In the last few weeks, the Skeptical Cardiologist has had a run on with patients with premature atrial contractions (PACs). I've discussed in detail premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) here and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Knowing the number of hourly premature atrial contractions (PACs) a patient has is as good as the Framingham atrial fibrillation (AF) risk algorithm in predicting five- to 15-year ...

Recent studies have determined that blacks have a lower risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with whites despite having a higher prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension and heart failure.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Healthy adults experienced no increase in atrial arrythmias and less supraventricular tachycardia on days they ...

I've been using AliveCor's Kardia personal ECG devices to help manage my patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) for 7 years now. Early on, I pointed out (see here) that Kardia was easily confused by ...

MANY common arrhythmias observed in both atria and ventricles are similar although the atrial types have a few important distinguishing features. Thus, so far as therapy is concerned, the atrial ...

Rivaroxaban appears to modestly reduce recurrent stroke in a small subgroup of patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) and moderate to severe left atrial enlargement, a subgroup ...

THE diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia without retrograde activation of the atrium is dependent upon the location of regular atrial activity that is independent of the faster ventricular rate. The ...