Two professional societies issued the first major set of evidence-based guidelines to define best practices in the use of ...

Atrial Fibrillation, or AFib is the leading cause of stroke. The American Heart Association says five million Americans ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) have published the first ...

Among patients who underwent catheter-based atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendage closure was associated with a lower risk of non–procedure-related major or clinically relevant ...

CHICAGO — In the OPTION trial, left atrial appendage closure resulted in similar thromboembolic protection but superior bleeding outcomes compared with oral anticoagulation among patients who ...