Patients requiring a pacemaker often have atrial fibrillation (AF), which increases the risk of thromboembolism and, consequently, the risk of morbidity and mortality. To maintain sinus rhythms ...
Michael V. Orlov, M.D, Ph.D.; Jalal K. Ghali, M.D.; Mohsen Araghi-Niknam, Ph.D.; Lou Sherfesee, Ph.D.; Diane Sahr, R.N., B.S.N.; Douglas A. Hettrick, Ph.D.; for the ...
Background: The epidemiology and clinical implications of asymptomatic atrial tachyarrhythmias (AT) including both atrial fibrillation and flutter in pacemaker recipients with and without ...
In conditions like AFib where the right atrium is just fibrillating making it difficult to pace, a leadless pacemaker can be ...
has been found to increase the risk of developing atrial fibrillation, the need for a pacemaker, and premature death. This finding indicates that a prolonged PR interval is an important marker of ...
The 36-year-old was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in 2015 and had the pacemaker fitted in 2020. Upon finishing the row, he said: "Yes ...