MedPage Today: Serious Issues With Slow Heartbeat Flagged for Afib Patients on Antiarrhythmics Old concerns about the safety of rhythm control drugs for atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) resurfaced in a contemporary large Korean population-based study. Afib patients prescribed antiarrhythmic ... Berkshire Eagle: Today’s pacemakers are better than ever at restoring right rhythms Hamilton, ON - Atrial tachyarrhythmias in the absence of clinical atrial fibrillation occur frequently among patients with pacemakers and are associated with a significant increase in the risk for ...

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Share on Pinterest Could a battery-free pacemaker improve heart disease management? Image credit: Willie B. Thomas/Getty Images. An estimated 5% of people worldwide have an abnormal heartbeat, and ...

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ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A local patient this summer became the first in the Quad Cities to receive a leadless pacemaker at UnityPoint Health – Trinity Heart Center, marking a significant step in minimally ... Detroit Free Press: Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a common but manageable heart condition If you have a racing or irregular heartbeat, also known as an arrhythmia, one likely suspect is atrial fibrillation (AFib). “Of all the possible heart rhythm disorders, atrial fibrillation is by far ...