STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Northwell Staten Island University Hospital is among the first in the country to successfully treat persistent atrial fibrillation and typical atrial flutter using a next ...

Atrial fibrillation can impact your health and life span in a number of ways. A 2024 study followed the outcomes of 260,492 adults hospitalized for AFib or atrial flutter, a closely related ...

AF, or AFib, and its close medical cousin, atrial flutter, are associated with complications such as stroke, heart failure, and heart attack. While there’s an understandable focus on treating ...

Exposure to ambient air pollution was most strongly associated with atrial flutter and supraventricular tachycardia, followed by atrial fibrillation and premature beats. Additionally, among 6 ...

Q: I’m a 67-year-old man who developed typical atrial flutter two years ago, but I haven’t had any symptoms that I am aware of. I don’t have a history of heart problems. My heart rate was ...

Source Reference: Joglar JA, et al "2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS guideline for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation" J Am Coll Cardiol 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.10.021.

The survey included 101 people who self-reported cold ingestion-triggered symptomatic Afib or atrial flutter at KP Northern California emergency departments (n=39) and an additional cohort of non ...

An analysis of a global data set shows the burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) climbed sharply between 1990 and 2019, with women accounting for much of the increase, and ...