A new study shows that overweight patients who have bariatric surgery before undergoing ablation reduce their risk of the arrhythmia returning. This is the first study to look at the relationship ...

Cardiac ablation is a procedure that can help correct arrhythmia, which is a problem with the rhythm of a person’s heartbeat. The procedure eliminates or scars the tissue in the heart that causes ...

A simple surgery saves patients with heart arrhythmia from often-lethal strokes, says a large international study led by McMaster University. Researchers found that removing the left atrial appendage ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is an irregular heart rhythm that can occur for the first time after heart bypass surgery. AFib will usually resolve by itself following surgery but may require treatment.

For almost a hundred years, the primary way to diagnose a patient with cardiac arrhythmia has been using a standard electrocardiogram (ECG). This technique allows the detection of these pathologies, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subodh Verma, MD, PhD, a cardiac surgeon at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, said during a presentation that ...

Transient idiopathic arrhythmias are temporary heart rhythm disturbances without a clear cause, which can be harmless or require treatment if symptoms are frequent. Diagnosis can be challenging, as ...

For almost a hundred years, the primary way to diagnose a patient with cardiac arrhythmia has been using a standard electrocardiogram (ECG). This technique allows the detection of these pathologies, ...