ATLANTA, Georgia — Patients with atrial fibrillation receiving anticoagulant therapy are more likely to experience gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding when treated with rivaroxaban than when treated with ...

Medically reviewed byJimmy Almond, M.D. Atrial fibrillation, often referred to as “A-fib,” is an electrical disorder in the heart’s upper chambers that causes an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) and ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who experienced breakthrough ischemic stroke despite anticoagulation often had identifiable causes — mainly interacting drugs or non-cardioembolic mechanisms — ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) and atrial flutter are both arrhythmias, or atypical heart rhythms. Both conditions share similar causes, risk factors, symptoms, and treatments but differ in other ways.

New research from Cleveland Clinic has identified a link between sleep apnea and the development of atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder. Atrial fibrillation causes an irregular and ...

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New research presented at the EHRA 2025, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology, shows that the presence of atrial fibrillation (AFib) increases the risk of future dementia by 21% ...

Atrial fibrillation, known as AFib, causes about 1 in 7 strokes in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many people who have it never notice. The condition ...

Every December and January, emergency room doctors see patients with Holiday Heart Syndrome, a bout of atrial fibrillation produced by heavier-than-normal drinking. The lack of pay increases are a ...