Atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common heart arrhythmia, affects millions globally. It's marked by an irregular, often rapid heartbeat and can lead to serious complications like stroke, heart ...

Nearly 3 million Americans are living with a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, according to the American Heart Association. What is atrial fibrillation and how do you fix it? A normal heart ...

Atrial fibrillation affects millions of Americans and is one of the most common causes of heart failure and stroke. But researchers now have identified a gene that is responsible for this chaotic ...

The first evidence from genetic data that high blood pressure is causally associated with the most common heart rhythm disorder is published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a ...

There is a link between atypical heart sounds and atrial fibrillation. People with this condition have an irregular, disorganized heartbeat. Atrial fibrillation is a serious type of arrhythmia, which ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) and atrial flutter are both arrhythmias, or atypical heart rhythms. Both conditions share similar causes, risk factors, symptoms, and treatments but differ in other ways.

Strokes are a potentially fatal medical condition. They occur when blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Like many conditions, certain people are more at risk than others. Article continues ...

People who suffer with atrial fibrillation are more likely to experience a stroke, but there are ways to minimise the risk. By Fiona Callingham, Health Reporter specialising in medical studies, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Norman Swan: Research from the Baker Institute in Melbourne has found that a common and often missed ...