The incidence of atrial fibrillation is predicted to double by 2045. With this projected increase, it is important that clinicians have access to the latest screening and diagnostic tools to prevent thromboembolic complications.
Frequent tooth brushing, professional dental cleaning linked to reduced risk for heart failure, atrial fibrillation in Korea.
Among those notified of irregular pulse, positive predictive value 0.84 for observing a-fib on ECG.
Can atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter be accurately detected using a smartphone-operated single-lead electrocardiography device?
Researchers sought to determine whether parental smoking is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation among offspring by evaluating data on offspring cohort participants who had known smoking parents in the original cohort of the multigenerational Framingham Heart Study.
A history of mild liver disease is associated with a higher risk for bleeding during anticoagulation therapy but does not change the relative efficacy and safety of edoxaban compared with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Oral anticoagulant use has preventive effect on dementia development in patients with incident AF.
Risk factors for developing atrial fibrillation similar to those seen for other forms of cardiovascular disease.
Attending to modifiable risk factors is an important treatment target in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with anticoagulants to reduce thromboembolic and bleeding events.
Detecting previously undiagnosed, asymptomatic AF may help to prevent future thromboembolic events and the onset of symptoms, and may reduce AF-related morbidity and hospitalizations.
