heart failure and stroke. There is a clinical need to identify pathological atrial myopathy and atrial fibrillation risk earlier to improve outcomes. By understanding mechanisms and prevention ...

As an 87-year-old person who has experienced atrial fibrillation and a mild stroke, I have had two nuclear stress tests done.

Stress testing may be done for several reasons, but the most common is to determine whether there are blockages in the ...

Effect of age on stroke prevention therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: the atrial fibrillation investigators. Stroke 40 , 1410–1416 (2009). Article CAS Google Scholar ...

An initial pilot study published in the journal Heart Rhythm in September reported a model that could predict whether a patient with stroke of unknown cause would develop atrial fibrillation (AFib ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a comment about your recent column on nuclear stress tests. As an 87-year-old person who has experienced atrial fibrillation and a mild stroke, I have had two nuclear stress ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and predisposes patients to stroke and systemic embolism. Vitamin K antagonists have been the only available oral anticoagulants for ...

If one of these clots breaks free and travels toward the brain, it can restrict blood flow to the brain, causing a stroke. A person with AFib may have brief, sporadic episodes of an abnormal heart ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major cause of ischemic stroke, especially in the elderly. There are currently enough data to support the notion that anticoagulation with warfarin or dabigatran is ...

The link between atrial fibrillation and stroke is well-known ... Coronary heart disease can harm brain function through ...