Heart palpitations are a common concern among patients, according to Dr. Robert Stauffer, a cardiologist at Washington ...

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that increases a person’s risk of stroke, heart failure and even premature death. While many risk factors contribute to A-fib, one stands ...

LA JOLLA, Calif. (KGTV) — A doctor at the University of California San Diego created a new way for physiologists to identify the source of irregular heartbeats. Dr. David Krummen created vMap, a ...

When it comes to heart health, many conditions are tricky to diagnose because their symptoms can be similar to others, and atrial fibrillation (AFib) is no exception. That’s a problem, since untreated ...

For older people with irregular heart rhythms who are at high risk of stroke and bleeding, standard care (including the use of blood thinners when indicated) was found to be the better choice compared ...

JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Mercyhealth became the first Wisconsin hospital and northern Illinois to roll out this life-saving procedure for irregular heartbeat known as VARIPULSE pulse field ablation.

Researchers have discovered that microscopic structural changes in the aging heart may help prevent irregular heartbeats. The discovery challenges the idea that all age-related heart changes are ...