BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers linked atrial fibrillation to increased hospitalization in heart failure patients.
BOSTON, May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have linked a heart rhythm disorder -- atrial fibrillation -- and Alzheimer's disease.
SYDNEY, March 18 (UPI) -- Australian cardiologists warn atrial fibrillation in diabetic patients increases risk of death.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has approved the first ablation catheters designed for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
SEATTLE, April 29 (UPI) -- A medication used to prevent fractures in women with osteoporosis, may be linked to a heightened risk of abnormal heart rhythm, a U.S. study said.
TOURS, France, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Statins -- drugs that lower cholesterol -- may help reduce the risk of a type of cardiac arrhythmia called atrial fibrillation, a French study found.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The "mini-Maze" is a minimally invasive version of the Cox-Maze procedure that scars the heart for those with atrial fibrillation, says a U.S. expert.
ROCHESTER, Minn., July 20 (UPI) -- A gene mutation that causes atrial fibrillation by disrupting the potassium ion channels in the heart muscle has been identified.
ROCHESTER, Minn., July 19 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered a gene mutation that causes chaotic electrical activation of the heart muscle known as atrial fibrillation.
ATLANTA, April 14 (UPI) -- Tallness is a risk factor for an arrhythmia of the upper chambers of the heart, according to an Emory University researcher in Atlanta.
