Of 95 patients receiving transthoracic shocks for atrial flutter in the emergency department, about half were treated with a defibrillator that delivered monophasic-waveform shocks and the rest were ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. A randomized trial suggests that avoiding coffee after cardioversion may not help, and that modest caffeine intake may actually be associated with fewer atrial ...

In a recent article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on November 9, 2025, researchers examined the effect of coffee consumption on the recurrence of atrial fibrillation ...

Background: The safety and efficacy of ibutilide in the cardioversion of atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation in children and in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) is unknown. Methods: ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology define atrial fibrillation (AF) as a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia characterized by ...

For years, many individuals living with atrial fibrillation have been advised to limit their coffee consumption. You may have heard that a morning cup could provoke fluttering in your chest or ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—In good news for coffee drinkers with atrial fibrillation (AF)—maintaining the habit instead of giving it up is associated with less AF recurrence or atrial flutter, according to ...

Clinical trial finds edoxaban to be equally effective as current use of warfarin. Clinical trial finds edoxaban to be equally effective as current use of warfarin. The results of the largest known ...

AN NFL COACH IS PUTTING HEART HEALTH IN THE SPOTLIGHT. CHARGERS HEAD COACH JIM HARBAUGH WALKED OFF THE FIELD YESTERDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME. HE LATER TOLD REPORTERS HE WAS HAVING AN ATRIAL ...

Background Endurance exercise training produces multiple cardiac adaptations including changes in electrophysiological function that may make endurance-trained athletes more vulnerable to atrial ...