In February 2024, Corewell Health introduced pulsed field ablation, a treatment procedure significantly safer than previous AFib treatments, at several of its Michigan hospitals. PFA applies a ...

A team of physicists has developed a groundbreaking method for detecting congestive heart failure with greater ease and precision than previously thought possible. This multidisciplinary study, ...

Investigations Echocardiography ... at reducing symptoms and the risk of thromboembolic complications. The Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) trial 9 ...

Atrial fibrillation is the most common chronic ... Normal atrial contraction is lost during AF. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) or cardiac CT can document the presence or absence of left ...

Abbreviated cardiac magnetic resonance imaging versus echocardiography for interval ... of mitral valve geometry in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients with or without ventricular dysfunction ...

Researchers at Tampere University have achieved a major milestone in diagnosing heart diseases. According to their new study ...

Echocardiography and MRI have completely ... was significant. Postprocedure atrial fibrillation and persistent atrial septal aneurysm had been found as significant predictors for thrombus formation.

A recent Brazilian study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research has highlighted promising pathways for preventing and ...

During atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter ... which is seen as “spontaneous echo contrast” on echocardiography. If a thrombus in the left atrial appendage embolizes, stroke can occur.

Anthony Pearson, MD, FACC, is a preventive cardiologist specializing in echocardiography, preventive cardiology, and atrial fibrillation. He has spent a decade in academic cardiology as a teacher ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...

In many cases, you'll also need additional exams, such as blood tests and an echocardiogram. Can You Have Both Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation? Atrial flutter and AFib can coexist ...