Search Tag: atrial fibrillation

Cardiology Management

Heart-failure-and-its-causes-still-a-lot-to-learn

2018 28 Nov

Heart failure (HF) remains a central topic in cardiology, as outlined in the most recent guidelines. Moreover, recent studies provide important insights that help us gain a better understanding of this disorder. As noted in one study, HF involves the pump function not only of the heart, but also that of the pulmonary, peripheral, and microcirculation. ...Read more

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New-guidelines-for-reducing-stroke-risk-in-women

2018 14 Feb

New guidelines for preventing stroke in women have been released by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. The guidelines outline stroke risks unique to women and provide evidence-based recommendations. “If you are a woman, you share many of the same risk factors for stroke with men, but your risk is also influenced by hormones,...Read more

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Dual-antithrombotic-therapy-with-dabigatran-after-pci-in-atrial-fibrillation

2017 24 Oct

Triple antithrombotic therapy with warfarin plus two antiplatelet agents is the standard of care after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib), but this therapy is associated with a high risk of bleeding. Researchers conducted a randomised trial ("RE-DUAL PCI") to compare the use of two regimens of dual...Read more

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Esc17-af-diagnosis-rate-increased-with-mobile-ecg-recording-device

2017 06 Sep

During one of the Hot Line trials that took place at the European Society of Cardiology 2017 in Barcelona, late-breaking results revealed that patients who used a mobile heart monitoring device to record an ECG were almost four times more likely to be diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) than patients receiving routine care. AF is...Read more

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Alcohol-consumption-and-cardiac-arrhythmias

2017 30 Apr

Researchers studied beer drinkers at the Munich Octoberfest and found that the more the alcohol consumption, the higher the likelihood of developing cardiac arrhythmia. The research findings are published in the European Heart Journal. See Also : Moderate, Habitual Alcohol Intake Can Cause Irregular Heartbeat This is the first study to investigate...Read more