September 22, 2003 — Further investigation aimed at improving efficacy and safety of anticoagulant treatment prior to direct current cardioversion (DCC) for restoration of atrial fibrillation (AF) is ...

Warfarin, dabigatran and rivaroxaban are safe periprocedural anticoagulation options for patients undergoing cardioversion or ablation for atrial fibrillation, according to researchers in Canada. “We ...

TURKU, FINLAND — Even if electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF) is carried out without anticoagulation within 48 hours of acute-AF onset, the first 12 hours of that period provide by far ...

I recently diagnosed atrial fibrillation in a 24-year-old man with new-onset chest pain, irregular palpitations, and heart rate >170 beats per minute. The patient has no history of drug or tobacco ...

This press release accompanies both a presentation and an ESC press conference at the ESC Congress 2016. Edited by the ESC from material supplied by the investigators themselves, this press release ...

Apixaban lowers the risk of stroke compared to warfarin in anticoagulation-naïve patients with atrial fibrillation scheduled for elective cardioversion, according to new research. Apixaban lowers the ...

Early stroke and systemic embolism rates in patients following cardioversion for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) are low and comparable between those receiving warfarin or the novel oral anticoagulant ...

Left atrial (LA) thrombus is not infrequently found in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) or flutter who have been taking oral anticoagulation continuously for at least 3 weeks, a meta-analysis ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology define atrial fibrillation (AF) as a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia characterized by ...

A delay of 12 hours or longer to correct an abnormal cardiac rhythm from atrial fibrillation was associated with a greater risk of thromboembolic complications such as stroke, according to a study in ...