A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sinus rhythm was restored in an effective, safe and rapid manner using drug-shock or shock-only strategies among ...

Use of GLP-1 medications is associated with a reduced risk of atrial fibrillation and death, and this protective effect ...

Pharmacological- and electrical-first cardioversion worked similarly well for treating acute atrial fibrillation (Afib) in the emergency department, according to the Canadian RAFF2 trial. The 204 ...

The drug-shock strategy was more effective for patients experiencing atrial fibrillation for the first time and for patients younger than 70 years, the researchers said. Both the anti-arrhythmia drug ...

There are both clinical and economic implications, as payers have been discouraging ablation in this population, one expert ...

Pharmacologic cardioversion followed by electrical cardioversion and electrical cardioversion only were found to be safe and effective in patients presenting to the emergency department with recent ...

A Systematic Review of RCTs Comparing RFA With Antiarrhythmics in AF Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent arrhythmia seen in clinical practice. This review compares medical management and ...

Moderate coffee consumption may reduce AF recurrence risk post-cardioversion, contradicting traditional advice to avoid caffeine. The DECAF trial showed a 39% lower recurrence risk in coffee drinkers ...

Prevention of Recurrent Lone AF by Ramipril in Normotensive Patients ACE inhibitors reduced the recurrence of AF in normotensives without structural heart disease; results support the idea that lone ...