Physicians and leaders at Health First’s Viera Hospital opened the new Igo Family Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Lab.

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is becoming more common, but doctors say treatments are improving. The condition is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart ...

The DECAF trial demonstrated that patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who drank an average of 1 cup of coffee a day following successful cardioversion had fewer recurrences of AFib or atrial ...

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WWE Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes checked on Kevin Nash after his heart procedure. Last month, Kevin Nash revealed that he had been dealing with an irregular heartbeat and needed a cardioversion ...

WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash shares health update. A few days ago, Kevin Nash revealed that he had been dealing with an irregular heartbeat and was scheduled for a cardioversion procedure to restore ...

A plan to phase out a list of procedures that can be performed only on an inpatient basis has major implications for skilled nursing coverage post-surgery, a major aging services advocacy group is ...

Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. The Trump administration is opening the floodgates for more surgeries to be done in outpatient ...

Electrical cardioversion is a procedure by which pads on the chest aim to return the heart to a normal rhythm following disturbances. This procedure is painful and can be distressing for the patient; ...

Aside from patient factors, a number of factors may influence the immediate success of cardioversion, that is, a complete failure to cardiovert. These include electrode placement, shock polarity, ...