A new study has shown that a lower threshold for potassium supplementation after cardiac surgery saves patient costs and does not create any further risks of atrial fibrillation or other dysrhythmias.

After cardiac surgery, women were particularly vulnerable to poor outcomes in the long run if the most common procedural complication had occurred, according to a large retrospective study from two ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - It is expected within the next 20 years that 20-60 million people will get atrial fibrillation, usually just called AFib. People with AFib have a five-times ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — AdventHealth said it is now treating atrial fibrillation patients with a new program that’s innovative and minimally invasive. The procedure is exactly what one man needed to get him ...

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Panayotis Vardas, M.D., recently discussed on UAB MedCast how surgical practices are adapting to the evolving treatment of atrial ...

A simple surgical technique during cardiac surgery was associated with a 56 percent reduction in the incidence of an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation that can lead to stroke, with ...