SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Knowing the number of hourly premature atrial contractions (PACs) a patient has is as good as the Framingham atrial fibrillation (AF) risk algorithm in predicting five- to 15-year ...

Atrial dysfunction, widely considered a marker or consequence of other heart diseases, is a relevant clinical entity, which is why it is justified to define atrial failure or insufficiency as "a new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Empagliflozin conferred improvements in parameters of left atrial function vs. placebo in patients with type 2 ...

let's go over premature atrial contractions so these are sometimes referred to as pac's and they're early contractions that originate from a focal point in the Atria rather than the SA node and this ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: What’s the difference between atrial fibrillation and premature ventricular contractions, aka PVCs (extra heartbeats)? -- M. ANSWER: Both AFib and PVCs are rhythm disturbances of the ...

A hidden atrial dysfunction may raise stroke risk in people with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); however, a non-invasive assessment tool may help identify those at increased risk, ...