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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Of those, 843 were in the group with the “relaxed” standard for supplementation. The lowered threshold for potassium ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif officially launched ‘Chief Minister's Children's Heart Surgery Programme' for the ...