Flossing at least once a week may lower the risk of stroke and atrial fibrillation, according to preliminary results from a ...

Apixaban significantly reduces stroke risk in people with subclinical atrial fibrillation and prior stroke history.

The benefit of direct oral anticoagulants on stroke risk in patients with prior intracerebral hemorrhage and atrial ...

The Watchman device is providing protection from blood clots and strokes for those patients at risk because of their AFib.

In February 2024, Corewell Health introduced pulsed field ablation, a treatment procedure significantly safer than previous AFib treatments, at several of its Michigan hospitals. PFA applies a ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and predisposes patients to stroke and systemic embolism. Vitamin K antagonists have been the only available oral anticoagulants for ...

This article suggests the need to reconsider the benefits of using aspirin in stroke prevention ... in the production of this manuscript. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac ...

People who regularly floss their teeth (one or more times per week) may lower their risk of stroke caused by a blood clot traveling from the heart and a stroke associated with an irregular heartbeat ...

CHICAGO -- For patients at high risk of stroke who underwent catheter-based atrial fibrillation ablation ... or systemic embolism at 36 months, which occurred in 5.3% of patients versus 5.8% ...

Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained ... and net clinical outcomes combining bleeding, stroke, embolism, and mortality. The study monitored patients for a median of 2.1 years ...

Background Differences in the clinical outcomes and level of risk among Asian versus non-Asian patients with atrial ...