Atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect life expectancy due to factors that include age, underlying health conditions, race, and how this common cardiac arrhythmia—or abnormal heart rhythm— is treated.

When combined with atrial fibrillation (AF), it becomes even rarer. “One-stop” surgery, including combined radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO), has become a ...

More than a dozen TV shows have paused filming, and permits for some locations have been withdrawn. By Rick Porter Television Writer The wildfires raging across Los Angeles County have forced a ...

CBS game show The Price Is Right, late-night series After Midnight and Jimmy Kimmel Live! are among the unscripted shows that we hear are pausing production. After Midnight, which is hosted by ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is a well-established alternative to ...

Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Robotics, School of Mechanical and Electric Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215137, China ...

In this post, we will guide you on using the left and the right-click with the keyboard on Windows PC, and you will be a pro within a few minutes. Although using a PC/laptop touchpad has reduced ...

During right heart catheterization (RHC) the right atrial pressure, sPAP, mPAP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCW), and left atrial pressure were measured. Cardiac output (pulmonary flow) was ...

Postnatal echocardiography on the first day of life demonstrated an enlarged right atrial appendage aneurysm (1.2×0.9 cm), a small secundum atrial septal defect, and otherwise normal intracardiac ...

Collection and use of human fetal material for research was also approved by the medical ethical committee of LUMC (protocol 08.087). Specimens of human atrial appendage were obtained from patients ...