Mar 8, 2024 · Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm. An irregular heart rhythm is called an arrhythmia. AFib can lead to blood clots in the heart. The condition …

Mar 8, 2024 · It's important to follow your atrial fibrillation treatment plan. If AFib isn't well controlled, it may lead to other complications, including stroke and heart failure.

Aug 29, 2024 · A person can have both atrial flutter and AFib. Atrial flutter may not cause symptoms. But some people may have a pounding, rapid heartbeat and chest pain. Fainting or …

Jun 18, 2025 · The atria can remodel as a response to atrial fibrillation. This makes patients more prone to AFib, and harder to get patients out of this rhythm and keep them in normal sinus …

Jun 12, 2025 · It also works the other way around: AF can lead to atrial enlargement, and at the same time collagen deposits, and fibrosis, and those can cause mitral valve prolapse.

Jan 23, 2024 · An atrial septal defect (ASD) is a hole between the heart's upper chambers. The heart problem is present at birth. It is a type of congenital heart defect.

May 29, 2025 · Atrial fibrillation is a common type of heart rhythm disorder where the heart doesn't beat efficiently. This makes the heart unable to pump enough blood out to the body with each …

Nov 29, 2024 · I think the SVT burden ( later identified by the EP as probable atrial tachycardia) was somewhere in the range of 15% or so, and the cardiologist tripled the dose of metoprolol, …

During an atrial tachycardia episode, the heart beats more than 100 times a minute. Then it returns to a heart rate of around 60 to 80 beats a minute. An episode may start slowly, or it …

Oct 31, 2024 · Analyses of risk factors and prognosis for new-onset atrial fibrillation in elderly patients after dual-chamber pacemaker implantation …