The authors caution in the report that the trial was "underpowered to provide statistically rigorous results and was thus exploratory in nature." To heartwire,Cappato said an adequately powered trial ...

Early stroke and systemic embolism rates in patients following cardioversion for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) are low and comparable between those receiving warfarin or the novel oral anticoagulant ...

Cardioversion is a medical procedure that is done so as to restore the normal heart rhythm in those people who have types of abnormal heartbeats, also referred to as arrhythmias. It is usually done ...

ANKARA, TURKEY — A strategy that takes advantage of the C in ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator), in which the device delivers a shock aimed at restoring sinus rhythm in patients with atrial ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who need anticoagulation before undergoing electrical correction of their abnormal heartbeat (cardioversion) may benefit from treatment with edoxoban - a ...

WARSAW, Poland – A hospital spokesman says Poland's last communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, has undergone a procedure to stabilize his heart beat. Warsaw military hospital spokesman Wojciech ...