LOS ANGELES (Dec. 17, 2013) – Atrial fibrillation, long considered the most common condition leading to an irregular heartbeat, is a growing and serious global health problem, according to the first ...

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"Regular endurance training and good fitness seem to protect against serious cardiovascular events and early mortality for people diagnosed with atrial fibrillation," says exercise physiologist Lars ...

Among patients undergoing mitral-valve surgery, 30 to 50% present with atrial fibrillation, which is associated with reduced survival and increased risk of stroke. Surgical ablation of atrial ...

MedLumics has raised $37 million to run clinical trials of its atrial fibrillation device. The Series B positions MedLumics to use its work to miniaturize optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging ...

Should concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation be performed in elderly patients? Petersen J, Vettorazzi E, Hakmi S, Alassar Y, Meyer C, Willems S, Wagner FM, Girdauskas E, Reichenspurner ...