June 1, 2010 12:05 AM CT In this video interview, Dr. Nassir Marrouche talked about the exciting research he and his team presented at Heart Rhythm 2010 that allows them to personalize atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment. They do catheter ablations and manage stroke prevention based on the amount of atrial fibrosis and atrial remodeling detected …
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June 1, 2010 5:04 AM CT By Peggy Noonan and Mellanie True Hills At Heart Rhythm 2010, the 31st Annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society in Denver, Colorado, a session on "Demographic Factors Influencing Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes" included two studies focused on the connection between race and atrial fibrillation risk and …
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June 27, 2010 8:05 AM CT By Christine Welniak and Mellanie True Hills At Heart Rhythm Society 2010, we saw intriguing new research into personalized afib treatment that was presented by Dr. Nassir Marrouche, Executive Director of the Comprehensive Arrhythmia Research and Management (CARMA) Center at the University of Utah Health System, and his CARMA …
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June 7, 2010 12:05 AM CT In this video interview at Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium 2010, Dr. Peter Kowey talked about a number of exciting new things in the atrial fibrillation world, including the Cabana clinical trials, the Safari catheter ablation registry, dronedarone as a replacement for amiodarone, atrial selective drugs, and coming replacements for …
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June 3, 2010 6:21 AM CT By Peggy Noonan and Mellanie True Hills One of the most puzzling things about atrial fibrillation is geography and how a person’s location affects his or her risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke. This February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a map as part of …
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April 22, 2010 7:11 AM CT By Peggy Noonan and Mellanie True Hills Doctors have developed a new tool that will help fine-tune one treatment for atrial fibrillation. If you have atrial fibrillation, you are at risk for a stroke, but anticoagulant drugs, such as Coumadin or warfarin, can decrease that risk. Also called blood-thinners, …
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April 5, 2010 6:17 AM CT By Peggy Noonan and Mellanie True Hills New studies show racial and geographic disparities in atrial fibrillation, both in people’s awareness of having afib and in the treatment they receive for it, as well as in stroke incidence and care. One study, just published in Circulation: Journal of the …
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March 22, 2010 5:05 AM CT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tom Murphy Chandler Chicco Agency [email protected] “AFib Educator” Smartphone App and Desktop Widget Offers Patient Dialogue Tool for a Complex Cardiovascular Disease Detailed, Visual Resource Helps Healthcare Professionals Bridge Gaps in Education, Management of Atrial Fibrillation March 22, 2010 – Washington, D.C. – AF Stat™ …
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March 21, 2010 7:08 AM CT By Peggy Noonan and Mellanie True Hills A new study shows women who have atrial fibrillation (AF) get catheter ablation treatment less often than men. And when women with afib do have catheter ablation, they have more complications than men. “Over the past decade, catheter ablation for the management …
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March 17, 2010 6:04 AM CT By Peggy Noonan New research shows a simple genetic test can help people with atrial fibrillation (AF) get the right dose of anticoagulant medicine. Approximately 2 million people take Coumadin®, or the generic version warfarin, to prevent blood clots. According to the Medco-Mayo Warfarin Effectiveness Study presented this week at …
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