The heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect people of any age, but is most common in older adults. It may start with a rapid heartbeat, a fluttering feeling in a person’s ...

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is the most common type of arrhythmia, affecting at least 2.7 million people in the United States. This number is expected to grow to more than 12 million by 2030, which ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications. New consumer patient research from the Dallas-based American Heart Association found ...

Do you know the signs of AFib? Dr. Jennifer Caudle joined Pete Scalia to explain the importance of monitoring your heart health and the potential risks of atrial fibrillation (AFib), including stroke.

Discovering you have atrial fibrillation (aka AFib or AF) could make you feel some anxiety. After all, this most common type of arrhythmia ups your risk for fatal heart conditions and stroke, per the ...

Learn how AFib impacts stroke and heart failure risk at a free seminar Oct. 29 in Marshfield. Registration is requested.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in January 2012. I am aware of when it comes by how I feel -- a little out of sorts, but no shortness of breath, chest pain or light-headedness ...

UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies has become one of the first hospitals in the nation to offer pulsed field ablation to treat atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder. Kerry Pabst, 63, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Research links artificially-sweetened and sugar-sweetened drinks to a higher risk of atrial fibrillation.

The heart has been characterized as the engine that makes the human body run. If that metaphor is not exactly spot-on, it still serves as a good indicator as to just how vital a healthy heart is to ...