afib), two studies s...
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Atrial fibrillation in aortic stenosis - echocardiographic assessment and prognostic importance.
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AFib) exists more frequently in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) than in patients without, and AFib may be a sign of progressive deterioration of AS. Echoc...
Atrial Fibrillation Associated With Epileptic SeizuresAFib Associated With Epileptic Seizures.
BACKGROUND Epileptic seizures are often associated with changes in cardiac autonomic function. Yet atrial fibrillation (AFib) or atrial flutter (AFlu) following epileptic seizures has only rarely been...
The HATCH and CHA2DS 2-VASc scores : Prognostic value in pulmonary vein isolation.
AIMS: The HATCH score describes the risk of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Afib) progression, while the CHA2DS2vasc score depicts the risk of thromboembolic events in patients with Afib. We hypothesi...
An asymptomatic adolescent male athlete was incidentally found to have ventricular preexcitation on electrocardiogram during a sports preparticipation physical. A transesophageal electrophysiology stu...
OBJECTIVE: Ventricular preexcitation is a conduction abnormality caused by an accessory pathway bridging the atria and ventricles. If the accessory pathway conducts rapidly during atrial fibrillation...
