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Kauvery Hospital Conducts Afib & Pacing Summit 2025, Showcasing Breakthrou
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 25: Kauvery Hospital successfully hosted the Afib & Pacing Summit 2025, an academic symposium that brought together cardiac electro physiologists, cardiologists, and general physicians to share knowledge and build skills in managing atrial fibrillation (A
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Study shows why women tend to have faster heartbeats, men more irregular r
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
For decades, doctors and researchers have puzzled over a fundamental heart rhythm mystery: why do women have faster heartbeats while men are more susceptible to developing irregular rhythms like atrial fibrillation (AFib).
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Heart rhythm disorder traces to bacterium lurking in gums: Study
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New research shows that the gum disease bacterium P. gingivalis can slip into the bloodstream and infiltrate the heart. There, it quietly drives scar tissue buildup -- distorting the heart's architecture, disrupting electrical signals, and raising the risk of atrial fibrillation (AFib).
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OMRON Healthcare India Highlights Doctors' Crucial Role in Raising Awarene
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28: OMRON Healthcare India highlighted the crucial role that doctors play in strengthening awareness about home blood pressure, and ECG monitoring (especially to detect Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) which is a type of arrhythmia that is considered risky and is one o
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OMRON Healthcare India and AliveCor Partner to Empower People to Fight Hea
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9: OMRON Healthcare India, the Indian arm of the Japanese global leader in medical equipment for home health monitoring and treatment, has announced its collaboration with AliveCor India, the Indian subsidiary of the global leader in FDA-cleared, CE marked and CDSCO ap
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Apple releases watchOS 9 with new watch faces and health features
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 7 (ANI): Apple has announced its upcoming watchOS 9 update at WWDC. Improvements to the watch faces, Workout app, sleep stages, a first-of-its-kind AFib History, and medication monitoring are all part of the latest version.
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Alcohol may have immediate effect on atrial fibrillation risk: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): New data presented by the researchers at the American College of Cardiology found that alcohol appears to have an immediate or near-immediate effect on heart rhythm, significantly increasing the chance that an episode of atrial fibrillation (AFib) will occur.
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Study says alcohol may have immediate effect on atrial fibrillation risk,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 18 (ANI): Alcohol appears to have an immediate- or near-immediate effect on heart rhythm, significantly increasing the chance that an episode of atrial fibrillation (AFib) will occur, according to new data presented by the researchers at American College of Cardiology.
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Here's how a shot of alcohol may help an irregular heartbeat
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 1 (ANI): The treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation (AFib) that combines the standard treatment, catheter ablation, with a separate infusion of ethanol, or alcohol, to the vein of Marshall- was confirmed in a novel study.
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Shot of alcohol can help an irregular heartbeat
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 29 (ANI): A research from JAMA confirms the success of treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation (AFib) that combines the standard treatment, catheter ablation, with a separate infusion of ethanol, or alcohol, to the vein of Marshall.
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Study reveals taller people likely to develop atrial fibrillation
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 16: A recent study reveals, taller people are more likely to develop atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular and often rapid heartbeat that can lead to stroke, heart failure, and other complications.
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Taller people may develop atrial fibrillation: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 15 : Taller people are more likely to develop atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular and often rapid heartbeat that can lead to stroke, heart failure, and other complications, says a recent study.
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