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Atrial Fibrillation

  1. South Wales Evening Post published Life-threatening wait on patient permission call
    This is South Wales logo This is South Wales 23 hours ago

    PENSIONER has hit out at the health board after paramedics had to get permission to rush him to Prince Philip Hospital with heart problems. William John Leonard, 75, who lives in Fforest, was rushed to the Llanelli hospital on December 30 after...

  2. Bayer and Almirall to Co-Promote Anticoagulant Rivaroxaban in Spain
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    The studies, reported and ongoing, involve over 75,000 patients for the prevention and treatment of venous and arterial thromboembolic (VAT) disorders across a broad range of acute and chronic conditions, including stroke prevention in patients with...

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago
    This product image provided by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. , shows a bottle of Xarelto 20mg. Xarelto, known chemically as rivaroxaban, was approved eight weeks ago for use in patients who have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation not...

    This product image provided by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. , shows a bottle of Xarelto 20mg. Xarelto, known chemically as rivaroxaban, was approved eight weeks ago for use in patients who have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation not... View Photo »

  4. There are now new oral anticoagulants on the market, which are at least as safe and effective as compared with warfarin, and they do not require regular coagulation monitoring. So many patients with atrial fibrillation will switch from warfarin to the new substances in the very near future
    SOURCE: Medline Plus 2 months ago
  5. Sutter Medical Center certified to do full atrial fibrillation
    Sacramento Bee logo Sacramento Bee 3 days ago

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  6. Bayer expects China approval for stroke drug Xarelto
    Reuters logo Reuters 3 days ago

    The other two are Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa, and Eliquis, developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer. Xarelto has already won approvals from the United States, European Union, Malaysia and Japan for use to prevent stroke in patients with atrial...

  7. Sacramento's Sutter Medical Center is first in state to earn atrial fibrillation certification
    Sacramento Bee logo Sacramento Bee 3 days ago
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    Hospital and building a new 242-bed center for pediatric and maternity services. It's one of several new medical construction projects in the area. Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento said it has become the second cardiac care center in the nation and...

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago
    Singer Barry Manilow, who is an atrial fibrillation (AFib) patient, explains how it feels to have AFib during a briefing advocating education about the disease, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

    Singer Barry Manilow, who is an atrial fibrillation (AFib) patient, explains how it feels to have AFib during a briefing advocating education about the disease, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. View Photo »

  9. These conditions include atrial fibrillation, treatment of deep-vein thrombosis and patients with artificial heart valves.
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 2 months ago
  10. Understanding Atrial Fibrillation
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  11. User Friendly Blood Thinners Expected to Substitute Coumadin
    Medindia Health News logo Medindia Health News 3 days ago

    More than 3 million Americans have atrial fibrillation, and the number is increasing, due in part to the aging population. Coumadin's generic name is warfarin. For more than 30 years, the drug had been the only anticoagulant for primary and secondary...

  12. Sutter Medical Center First in California to Receive Atrial Fibrillation Certification
    PR Newswire logo PR Newswire 4 days ago

    "We are pleased to receive this important certification that recognizes our unique expertise in atrial fibrillation." Sutter Medical Center offers a variety of treatment options for atrial fibrillation, including a large-volume electrophysiology...

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About Atrial Fibrillation

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Atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) is a cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) that involves the two upper chambers (atria) of the heart. It can often be identified by taking a pulse and observing that the heart beats don't occur at regular intervals, but a conclusive indication of AF is the absence of P waves on an electrocardiogram (ECG). AF... Full Article

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This product image provided by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. , shows a bottle of Xarelto 20mg. Xarelto, known chemically as rivaroxaban, was approved eight weeks ago for use in patients who have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem. More...

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  1. There are now new oral anticoagulants on the market, which are at least as safe and effective as compared with warfarin, and they do not require regular coagulation monitoring. So many patients with atrial fibrillation will switch from warfarin to the new substances in the very near future
    SOURCE: Medline Plus 2 months ago
  2. These conditions include atrial fibrillation, treatment of deep-vein thrombosis and patients with artificial heart valves.
    SOURCE: PhysOrg.com 2 months ago
  3. Continuous atrial diagnostics conducted by the BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring® technology give us an opportunity to assess the frequency and duration of atrial fibrillation (AF) episodes defined as AHRE.
    SOURCE: Business Wire 2 months ago
  4. The decision by the jury underlines the outstanding innovation Pradaxa® brings for patients and doctors, providing a much needed advance in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, an area of high therapeutic need.
    SOURCE: World Pharma News 2 months ago
  5. ChanRx's founding team has laid the scientific and clinical groundwork to improve the lives of millions of people affected by atrial fibrillation. We are pleased to partner with the company to help drive the next phase of commercialization for this promising drug
    SOURCE: iStockAnalyst 2 months ago
  6. The catheter ablation alone was not a good treatment because he had a large left atrium with structural changes and chronic atrial fibrillation
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2 months ago
  7. To be the first hospital in the country, it's a great honor to have this ... We treat about 600 patients a year with atrial fibrillation and 75 percent of those patients are admitted.
    SOURCE: Coshocton Tribune 2 months ago
  8. In that way, you might also be able to prevent atrial fibrillation in the first few days after the cardiac operation
    SOURCE: Medline Plus 2 months ago
  9. This is the first time that colchicine has been shown to prevent atrial fibrillation
    SOURCE: Medline Plus 2 months ago
  10. the commissioner found that the events of September 10, 2006, were not a ‘work injury’ as defined in § 5–145a ․ and were only a manifestation of the [plaintiff's] previously diagnosed atrial fibrillation.
    SOURCE: FindLaw: Cases and Codes 2 months ago
  11. Trials designed to test preventative measures for postoperative atrial fibrillation are not only interesting, but they are necessary given the need to improve outcomes and create more effective and cost-efficient models of healthcare
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 months ago
  12. We continue to encounter data from the clinical community suggesting an increase in observed postoperative atrial fibrillation and the significant impact both clinically and economically to the healthcare system. This trial will be important to evaluate if our CorMatrix implant can foster better outcome...
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 months ago
  13. The message is that the drug dronedarone should not be used for permanent atrial fibrillation
    SOURCE: Drugs.com 2 months ago
  14. It is projected that one million Americans will have severe sepsis this year, and based on our data, approximately 60,000 people will develop new-onset atrial fibrillation ... There are currently no guidelines on how best to care for these specific patients, but this study is a call to action that this ...
    SOURCE: Medindia Health News 2 months ago
  15. The purpose of our retrospective study was to examine if a new-onset atrial fibrillation diagnosis in patients with severe sepsis was associated with an increased the risk of stroke and mortality in a hospital setting
    SOURCE: Medindia Health News 2 months ago
  16. Ablation therapy is at least as good and tends to be better than drug therapy at preventing episodes of atrial fibrillation
    SOURCE: Medline Plus 2 months ago
  17. Dabigatran is indicated to prevent serious health conditions such as stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, so we wanted to examine how people are using the medication, and more importantly, if patients are staying on this vital therapy ... We are seeing a sizable...
    SOURCE: Freshnews.com 2 months ago
  18. were due to the fact that all the participating patients had permanent atrial fibrillation
    SOURCE: Forbes 2 months ago
  19. for high-risk patients with permanent atrial fibrillation, direct and indirect toxic effects of dronedarone are not offset by the benefit of maintaining sinus rhythm, and any benefits that might occur from heart-rate slowing, blood-pressure reduction, antiadrenergic action, and suppression of ventricula...
    SOURCE: Forbes 2 months ago
  20. The demand for a non-drug intervention for atrial fibrillation will remain ... This is particularly true when addressing persistent atrial fibrillation, as Medtronic’s PVAC attempts to do. This condition is extremely difficult to treat successfully, so there will continue to be a strong drive to produce...
    SOURCE: Business Wire 2 months ago
  21. The demand for a non-drug intervention for atrial fibrillation will remain ... This is particularly true when addressing persistent atrial fibrillation, as Medtronic’s PVAC attempts to do. This condition is extremely difficult to treat successfully, so there will continue to be a strong drive to produce...
    SOURCE: Business Wire 2 months ago
  22. Comparative Validation of a Novel Risk Score for Predicting Bleeding Risk in Anticoagulated Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 months ago
  23. Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With an Increased Risk for Mortality and Heart Failure Progression in Patients With Asymptomatic and Sympotomatic Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: A Retrospective Analysis of the SOLVD Trials.
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 months ago
  24. It is important that we continue to analyze the data from RE-LY to better understand the use of PRADAXA in different types of non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients
    – John Smith SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 months ago
  25. Dabigatran versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 months ago
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