But ever since her atrial fibrillation diagnosis, she’s been on blood thinners. And that’s been a problem. “I couldn’t tell you how many bruises I had. I would barely get tapped and I ...

AFib treatments can also prevent clots and help keep your heart healthy. Blood thinners can make you more likely to bruise or bleed too much. Depending on which blood thinner you're taking ...

And we can help with atrial fibrillation." Blood thinners are the standard treatment for AFib, but some patients do not respond well to the medication or can have to alter their lifestyles to ...

A new study from the University of Bath has found that for older adults with atrial fibrillation (AF), stopping blood ...

The results showed that patients taking diltiazem had a 20% higher risk of being hospitalized or dying due to serious ...

Enloe Health has begun the use of a new heart procedure that can help change the lives of atrial fibrillation patients ...

Bleeding is a common side effect of anticoagulants (blood thinners). However, people with atrial fibrillation (afib) who take the drug for stroke prevention should not ignore any bleeding from ...

(CBS12) — Atrial fibrillation (AFib), one of the most common ... which aims to treat the heart rhythm disorder and reduce the need for blood thinners. "Many of the patients who undergo these ...

AFib is an irregular heart rhythm that affects ... To address this condition, patients might be put on blood thinners, but for others there’s the opportunity for a procedure known as a left ...

For patients with atrial fibrillation, the risk of stroke or heart ... Clinicians often worry about the dangers of prescribing blood thinning medications to older patients, due to concerns about ...

A regional health centre within Victoria has managed to boost blood-thinner uptake among patients deemed high risk for stroke following a pharmacist-physician initiative aimed at patients with atrial ...