The US atrial fibrillation (AF) guideline has received its first full update in nearly a decade, providing a new staging system, an emphasis on early rhythm control, and upgraded recommendations for ...

Clear language early on draws your attention: "Guidelines are intended to define practices meeting the needs of patients in most, but not all, circumstances, and should not replace clinical judgment." ...

LONDON, England—The new version of the European atrial fibrillation (AF) guidelines presents a pathway, called AF-CARE, to conceptualize management of patients with the arrhythmia, and does so in a ...

Editor's note: On October 27, one day after this story was published, Health Canada announced it had approved dabigatran for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial ...

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Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with concomitant AF and heart failure (HF) is associated with significantly lower HF hospitalizations and all-cause mortality compared with ...

The first European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on Atrial Fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) are published online today ...

Less than a year after speeding into the European Society of Cardiology's atrial fibrillation guidelines with a class 1 recommendation, the role of dronedarone (Multaq, Sanofi) in the treatment of AF ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Anne B. Curtis, MD, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and Chair of the University at Buffalo Department of Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is a key ...

The Guidelines Department of the European Society of Cardiology has issued the following statement today: "The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is aware of the early termination of the PALLAS ...