Dr. Calkins answers the question: 'Can Atrial Fibrillation Damage My Heart?' — -- Question: Can atrial fibrillation damage my heart in a permanent way, and can it cause a heart attack?

Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia). Treatment aims to restore the heart's normal rhythm and includes drugs, which are not effective in all patients ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic heart failure (CHF) are two major and even growing cardiovascular conditions that often coexist. However, few data are available to guide treatment of AF in ...

Piccini et al, presented data from the device substudy of the GENETIC-AF trial. A total of 69 HF patients underwent continuous heart rhythm monitoring via implanted cardiac devices to evaluate the ...

Early rhythm control has expanded as a go-to strategy for AF since the 2020 publication of EAST-AFNET 4, in which it appeared to significantly and safely cut the risk for death, stroke, and heart ...

Lack of this coordinated events result in rhythm disturbances of the heart. Atrial fibrillation is one such rhythm disturbance involving the heart and is by far the most common rhythm disorder ...

Alcohol abuse may increase the risk for heart attack, atrial fibrillation (AF) and congestive heart failure, according to UC San Francisco researchers, who say efforts to reduce this condition could ...

“Our results show that the occurrence of atrial fibrillation might be neither random nor unpredictable,” he said. “Instead, there may be identifiable and modifiable ways of preventing an acute heart ...

Alcohol is the most widely consumed U.S. drug, and its use may have important effects on the heart, such as increasing AF risk. However, while many studies have been done on alcohol's effects on ...

Fibrosis refers to scar tissue that develops in the heart, often as a result of ageing, long-term stress or the AF condition itself. These patches of stiff, fibrous tissue disrupt the heart's ...