Drinking coffee can protect against atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), a common heart rhythm disorder that causes rapid, irregular ...

Doctors typically recommend that people with heart issues like A-Fib avoid caffeine out of fear that it will trigger symptoms. But a study by UC San Francisco and the University of Adelaid has ...

During the 6 months after treatment to restore a normal heart rhythm, adults with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who were ...

Good news for coffee lovers. For decades, caffeine has been painted as a heart troublemaker, but is it really? A new trial ...

LISBON, Portugal—Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with new, symptomatic A-fib do not necessarily need to undergo immediate cardioversion, as is now common practice, the RACE 7 ...

A cardioversion procedure can reset your heart to its normal rhythm. There are two types: Electrical cardioversion. Your doctor gives your heart an electrical shock through paddles or patches on your ...

Adults with atrial fibrillation who drank a cup a day of caffeinated coffee were less likely to have recurrent AF or atrial ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Demonstrating one potential application of the technology, an automated algorithm tied to the KardiaBand wearable ECG (AliveCor) performed “reasonably well” at detecting A-fib in patients scheduled ...

Heart arrhythmias are usually harmless, but some can be life threatening. Treatments help correct your heart rate to prevent serious health issues. When the electrical impulses that affect your ...

Funny how a development so significant could be no more than a blip on the screen on occasion. Perhaps I missed the entire Vernakalant development story because I read about the compound RSD1235 and ...