Atrial Fibrillation

In a real-world registry of patients with atrial fibrillation treated with a pulsed field ablation catheter, the system was associated with favorable 30-day outcomes, researchers reported at Heart Rhythm 2024.

Semaglutide 2.4 mg improved symptoms and physical function in patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction compared with placebo, regardless of diuretic use, according to new data from the STEP-HFpEF trials.

In patients with atrial fibrillation who had ablation, those assigned a Mediterranean diet enriched with extra-virgin olive oil were less likely to have arrhythmia recurrence than those with no dietary restrictions, researchers reported.

In patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent ablation for atrial fibrillation, those taking a GLP-1 receptor agonist had lower risk for AF recurrence, mortality and other outcomes, researchers reported at Heart Rhythm 2024.

Researchers have created a novel tool that predicts a person’s risk for cardiovascular complications after bone marrow transplantation.

People who used e-cigarettes had a 19% elevated risk for heart failure compared with never users, according to a study of 175,667 participants that was presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

In a large Danish cohort, heart failure was a more significant CV complication than stroke after diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, which became more common over 20 years.

ATLANTA — In a real-world population of patients with severe aortic stenosis at low or intermediate surgical risk, transcatheter aortic valve replacement was noninferior to surgery for death and stroke at 1 year, researchers reported.

Adults who drank at least 2 L per week of sugar- or artificially sweetened beverages per week were more likely to develop atrial fibrillation during nearly 10 years of follow-up, independent of other traditional CV risk factors, data show.

Older adults with normal BP living in China were 40% less likely to develop hypertension when using a potassium-enriched salt substitute for 2 years, according to researchers.