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2. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of heart failure, dementia, and stroke. [3] [12] It is a type of supraventricular tachycardia. [14] Atrial fibrillation frequently results from bursts of tachycardia that originate in muscle bundles extending from the atrium to the pulmonary veins. [15]

3. Antiarrhythmic agent - Wikipedia

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   Antiarrhythmic agents, also known as cardiac dysrhythmia medications, are a class of drugs that are used to suppress abnormally fast rhythms (tachycardias), such as atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia.

4. Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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   Some studies have noted the incidence of TIC in adults with irregular heart rhythms to range from 8% to 34%. [5] Other studies of patients with atrial fibrillation and left ventricular dysfunction estimate that 25–50% of these study participants have some degree of TIC. [6] TIC has been reported in all age groups. [6]

5. Supraventricular tachycardia - Wikipedia

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   This rhythm is most commonly seen in elderly people with COPD. [20] Atrial fibrillation: Red dots show atrial fibrillation activity. Atrial fibrillation meets the definition of SVT when associated with a ventricular response greater than 100 beats per minute. It is characterized as an "irregularly, irregular rhythm" both in its atrial and ...

6. Unmet Medical Need in Treatment of Heart Failure Patients ...

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   Unmet Medical Need in Treatment of Heart Failure Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Highlighted in Articles in Inaugural Issue of JACC: Heart Failure New Meta-Analysis Suggests Currently Approved ...

7. Advanced cardiac life support - Wikipedia

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   Advanced cardiac life support, advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) refers to a set of clinical guidelines established by the American Heart Association (AHA) for the urgent and emergent treatment of life-threatening cardiovascular conditions that will cause or have caused cardiac arrest, using advanced medical procedures, medications, and techniques.

8. CHRISTUS Highland first Louisiana hospital to treat atrial ...

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   CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center announced that it is the first hospital in Louisiana to perform a new atrial fibrillation procedure using the Boston Scientific Farapulse Pulsed Field Ablation ...

9. 2 sisters, 7 years apart in age, also receive heart ... - AOL

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   CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two sisters have grateful hearts after they both received heart transplants at the same age—seven years apart. Younger sister Meredith Everhart and older sister Abbey Cannon are ...