Recent research has revealed that potassium supplementation can significantly benefit patients recovering from cardiac ...

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

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched the CM's Children's Heart Surgery Programme for free treatment during her ...

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 new study has shown that a lower threshold for potassium supplementation after cardiac surgery saves patient costs and does not create any further risks of atrial fibrillation or other dysrhythmias.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Women, people of Black ethnicity, and those from low income households in England are less likely to be offered heart surgery than men, White people, and those who are affluent, finds research ...

Almost one in three patients having major non-cardiac surgery still do not receive a documented individualised risk ...

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 ...