A heart shock may restore the heart’s rhythm and is a potential treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib). Doctors also refer to heart shock as electrical cardioversion. In AFib, a person has an ...

Irregular heart rhythms can be dangerous for a number of reasons. Dr London shares the best treatment options available to ...

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...

PHILADELPHIA -- For atrial fibrillation (Afib) patients with obesity, a second set of defibrillation pads for dual direct current cardioversion safely improved the success of the procedure, a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 88-year-old female in relatively good health. A year and a half ago, I did experience atrial fibrilliation and had two cardioversions. (The first was good for a year; the ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Atrial fibrillation (AFib) can lead to strokes and heart failure, ...

Moderate coffee consumption may reduce AF recurrence risk post-cardioversion, contradicting traditional advice to avoid caffeine. The DECAF trial showed a 39% lower recurrence risk in coffee drinkers ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in January 2012. I am aware of when it comes by how I feel -- a little out of sorts, but no shortness of breath, chest pain or light-headedness ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common type of irregular heartbeat. About 2.7 million Americans have it. AFib happens when the electrical activity of the heart isn’t working the way it’s ...