Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Looking back, Kokomo resident Mike Beatty knew he had something as a teenager, but he couldn’t put a name to it. Whenever he’d ...

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...

One initial treatment is a cardioversion, which involves using a defibrillator to deliver an electric shock to the heart to ...

"I've been very lucky," Amundsen said. Amundsen had cardioversion to eliminate his afib. "I'm enjoying my life," he told Ivanhoe. Amundsen is one of a dozen participants in the 4D flow MRI study. Dr.

Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in January 2012. I am aware of when it comes by how I feel — a little out of sorts, but no shortness of breath, chest pain or light-headedness.

Over 10 million people in the United States are affected by the heart arrhythmia atrial fibrillation, more commonly known as ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in January 2012. I am aware of when it comes by how I feel -- a little out of sorts, but no shortness of breath, chest pain or light-headedness ...

Moderate coffee consumption may reduce AF recurrence risk post-cardioversion, contradicting traditional advice to avoid caffeine. The DECAF trial showed a 39% lower recurrence risk in coffee drinkers ...

Discovering you have atrial fibrillation (aka AFib or AF) could make you feel some anxiety. After all, this most common type of arrhythmia ups your risk for fatal heart conditions and stroke, per the ...