Arrhythmia Disorders News

Across four countries, the risk for a severe cardiovascular event or death was high 1 to 6 months after a moderate COPD exacerbation, according to a poster presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Atrial fibrillation affects 2.7 million to 6.1 million people in the U.S., according to the American Heart Association, and that burden is expected to rise substantially in the coming years.

In patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation improved psychological symptoms of anxiety and depression compared with medical therapy, according to results of the REMEDIAL trial.

Compared with warfarin, direct oral anticoagulants were associated with reduced risk for dementia in patients with atrial fibrillation, particularly those from Asian populations, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

When Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills went into sudden cardiac arrest Jan. 2, 2023, during a “Monday Night Football” game, we were all reminded of the importance of a plan.

Boston Scientific announced it received FDA approval for its next-generation left atrial appendage closure device indicated to reduce risk for stroke in certain patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.

Adaptive pacing at a 60 bpm base rate did not reduce atrial fibrillation risk in patients with sinus node dysfunction but did reduce the incidence of syncope or presyncope vs. a 40 bpm base rate without adaptive pacing, a speaker reported.

Adults are more likely to survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest if they receive bystander defibrillation, even when an ambulance arrives within as little as 2 minutes, researchers reported.

Healio | Cardiology Today has compiled a list of the topic headlines of August 2023 in cardiology.

Race, sequential organ failure assessment scores and cardiac arrhythmias are among the factors that raised the risk for mechanical ventilation following sepsis onset, according to results published in American Journal of Critical Care.