Dear Doctor: I’m 65 years old, and I’ve been diagnosed with a-fib, and also atrial flutter. It used to come and go, but now it’s staying with me. I have a patch from an atrial septal defect repair as ...
When your electrical system is working normally, the two upper chambers of the heart (atria) contract and pump blood into the two lower chambers (ventricles) in a well-coordinated way. This results in ...
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Ned Hallick, a lighting specialist accustomed to hauling heavy equipment, was 63 when he first noticed occasional spells of lightheadedness. Then one day, said Hallick, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., "I ...
Roughly one in five patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery, with or without valve replacement/repair, developed postoperative atrial fibrillation or flutter in the first month ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- – A new “cold therapy” procedure piloted on Staten Island is helping treat patients around the world who are diagnosed with irregular heartbeat. Earlier this year, The Heart ...
Catheter ablation suppresses A-fib recurrences and reduces the overall arrhythmic burden relative to drug therapy through 5 years of follow-up in patients with symptomatic A-fib, additional data from ...
A few years ago I was out walking with an older relative when she suddenly stopped and put her hands out for support. Her heartbeat had gone haywire, causing chest pains and making her feel ...
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