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Two recent preliminary studies using rodents took a look at the effects alcohol has on the heart. One study researched how alcohol affects the heart in females with estrogen replacement, and the other ...

Is AFib getting in the way of you beating to the rhythm of your heart? In this segment, Cardiac Electrophysiologist Dr. Rudy ...

The body needs the mineral potassium to regulate muscle contraction. The heart, being a muscle, may respond to changes in potassium levels by developing an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. Atrial ...

Earlier onset of atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with increased risk of developing all-cause dementia, vascular dementia (VD), and Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a study published online ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) has begun affecting younger populations, raising questions not only about why this is happening ...

(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday experienced another bout of atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the heart that raises the risk of stroke.

That’s an irregular and often very rapid heartbeat, which is the leading cause of stroke.

A-fib occurs when the heart’s upper chambers, called the atria, beat out of sync with the lower chambers, the ventricles.

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