Multaq (or dronedarone) is a modified version of amiodarone without iodine, which provides the advantage for lower side effect profile...
Pages tagged: afib
If 2 AF ablation procedures have failed to keep normal rhythm, the likelihood for cure is minimal, so rate control...
Nonsense. Salt (sodium) load may be harmful. That practice should not be done
Patients with chronic / permanent atrial fibrillation that is stable without symptoms should generally be fine at high altitude, depending...
Watchman requires 45 days of anticoagulation therapy post-implant. With Lariat, you do not need short-term anticoagulation therapy. However, not everybody...
Atrial Fibrillation
Fibrillation, the most serious form of arrhythmia (heart rhythm disorder), is fast, uncoordinated beats, which are contractions of individual heart-muscle...
Maze Surgery
Electrical impulses in your heart muscle (the myocardium) cause your heart to beat (contract). This electrical signal begins in the...
Alcohol and the Heart Tis the Season for Another New Year’s Resolution?
Alcohol is one of the oldest and most widely used recreational drugs and is certainly popular in our Western culture—especially...
More strokes for men; more deadly for women
We’ve now moved beyond May, National Stroke Month, but guess what? Stroke risks don’t keep a calendar. We’re all at...