enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrial_fibrillation

   Atrial fibrillation (AF, AFib or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart. [11][12] It often begins as short periods of abnormal beating, which become longer or continuous over time. [4] It may also start as other forms of arrhythmia such as atrial flutter ...

3. Cardioversion - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardioversion

   007110. [edit on Wikidata] Cardioversion is a medical procedure by which an abnormally fast heart rate (tachycardia) or other cardiac arrhythmia is converted to a normal rhythm using electricity or drugs. Synchronized electrical cardioversion uses a therapeutic dose of electric current to the heart at a specific moment in the cardiac cycle ...

4. Management of atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_of_atrial...

   The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) is focused on preventing temporary circulatory instability, stroke and other ischemic events. Control of heart rate and rhythm are principally used to achieve the former, while anticoagulation may be employed to decrease the risk of stroke. [ 1] Within the context of stroke, the discipline may be ...

5. AFib is 3 times more widespread than doctors thought - AOL

   www.aol.com/afib-3-times-more-widespread...

   “Atrial fibrillation substantially increases the risks of death, stroke, heart failure, heart attack, chronic kidney disease, and dementia, and results in lower quality of life, especially when ...

6. US FDA approves Medtronic's system for heart condition - AOL

   www.aol.com/news/us-fda-approves-medtronics...

   December 13, 2023 at 3:14 PM. (Reuters) -Medtronic said on Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved its system for a type of condition that can cause stroke or heart ...

7. This Heart Attack Condition Is 3 Times More Common Than We ...

   www.aol.com/heart-attack-condition-3-times...

   One heart condition—atrial fibrillation, also known as Afib—is three times more common than researchers used to think, according to a September 2024 study in the Journal of the American ...