(HealthDay)—An advanced practice provider (APP) can safely perform electrical cardioversion (CV) for atrial fibrillation, according to a study published online June 28 in JACC: Clinical ...

In the TEE (+) group, LAAT was observed in 26 patients (7.18%). None of the patients had a thromboembolic event within the first month of follow-up. In this observational study, we investigated ...

Cardiologists at University of Utah Health use this therapy for people with heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias), including atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation (AFib). Your heart’s electrical ...

Low-molecular-weight heparins such as enoxaparin have shown benefit in MI and unstable angina and have been more effective in preventing venous thrombosis than unfractionated heparin. The latter is, ...

Cardioversion is a procedure that returns an abnormal heart rhythm to normal. It's used when you have an arrhythmia, which means your heart is beating too fast or irregularly. Cardioversion can be ...

The study included 1759 consecutive catheter ablations for AF or left atrial flutter (AFL) performed at LDS Hospital (UT, USA) or Intermountain Medical Center (UT, USA) as part of a prospective ...

PRINCETON, N.J. & NEW YORK--Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc. today announced that the first patient has been enrolled into a Phase IV clinical trial called EMANATE (Eliquis evaluated in ...

Stroke and major bleeding rates after cardioversion among patients from the RE-LY trial who were taking two doses of dabigatran were low and comparable with those who were treated with warfarin. In ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS), a global biopharmaceutical company, and Pfizer Inc. announced that the first patient has been enrolled into a phase IV clinical trial called EMANATE (Eliquis ...

The ankle–brachial index (ABI) is the ratio of the systolic blood pressure (SBP) measured at the ankle to SBP measured at the brachial artery. 1, 2 The ABI is used for noninvasive diagnosis of ...