Many parents know that their own pulse or heart rate should be within about 60 to 100 beats per minute. Your child, however, may have a higher pulse rate, depending on their age. Because heart rate ...

With symptoms such as a racing, fluttering heartbeat and shortness of breath, atrial fibrillation (AFib) is more than uncomfortable — it makes stroke five times more likely and, over time, can weaken ...

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Cardioversion is a procedure used to restore a normal heart rhythm. It’s most often used to treat AFib, the most common type of heart arrhythmia. While some people have success with medications, most ...

The FDA has approved intranasal etripamil (Cardamyst; Milestone Pharmaceuticals) for the acute treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT), making it the first self-administered, ...

If you sometimes experience a racing or irregular heartbeat, it may be caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of heart arrhythmia. AFib can make you five times more likely to have ...

Your heart has been doing its job faithfully for years, beating steadily in the background while you go about your daily life. Then suddenly, you become acutely aware of every beat as it seems to ...

Researchers have new evidence that light could be used to restore normal heart rhythm in atrial fibrillation, or afib, another step on the path toward an alternative to using electrical shocks. In a ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. I've read that it puts me at greater risk of stroke. Can you tell me more about this? ANSWER: You may not have known you had atrial ...