Many patients with atrial fibrillation have absolutely no symptoms during brief or even extended runs of the arrhythmia, making detection in patients at risk for stroke challenging. Healy and ...

Three risk factors—high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, and smoking—are more likely to cause severe strokes, meaning ...

16 However, further review led to the addition of an FDA black box warning of increased risk of death, stroke, and HF in patients with decompensated HF or permanent atrial fibrillation and other ...

Presented at the annual meeting of the European Heart Rhythm ... had a 229 percent higher risk of developing future dementia. Atrial fibrillation significantly increases the risk of stroke, but even ...

Sensitivity analyses that removed cases of previous stroke during follow-up yielded similar results: AFib was associated with a modest increase (6%) in the risk of dementia in the overall ...

While doctors have long recognized AFib’s connection to stroke risk, this massive population study demonstrates an equally troubling link to dementia, particularly for patients diagnosed before ...

This article suggests the need to reconsider the benefits of using aspirin in stroke prevention, especially in low-risk patients ... of this manuscript. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most ...

The continued success of abelacimab throughout the AZALEA-TIMI 71 trials helps draw the drug closer to FDA approval, stated ...

Therefore, patients with AF without a prior stroke still have a higher risk of dementia, with the greatest risk observed in early-onset dementia. The authors say: “Atrial fibrillation is a risk ...