BARCELONA, SPAIN — Starting patients on an eight-week course of amiodarone immediately after ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) won't cut the risk of AF recurrence over the next six months, ...
Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 83-year-old man. Except for blood pressure medication, I've never had any heart-related health issues. Earlier this year, I experienced six or so episodes of a fast, irregular ...
September 14, 2009 (Durham, North Carolina) — Patients taking dronedarone (Multaq, Sanofi-Aventis) for prevention of recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) are about half as likely to remain in sinus ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 83-year-old man. Except for blood pressure medication, I’ve never had any heart-related health issues. Earlier this year, I experienced six or so episodes of a fast, irregular ...
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia encountered in the critically ill, often emerging de novo in patients admitted with severe systemic illnesses such as sepsis. Its ...
Atrial fibrillation can affect life expectancy due to factors that include age, underlying health conditions, race, and how this common cardiac arrhythmia—or abnormal heart rhythm— is treated. Atrial ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A serious side effect of the heart drug amiodarone, sold under the trade name Cordarone, appears to affect women, but not men. Amiodarone, which is used to treat a common ...