A low-calorie diet and behavioral support program conferred weight loss in older participants with obesity and persistent atrial fibrillation but did not significantly improve AF symptoms vs. usual ...

Moderate weight loss through diet does not alleviate the symptoms of atrial fibrillation in the elderly and does not affect the objective performance of the heart. This conclusion was reached by ...

Telemedicine support to village doctors could hold the key to improving access to care for China's rural elderly at risk for developing potentially life-threatening complications resulting from ...

New research findings from the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) show that both atria undergo profound changes in ...

Screening, early treatment, and personalized therapy for atrial fibrillation are on the agenda of an international meeting starting today. The 8th joint consensus conference of the German Atrial ...

Drinking a cup of caffeinated coffee daily led to a significant drop in atrial fibrillation (AF) or flutter in patients with sustained AF compared with those who abstained from coffee and caffeine, ...

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Device-detected atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) are atrial arrhythmias detected by implanted cardiac devices. AHREs resemble atrial fibrillation but are rare and brief. Whether the occurrence of ...

Objective A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression were performed on selected studies to investigate the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) among athletes compared with non-athlete ...