Early stroke and systemic embolism rates in patients following cardioversion for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) are low and comparable between those receiving warfarin or the novel oral anticoagulant ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who need anticoagulation before undergoing electrical correction of their abnormal heartbeat (cardioversion) may benefit from treatment with edoxoban - a ...

Demonstrating one potential application of the technology, an automated algorithm tied to the KardiaBand wearable ECG (AliveCor) performed “reasonably well” at detecting A-fib in patients scheduled ...

Gloria Lawless lived with atrial fibrillation, or AFib, for 14 years. After her cardiologist scheduled her for a ...

WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash shares health update. A few days ago, Kevin Nash revealed that he had been dealing with an irregular heartbeat and was scheduled for a cardioversion procedure to restore ...

Medtronic has warned that one of the models in its Vanta range of implantable neurostimulators for pain relief may stop working if the patient is given cardioversion therapy to restore a normal heart ...

A waiver of consent was obtained from the institutional review board at our facility to perform this retrospective chart review. A computerized search of the electronic medical record (EMR) system was ...

Nicholas P. Gall, M.Sc., M.D., M.R.C.P.; Francis D. Murgatroyd, M.A., F.R.C.P., F.A.C.C. From these and subsequent studies, it became clear that cardioversion was ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. I've read that it puts me at greater risk of stroke. Can you tell me more about this? ANSWER: You may not have known you had atrial ...