New Program to Improve In-Hospital Atrial Fibrillation Care News Release Highlights: The American Heart Association will expand its Get With The Guidelines® quality improvement program to improve the care of patients hospitalized with atrial...

Stroke Risk High When Anti-Clotting Drugs Stopped Study Highlights: Patients with irregular heartbeats who take anti-clotting medications are at high risk of stroke or blood clot whenever the drugs are stopped. The risks are similar...

Middle-Aged Men With Upper-Normal Blood Pressure at Risk for AF Study Highlights: Healthy, middle-aged men with upper-normal blood pressure were at increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) later in life. Upper-normal blood pressure at the beginning...

AHA Perspective on FDA Committee Decision on Rivaroxaban DALLAS, Sept. 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Heart Association notes the FDA advisory committee's recommendation today to give market approval for rivaroxaban, an oral anticoagulant drug,...