If you sometimes experience a racing or irregular heartbeat, it may be caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of heart arrhythmia. AFib can make you five times more likely to have ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A Lowcountry healthcare system is set to join a handful of hospitals in the Carolinas that are performing an innovative treatment for abnormal heartbeat or atrial ...
If you sometimes experience a racing or irregular heartbeat, it may be caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of heart arrhythmia. AFib can make you five times more likely to have ...
Dr. Deephak Swaminath and his team at Medical Center Hospital were the first in West Texas to use the Pulse Select PFA (pulsed field ablation) system. Pulse Select PFA is an emerging and newer, ...
In the U.S., the incidence of atrial fibrillation, the most common arrhythmia in the world, has more than doubled since 2010, increasing from 5 million to 10.5 million. Each year, 250,000 new cases ...
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -According to doctors at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin, atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is an irregular and sometimes rapid heartbeat rhythm. This can lead to blood clots ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Atrial Fibrillation, or AFib is the leading cause of stroke. The American Heart Association says five million Americans currently have AFib, with an additional 12 million ...
Atrial fibrillation is a common heart condition characterized by a rapid, irregular heartbeat stemming from the heart's upper chamber. It is a leading cause of stroke from clots that form in a small ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Doctors at Corewell Health say they have a new procedure that will give patients with atrial fibrillation more choices and safer options. Often referred to as AFib, it ...
John Lock was born with his heart on the opposite side of his chest. It was never an issue until he developed atrial fibrillation — a common heart condition that put his life at risk and created a ...
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A-fib increasing, but treatments improving

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure.