The following is a summary of “Safety of Diltiazem for Acute Management of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction in the Emergency Department,” published ...

ECG plays an important role in detection of several stroke risk factors/predictors including atrial fibrillation and left ventricular hypertrophy; both are components of the Framingham Stroke Risk ...

In the U.S., atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the heart, affects up to one in three people in their lifetime. Significant ...

The most serious complications of untreated AFib include the following: Rapid ventricular rate (RVR) is a complication of ...

During atrial overdrive pacing at a cycle length of 420 ms, the following EKG was recorded (Fig. 1). What is the mechanism for the progressive widening of QRS complexes and for the normal narrow ...

M ass screening for atrial fibrillation using ECG together with heart failure biomarker does not prevent ischaemic stroke or ...

In the U.S., atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the ...