by Scott Gilbert, Pennsylvania State University One of the most common problems cardiologists handle is atrial fibrillation, also called AFib or AF. AFib is an abnormal or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. As many as 6 million people in the United States and 33 million people...
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Newer heart valves may let more people avoid surgery
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Surgery for certain bad heart valves may soon become a thing of the past. New studies suggest it’s OK and often better to have a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead. The results are expected to quickly transform treatment of a problem that affects millions of people — a stiff or narrowed aortic valve that...
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