Q: I occasionally feel my heart fluttering or skipping a beat. It usually lasts only a few seconds, but sometimes it seems to ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Doctors at Aspirus are recommending an alternative form of treatment called pulse field ablation (PFA). Dr. Ronnie Ortiz said the new treatment offers significant advantages over traditional methods.

(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.

Patients with atrial fibrillation show more brain lesions and lower cognitive function. Discover how AF directly affects the ...

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 ...

Multifocal atrial arrhythmia is an uncommon type of tachycardia that usually develops in people with certain illnesses. Those with the condition have a heart rate of over 100 beats per minute.

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 ...