The current bias of medicine is strong. When we are in doubt, when evidence is sparse, doctors do more, not less. Internists prescribe, cardiologists implant, surgeons cut. We know what we know. So it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AF recurrence after catheter ablation was not linked to adverse outcomes, but a nonsignificant trend for worse ...

A study published in Nature on March 4 and led by Prof. XU Tiantian's team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with Prof. PAN Xiangbin's ...

Heart doctors at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital this month celebrated their 500th procedure to help reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. The milestone left atrial appendage ...

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Approximately 10.5 million Americans have atrial fibrillation (AFib), a condition that causes an irregular, often too fast, heartbeat. AFib increases the risk of stroke four to five times more than ...

Validation of the HFA-ICOS cardiovascular toxicity risk tool in chronic myeloid leukemia patients receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Real-world data from the Saudi population. This is an ASCO ...

A first look at the implant success and sealing efficacy of a dual-seal left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) device that’s in development reveals successful implantation in 99.8% of people with ...

At first glance, the results of the CLOSURE-AF study would seem to spell doom for left atrial appendage closure devices for patients at risk of stroke, but there is some noise in the signal, including ...