While awaiting more definitive RCTs, it would be reasonable to exclude the LAA in some of these patients, one expert says.

In July, Bernard Lim, MD, performed the first atrial fibrillation ablation procedure ever completed at Decatur (Ill.) Memorial Hospital, NowDecatur.com reported Sept. 12. Previously, patients in the ...

LONDON — Potassium supplementation does not alter the risk for postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery, contrary to expectations and popular clinical ...

Among patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery more than one year after coronary drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, there was no difference with respect to ischemic outcomes or major bleeding ...

A 15-hour cardiac surgery was successfully performed on Bishan Singh Bisht at Kailash Hospital in Noida. Dr. Satish Mathew ...

A patient underwent a successful 15-hour long cardiac surgery at a private hospital in Noida after he reported an unusual ...

Of those, 843 were in the group with the “relaxed” standard for supplementation. The lowered threshold for potassium ...

A team led by Dr. Vijay Sadasivam, Consultant Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon; Dr. Manfred Fernando ,Junior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, and Cardiac Anaesthesiologists Dr.. Narendran Menon and ...

LONDON -- Keeping potassium levels high after cardiac surgery in hopes of preventing post-surgical atrial fibrillation (Afib) ...

Eight patients (3%) had more than one preoperative risk factor. Indications for cardiac surgery are summarized in Table 2. Five of 221 patients (2%) suffered a MAE: one patient had a cardiac ...

Figures released in State Parliament have revealed healthcare staff at some WA hospitals are working an increasing number of double shifts, leading to claims patient safety is at risk.

New Delhi: A patient underwent a successful 15-hour long cardiac surgery at a private hospital in Noida after he reported an unusual symptom of hoarseness in his voice. The surgery was performed ...