The left atrium is one of the four chambers of the heart, located on the left posterior side. Its primary roles are to act as a holding chamber for blood returning from the lungs and to act as a pump ...

Background Patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) frequently develop late complications despite early surgical ...

For patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who had no contraindications to taking oral anticoagulants, the use of a device to close off the left atrial appendage in the heart—a small ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with atrial fibrillation and high risk for stroke and bleeding, left atrial appendage occlusion was ...

We conducted an international, open-label, randomized, blinded-outcome-assessment trial involving 1284 patients who had undergone successful catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation at least 1 year ...

Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) is the most common sustained heart rhythm disorder, affecting millions worldwide. Characterised by a rapid, irregular heartbeat originating in the heart’s upper chambers ...