Of 95 patients receiving transthoracic shocks for atrial flutter in the emergency department, about half were treated with a defibrillator that delivered monophasic-waveform shocks and the rest were ...

In a recent article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on November 9, 2025, researchers examined the effect of coffee consumption on the recurrence of atrial fibrillation ...

Background: The safety and efficacy of ibutilide in the cardioversion of atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation in children and in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) is unknown. Methods: ...

For years, many individuals living with atrial fibrillation have been advised to limit their coffee consumption. You may have heard that a morning cup could provoke fluttering in your chest or ...

Clinical trial finds edoxaban to be equally effective as current use of warfarin. Clinical trial finds edoxaban to be equally effective as current use of warfarin. The results of the largest known ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology define atrial fibrillation (AF) as a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia characterized by ...

Our annual supplement on local health and wellness services and issues can be found inside today’s paper. It was pretty alarming, watching the heart monitor trace a crazy series of bumps and dips ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—In good news for coffee drinkers with atrial fibrillation (AF)—maintaining the habit instead of giving it up is associated with less AF recurrence or atrial flutter, according to ...