Background: There is accumulating evidence linking the microbiome and cardiovascular diseases. Nevertheless, no existing studies have been conducted on atrial fibrillation (AF) and the oral microbiome ...

Stroke, one of the most severe complications of atrial fibrillation (AF), can be prevented by oral anticoagulants in patients with ECG-documented AF and clinical stroke risk factors. Recent controlled ...

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, ...

Abbott has reported new data from its prospective, non-randomised Volt CE Mark Study, indicating that individuals treated with pulsed field ablation (PFA) therapy using the Volt PFA System for atrial ...

There is no evidence evaluating efficiency, effectiveness, and safety outcomes in older patients in the context of pulsed‐field ablation technology for the ablation of atrial fibrillation. We aimed to ...

Background: There is sparse high-quality safety and effectiveness data for pulsed field ablation (PFA) of persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF), where lesions beyond pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) ...

More information: Husam Abdel-Qadir et al, Risk for Stroke After Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation During Hospitalization for Other Primary Diagnoses, Annals of Internal Medicine (2025). DOI: 10 ...